Gator
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Hello Friends
Just wanted to report that my bike came in and it has met most of my expectations. The charcoal paint with black lettering and strips is pretty sharp. I have rode it a total of 12.4 miles. (I would ride more but it started to rain pretty hard.) The bike shop charged the battery to 98% and it is at 77% now so I feel pretty confident about my commute distance of 23 miles round trip and not taking the charger to work with me. I rode part of my commute route this evening. Mostly two lane roads, some rolling hill country, nothing dramatic. I have a top speed of 25.4 mph, but the majority of the ride I I estimate I averaged 17 mph. I rode in Eco mode for the majority of the ride. This bike did a very good job of flattening out the hills for me. I got a pretty good workout, but the motor did its part for sure. Its really fun to be in speed + mode and start from a dead stop. The motor is torque-y and you can get going fast. I am really happy I held out for the XL frame size because the bike just seems to fit really well. I am still in shakedown rides, but I will probably ride my first work commute on Thurs.
The bike is very well put together. All the controls and interfaces are easy to access and see. The bike has 5 assist levels; Eco, Eco+, Normal, Speed, and Speed+. It shifts nicely with a pause in pedaling to change gears. A few times my timing was off or I forget completely to pause and the bike handled it well, but I don't plan to make it a regular habit. The fenders are light, but do not rattle. The front and rear lights are very bright. There is a lot of bike here for the $3,050 I paid.
One point of concern and one point of aesthetics. My point of concern involves the bottle cage on the upright. You can see it in the picture. It is pretty hot and humid here in Southern Ohio today. I filled my water bottle to the top. As I was squeezing it into the bottle cage a pretty good amount of water came out and landed on the battery then trickled down between the frame and the bottom of the battery. I wiped it out and there were no problems with the bike, but I have decided that I will have to store my water somewhere else on the bike because its not a matter of "if" it happens again. It's a matter of when it happens again if I keep my water in that location. On the aesthetics, the rear fender is twisted and does not center of the tire by the taillight. Very minor, but I need to come up with a fix because it really bugs me.
I already have a few changes in the works, but for now I am going to enjoy it in its stock form and commute.
Just wanted to report that my bike came in and it has met most of my expectations. The charcoal paint with black lettering and strips is pretty sharp. I have rode it a total of 12.4 miles. (I would ride more but it started to rain pretty hard.) The bike shop charged the battery to 98% and it is at 77% now so I feel pretty confident about my commute distance of 23 miles round trip and not taking the charger to work with me. I rode part of my commute route this evening. Mostly two lane roads, some rolling hill country, nothing dramatic. I have a top speed of 25.4 mph, but the majority of the ride I I estimate I averaged 17 mph. I rode in Eco mode for the majority of the ride. This bike did a very good job of flattening out the hills for me. I got a pretty good workout, but the motor did its part for sure. Its really fun to be in speed + mode and start from a dead stop. The motor is torque-y and you can get going fast. I am really happy I held out for the XL frame size because the bike just seems to fit really well. I am still in shakedown rides, but I will probably ride my first work commute on Thurs.
The bike is very well put together. All the controls and interfaces are easy to access and see. The bike has 5 assist levels; Eco, Eco+, Normal, Speed, and Speed+. It shifts nicely with a pause in pedaling to change gears. A few times my timing was off or I forget completely to pause and the bike handled it well, but I don't plan to make it a regular habit. The fenders are light, but do not rattle. The front and rear lights are very bright. There is a lot of bike here for the $3,050 I paid.
One point of concern and one point of aesthetics. My point of concern involves the bottle cage on the upright. You can see it in the picture. It is pretty hot and humid here in Southern Ohio today. I filled my water bottle to the top. As I was squeezing it into the bottle cage a pretty good amount of water came out and landed on the battery then trickled down between the frame and the bottom of the battery. I wiped it out and there were no problems with the bike, but I have decided that I will have to store my water somewhere else on the bike because its not a matter of "if" it happens again. It's a matter of when it happens again if I keep my water in that location. On the aesthetics, the rear fender is twisted and does not center of the tire by the taillight. Very minor, but I need to come up with a fix because it really bugs me.
I already have a few changes in the works, but for now I am going to enjoy it in its stock form and commute.
