I bought a Grizl:ON CF 9, AMA

[Jeremy McCreary]

I've got about 250-300 miles on the bike now. I've been using it to commute a couple times a week and I've ridden it on a wider variety of surfaces now.

Here are some additional notes:

• The lowest gear could be lower. The high assist levels make up for it, but if you want to save battery you are far from "spin it to win it" territory with a 1:1 low gear.

Any plans to anything about that? Both of my ebikes — a 500W 65 Nm torque-sensing hub-drive and a 240W 35 N m Vado SL mid-drive — came geared too high for me on local hills. Ended up lowering gearing in both to good effect. But you could well be a stronger rider.

Does the Grizl motor favor higher cadences (80-90 RPM) like the SL's?

Interestingly, many of your comments on the Grizl come close to my own experience on the nimble, lightweight, low-power, low-torque, flat-barred SL.