everyone! This is the bike I ordered if you are not familiar with how it looks:
I've been e-biking for about as long as it's been really possible to do so I think, starting in the early 2000's once lithium first became a reality, so I could ride long and comfortably without concern for my cumulative (and well-earned!) injuries. Reading Endless Sphere for hours on end, you get the idea. I watched EBR's review on this latest bike, so I thought I'd join up and say a quick hello and maybe share my experience about the bike, my first proprietary bike ever! I have mixed feeling on it, but I thought for the lightweight mid-drive gravel bikes, Bosch/Yamaha/Shimano/etc might be worth a try. I hope it works out, because it comes at a hefty premium! I also looked at other different bikes before settling on this one: Luna Fixed, ride1up Roadster v2, Kona Dew-e DL, Motobecane eMulekick, and the iGO Aspire I think were the main ones. I wanted to balance *many* factors this time: road-ability, throttleless/torque sensing, unladen weight, hill climb ability (I'm a bit of a clydesdale, heh), stealthishness/bike-look, battery range/capacity, etc. I only considered bikes that are convenient to order and receive, which unfortunately knocked out the dealership-only bikes and also the Kona at the last minute - as it was a top pick! You can imagine my hesitation at patronizing a bike dealership being a very early electric bike adopter and the horrible treatment we personally got over the years at many dealerships, on top of this darned pandemic!
So I have a variety of other bikes between the Mrs. and I, two converted geared hub Giant hardtails which were my first, then I did some lightweight folding conversions with Bafang mid drives, I have some store bought 20" fat tire folders for the farm and woods trails, and one Rambo bike with the Bafang mid-drive+IGH which is a great combo for low speeds and towing in the woods here at the farm. We also have a couple standard Motobecane road bikes that we (theoretically) use on trainers to keep in shape/keep winter weight off! I have some limited success with that, haha!
Anyway, we just moved to this location last year, and they have a lot of nice bike lanes and bike trails and bike culture around! It's been many years since I did much rail trail or road riding in general, so I hope this bike will be a great gateway back into that side of the hobby, as I think it's better for my fitness and health. I also am looking to scratch build some other electric(s) later on, I'd like to do a heavy duty road legal cargo e-trike similar to the Rad Burro that Radpower offered only to commercial buyers. Anyway, I hope you can tell, that I just *love* electric bikes and bikes in general! EBR has been a great resource for manufactured e-bikes, and I am thankful for it!
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