PowerMe
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I'm in Ft. Lauderdale and today I finally got to visit my first eBike store, The Electric Bicycle Store. Court has been here before, as the guy I talked to said Court spent the day there sometime last year and rode every bike in the shop! 
They had 1 EVO Street--in a box, that was being shipped to a customer elsewhere. So I demo'd the next best thing, the EVO Eco Light, which is the same geometry as the EVO Street. I LOVED it! PAS is fantastic, I used that much more than the throttle, as I wanted to be pedaling along. With Easy Motion, you have to turn PAS to zero before you can engage the throttle. that's not convenient, but it's better to have a throttle than not.
The streets in FL are flat so I didn't get a chance to test it going up any hills, but I rode around and around the streets near the shop, with a big smile on my face.
The 26" tires are perfect. I still can't put my feet on the ground when stopping, but I'm not able to do that on any bike where the seat is where it should be for my proper leg extension, so that was no big deal. The low step-thru design is perfect for me. I'm thinking the Evo Street will be great for me.
They had a Stromer Platinum on site. I checked the bike out and did a stand-over to see how it felt. The bike was the wrong geometry for me, as it turns out I need that very low step through and more space. The guy told me if I test rode it I wouldn't want any other bike (so I guess it's a good thing it really doesn't fit me).
They carry a lot of Ezee bikes and a few Prodecotechs and A2B, and some other models I never heard of (Chinese bikes). I took some pictures, which I will post.
They had 1 EVO Street--in a box, that was being shipped to a customer elsewhere.
So I demo'd the next best thing, the EVO Eco Light, which is the same geometry as the EVO Street. I LOVED it! PAS is fantastic, I used that much more than the throttle, as I wanted to be pedaling along. With Easy Motion, you have to turn PAS to zero before you can engage the throttle. that's not convenient, but it's better to have a throttle than not.The streets in FL are flat so I didn't get a chance to test it going up any hills, but I rode around and around the streets near the shop, with a big smile on my face.
The 26" tires are perfect. I still can't put my feet on the ground when stopping, but I'm not able to do that on any bike where the seat is where it should be for my proper leg extension, so that was no big deal. The low step-thru design is perfect for me. I'm thinking the Evo Street will be great for me.
They had a Stromer Platinum on site. I checked the bike out and did a stand-over to see how it felt. The bike was the wrong geometry for me, as it turns out I need that very low step through and more space. The guy told me if I test rode it I wouldn't want any other bike (so I guess it's a good thing it really doesn't fit me).
They carry a lot of Ezee bikes and a few Prodecotechs and A2B, and some other models I never heard of (Chinese bikes). I took some pictures, which I will post.
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