harryS
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Ordered a white one for $779 on Amazon, but seller had a mixup and shipped black. We settled on a small rebate. I thought the seller EGO-LLC, responded very quick to questions about delivery. I would give him a positive rating for trying to make the sale work, and he did.
Assembly is easy. Mount the front wheel. Adjust the disks. Pivot the steering tube and latch it. Slip the handlebars thru the stem and lock them down. Attach the front fender. Screw in pedals (the only provided tool was a pedal wrench). Some trivial items were the faux leather grips mounted upside down, and I will have to rotate the controls. Likewise, the LED control is off by 45 degrees. The steerer stem is also off by a bit. When I find my allen wrench set, I'll fix all of that and adjust the brakes.
The bike is big and relatively heavy at over 50 pounds. The 20" tires are 23.25" high. It kind of dwarfs a standard 20" folder. I suppose that's good if you want a fatbike.
The handlebars look naked with only the 810LED display and thumb shifter. It does come with a single ding bell. I'm quite familiar with the display as I have one on my first ebike, When powered up, pedal assist and throttle are always on. There are three assist levels, which will take you to 12 mph, 15 mph and 18 mph with a decent cadence level. The throttle ran me up past 19 mph. I measured speed with a $7 bike computer. I believe it's accurate. It takes the wheel circumference to the nearest cm.
I believe there is a speed limiter circuit on the controller, basically a connector that is opened. However, the above speeds are already about what a 36V bike with bigger tires should attain, so we'll see about that circuit later.
The brake wires and display cable are neatly wrapped up with the brake/shifter cabes. It has a 17A controller, which is fine for a bike like this, The motor cable has a disconnect which might facilitate working on flat tires. From my experience, if you want to go up to 48V, you will need to change the controller, This is really just a putting around bike with fat tires though, so I don't see any reason to do that. You might get 22-23 mph at 48V.
Haven't done much riding all year, but it seemed to pedal easy w/o power. The thumb shifter worked perfectly. I pumped the tires up to 20 psi. Rides stiffer than my 26" fatbike, but that has nuch better tires. Feels pretty stable though. Also wanted to mebtion that the brake levers are nice quality. The knurled cable adjusters feel like they were machined rather than cast with threads in place. I bet they're still cast, just better,.
When Spring comes, maybe I can get a longer ride to see how the battery does.
For $779 shipped and no sales tax, it seems like a nice bike to me. You'll want a mirror and a bike computer.
It's just an impulse buy for me. My wife likes her folding bike and I had thought this would be better for gravel rail trails. I think it is better, but she might feel it's too large. When SPring comes....
Assembly is easy. Mount the front wheel. Adjust the disks. Pivot the steering tube and latch it. Slip the handlebars thru the stem and lock them down. Attach the front fender. Screw in pedals (the only provided tool was a pedal wrench). Some trivial items were the faux leather grips mounted upside down, and I will have to rotate the controls. Likewise, the LED control is off by 45 degrees. The steerer stem is also off by a bit. When I find my allen wrench set, I'll fix all of that and adjust the brakes.
The bike is big and relatively heavy at over 50 pounds. The 20" tires are 23.25" high. It kind of dwarfs a standard 20" folder. I suppose that's good if you want a fatbike.
The handlebars look naked with only the 810LED display and thumb shifter. It does come with a single ding bell. I'm quite familiar with the display as I have one on my first ebike, When powered up, pedal assist and throttle are always on. There are three assist levels, which will take you to 12 mph, 15 mph and 18 mph with a decent cadence level. The throttle ran me up past 19 mph. I measured speed with a $7 bike computer. I believe it's accurate. It takes the wheel circumference to the nearest cm.
I believe there is a speed limiter circuit on the controller, basically a connector that is opened. However, the above speeds are already about what a 36V bike with bigger tires should attain, so we'll see about that circuit later.
The brake wires and display cable are neatly wrapped up with the brake/shifter cabes. It has a 17A controller, which is fine for a bike like this, The motor cable has a disconnect which might facilitate working on flat tires. From my experience, if you want to go up to 48V, you will need to change the controller, This is really just a putting around bike with fat tires though, so I don't see any reason to do that. You might get 22-23 mph at 48V.
Haven't done much riding all year, but it seemed to pedal easy w/o power. The thumb shifter worked perfectly. I pumped the tires up to 20 psi. Rides stiffer than my 26" fatbike, but that has nuch better tires. Feels pretty stable though. Also wanted to mebtion that the brake levers are nice quality. The knurled cable adjusters feel like they were machined rather than cast with threads in place. I bet they're still cast, just better,.
When Spring comes, maybe I can get a longer ride to see how the battery does.
For $779 shipped and no sales tax, it seems like a nice bike to me. You'll want a mirror and a bike computer.
It's just an impulse buy for me. My wife likes her folding bike and I had thought this would be better for gravel rail trails. I think it is better, but she might feel it's too large. When SPring comes....
