As mentioned earlier on a post.. I bought two Lectric bikes and had them shipped to Blaine when I clained them at the border I paid $50 per ebike thats it...I am new to the forum, having read the posts for the past couple of weeks and it’s exciting to see the growth in this community. Like many of you I began watching the YouTube videos but it was Micah’s Ebike review that really caught my eye.
I have two bikes on order, a black one and a white one, with an early September delivery date. I’m in Canada but I’m having the bikes shipped to Port Angeles WA where I’ll pick them up and then pay duty and taxes at the border. I figured that would be faster than having Lectric deal with all the red tape associated with getting them delivered to Canada. Plus, I avoid the $150 shipping fee to Canada, but that saving is more than eaten up by the import taxes.
According to the Canada Customs office I will have to pay 13% excise tax, plus Goods & Services Tax (GST) of 5%, and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) of 7%. So that is 25% taxation over and above the $899 preorder price. Oddly, they don’t tax bicycles in BC, but they do tax ebikes..We pay a lot of taxes here in Canada.....But I’m still really looking to riding them after they arrive.
No.....it won't....it free wheelsWill PAS engage if you pedal backwards? This question has been asked here once buy another user and in other groups, yet no owner has come forward with a reply. Electronically, the Cadence Sensor counts magnetic pulses. In theory, a simple sensor would not know if they're coming from a forward or reverse direction because either way magnetic pulses would be produced telling the motor to turn on. A smarter Cadence Sensor would require two separate magnetic pickup coils in order to determine the direction of the pulse. Will a user with the bike try this out? It would look pretty bizarre riding a bike pedaling backwards.
I agree with you.If you do not like the shipping delay, go ahead and cancel your order. Buy something else. That means we might get them faster
I bought one on speculation. I suspect they will be good value, and actually deliver. Frankly, if they are as described, I likely pay 1099 for a couple more. I'd probably wait till spring when hopefully they will have them in stock
Thank you, that is going to be a big help. Love sharing ideas!This is the type of clamp I was talking about to spread the frame. Normal clamp: View attachment 37453 Reversed for spreadingView attachment 37452
Sorry about your tire. Let us know how it turns out. I'd be interested in the fail mode if you can figger it out.
That is the markings on the tires on my bikes, but the description is much different that the quality in my opinion.Few posts in this forum re tire blowouts. Is this the tire that came with those bikes?
BFT C1752
Push the standards of all-mountain freeride tires with the beefed up BFT from CST. This tire has it where it counts to dig in on tight turns and tough climbs.www.csttires.com
I have read several posts where ebkies are banned. My local Beach town has banned ebikes except in the traffic lanes with cars. For the reasons you stated, idiots with rented ebike racing up and down the beaches with people laying in the sand. The punishment is a warning 1st offense, 2nd offense $150. fine. I have COPD, will carry my disability card, ride like a sane person, do not plan on riding on crowded trails. If I can't explain my situation and do get a ticket, so what. It's not like they are going to take away my 21st Birthday. Good post, thank you.After I ordered my XP in July, I checked out the National Park Service eBike policy on trails and was surprised to learn that the NPS was banning them. This meant that I could not ride one of my favorite trails in the C&O Canal National Historic Park. I wrote to them to essentially state the case that: As an "aging boomer" I can ride the longer distances that make the historic towpath trail so unique. I added that it's not the bike that creates a discourteous or dangerous rider, it's the rider that makes the choices. Further, I pointed out that eBikes are not noisy and they don't create pollution. (Heck, even horses tend to pass gas and that's methane!) The reply I received from the NPS was simply a restatement of the banned policy. So I wrote to my two Senators and Congressman, and did get a reply from one of the senators, who expressed thanks for "raising the issue into the radar." Still, I continued to feel generally glum about this, and then this morning I see that the NPS has changed its policy! We can now ride their trails. To my fellow riders: The eBikes are a new phenomenon. A lot of people will be watching and observing how we handle ourselves on public trails. We are free to choose how we ride, but should eBikes create a problem, there may be a lot of critics who may be all too willing to call us out. With that cautionary note: Now more than ever, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY XP!
Electric bikes soon to be humming along national park trails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming along serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide.apnews.com
I think that’s great. I didn’t even know they were previously banned. The more baby boomers, the more it may be needed to keep attendance at these places going.After I ordered my XP in July, I checked out the National Park Service eBike policy on trails and was surprised to learn that the NPS was banning them. This meant that I could not ride one of my favorite trails in the C&O Canal National Historic Park. I wrote to them to essentially state the case that: As an "aging boomer" I can ride the longer distances that make the historic towpath trail so unique. I added that it's not the bike that creates a discourteous or dangerous rider, it's the rider that makes the choices. Further, I pointed out that eBikes are not noisy and they don't create pollution. (Heck, even horses tend to pass gas and that's methane!) The reply I received from the NPS was simply a restatement of the banned policy. So I wrote to my two Senators and Congressman, and did get a reply from one of the senators, who expressed thanks for "raising the issue into the radar." Still, I continued to feel generally glum about this, and then this morning I see that the NPS has changed its policy! We can now ride their trails. To my fellow riders: The eBikes are a new phenomenon. A lot of people will be watching and observing how we handle ourselves on public trails. We are free to choose how we ride, but should eBikes create a problem, there may be a lot of critics who may be all too willing to call us out. With that cautionary note: Now more than ever, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY XP!
Electric bikes soon to be humming along national park trails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming along serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide.apnews.com
After I ordered my XP in July, I checked out the National Park Service eBike policy on trails and was surprised to learn that the NPS was banning them. This meant that I could not ride one of my favorite trails in the C&O Canal National Historic Park. I wrote to them to essentially state the case that: As an "aging boomer" I can ride the longer distances that make the historic towpath trail so unique. I added that it's not the bike that creates a discourteous or dangerous rider, it's the rider that makes the choices. Further, I pointed out that eBikes are not noisy and they don't create pollution. (Heck, even horses tend to pass gas and that's methane!) The reply I received from the NPS was simply a restatement of the banned policy. So I wrote to my two Senators and Congressman, and did get a reply from one of the senators, who expressed thanks for "raising the issue into the radar." Still, I continued to feel generally glum about this, and then this morning I see that the NPS has changed its policy! We can now ride their trails. To my fellow riders: The eBikes are a new phenomenon. A lot of people will be watching and observing how we handle ourselves on public trails. We are free to choose how we ride, but should eBikes create a problem, there may be a lot of critics who may be all too willing to call us out. With that cautionary note: Now more than ever, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY XP!
Electric bikes soon to be humming along national park trails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming along serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide.apnews.com
The panniers were in the same box as the bike in my shipmentJust wondering with the people out there that have their bikes, are the Pannier Bags sent separately?