PedalUma
Well-Known Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Petaluma, CA
It costs $135 to ship a bike with BikeFlights from CA to NY, which I did recently. If you take a bike to a bike shop to pack to ship it is $125 plus the box and pacing materials. That alone is over $260; if the box is $20 and the packing materials another $20, that is $300! A basic non-electric bike is $600. A raw motor is $400 and a new in box battery another $400.Back to the original topic about these under $300 mid drive bikes (I factored out the shipping cost.)
The frame appears OK, and the motor and battery work well. But everything else is super cheap.
So. it's a yes and a no as far as this ebike in concern to the question "Do prices reflect quality?"
Nonetheless, I would of thought Stefan would approve, as these ebikes have no throttle.