I rode the Yamaha eBikes; ask away!

[Mikey-]

I was tickled pink to be one of the first to try out the new Yamaha Power Assist Bicycles (YPAB) at the same media event as outside magazine, motorcycle.com, atv scene, and more.

I'm still working on video content for the BMB channel. I made a quick overview, and a spotlightfor a couple of the bikes. Also, I used the official shoot footage and threw some chill music on it, if you want to watch the road bikes in action without any commentary.

Anyways, yeah. Ask any questions, it will help me to know what to put in the upcoming video(s)

Edit: added links

 

[rocky289]

I'd be curious to know how it compared with the latest Haibike model of the same spec

 

[Mikey-]

Which haibike do you think would compare best?

Between the Easy Motion 2.75 PW-X and the Yamaha YDX-Torc, I'm still kind of torn. The Yamaha comes in at -$500, but it gives up some nice mechanical components as a result.
For road bikes, the best comparison would be the Felt Sport-E, which I would pin against the CrossCore. The Sport-E was great for its time, but 2 years later I feel the CrossCore is better electrically, and costs $1,600 less. Haibike has never been much for road bikes. I get the feeling their Yamaha equipped road bikes are just a mountain bike frame with road components on it. They do have bombin' colors though.