Hey there,
We picked up a Flow from Espin's 3rd party distribution center in LA on Friday and assembled the bike. Feel free to ask me anything, but here are a couple things I can confirm that people have been curious about:
Impressions? From my perspective, I was worried the left throttle was going to be awkward but I seemed to get adjusted to it quickly. I did feel frame flex/shimmy right away, but I am pretty big and sensitive to that. The SRam shifters were not as difficult as feared with the double thumb action and I like the gear indicator on the bars. The programming on the PAS levels is probably set too fast and is more abrupt that my Radrunner, but once I got comfortable on the bike it didn't bother me a bit. Coming from a fat tire bike, I was impressed how efficient the bike feels and pedaling with power off is not a struggle. With the battery out it would feel like any regular bike i think. The CST tires seem fine -- very efficient and didn't hear much knobby noise. The hydraulic brakes are nice and a step up from the mechanical ones on my Rad, but not crazy good like the ones on my high quality regular mountain bike.
From my wife's perspective (this is her bike - Christmas present from me) , it seemed a bit large and intimidating at first. She is 5'5" with a shorter inseam and I had to adjust the stem to pull the bars all the way back and lowered the seat all the way down for her first ride. Once she got comfortable, we raised the seat back up probably 5-6 inches. The step though made her more comfortable. She said she would feel its too big if she was much shorter. She also felt it was a little too powerful in the lower PAS levels but once we ent on a ride she was switching up levels no problem.
Hope this helps others.
We picked up a Flow from Espin's 3rd party distribution center in LA on Friday and assembled the bike. Feel free to ask me anything, but here are a couple things I can confirm that people have been curious about:
- Rear gearing is an 8 speed and now 11-32, so top gear is now plenty high to prevent hamster wheel pedaling! I was not able to find a brand/part#.
- Brakes are 180mm zoom hydraulic
Impressions? From my perspective, I was worried the left throttle was going to be awkward but I seemed to get adjusted to it quickly. I did feel frame flex/shimmy right away, but I am pretty big and sensitive to that. The SRam shifters were not as difficult as feared with the double thumb action and I like the gear indicator on the bars. The programming on the PAS levels is probably set too fast and is more abrupt that my Radrunner, but once I got comfortable on the bike it didn't bother me a bit. Coming from a fat tire bike, I was impressed how efficient the bike feels and pedaling with power off is not a struggle. With the battery out it would feel like any regular bike i think. The CST tires seem fine -- very efficient and didn't hear much knobby noise. The hydraulic brakes are nice and a step up from the mechanical ones on my Rad, but not crazy good like the ones on my high quality regular mountain bike.
From my wife's perspective (this is her bike - Christmas present from me) , it seemed a bit large and intimidating at first. She is 5'5" with a shorter inseam and I had to adjust the stem to pull the bars all the way back and lowered the seat all the way down for her first ride. Once she got comfortable, we raised the seat back up probably 5-6 inches. The step though made her more comfortable. She said she would feel its too big if she was much shorter. She also felt it was a little too powerful in the lower PAS levels but once we ent on a ride she was switching up levels no problem.
Hope this helps others.
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