Lightweight commuter bike ; easy pedaling unassisted ?

[e-boy]

Looking for a relatively lightweight ebike for on-road transportation that offers relatively easy pedaling unassisted .
Lightweight so can be lifted onto front bus rack ; Easy pedaling for extended milage range .

Yamaha's Cross Core seems to be a candidate ; any others ?

 

[Marci jo]

Looking for a relatively lightweight ebike for on-road transportation that offers relatively easy pedaling unassisted .
Lightweight so can be lifted onto front bus rack ; Easy pedaling for extended milage range .

Yamaha's Cross Core seems to be a candidate ; any others ?

Do you have an idea of what bike weight would be liftable for you? There seems to be quite a range: chatted with a fat tire ebike owner a few months ago. His bike was 70 lbs (way too heavy for my whimpy arms). Many are in 50+ range. A few maybe mid 40 lbs.
Some of the small wheeled city bikes might be less but I’m not familiar with their range.
If you find one 30 lbs or less, with decent range, post it please!

 

[Ravi Kempaiah]

Looking for a relatively lightweight ebike for on-road transportation that offers relatively easy pedaling unassisted .
Lightweight so can be lifted onto front bus rack ; Easy pedaling for extended milage range .

Yamaha's Cross Core seems to be a candidate ; any others ?

This Haro powered by the new Shimano E6100 motor is quite amazing. It's light very agiile and has very minimal resistance, actually on par or better than the Yamaha PW. Highly recommend it. You could wire lights into it and add a rack. Versatile bike in my opinion.

https://haromtb.com/products/double-peak-io-2019

 

[Dewey]

Trek Crossrip+ and Giant Road-e are both about 45lb. Lighter road ebikes with 250w hub motors maybe won’t provide enough power for your needs, but I guess it depends on your riding preferences, for example a 22lb Cannondale road bike with a lightweight set up from Grin Tech like a Bafang geared hub motor, torque sensor, and 3-4 LiGo batteries maybe adds 8-10lb - that’s also one of the kit conversions Bike Friday offer for their lightweight bikes like the pakit

 

[Alex M]

Motor, decent size battery and other e-components add 15-20 lbs to the frame. Mainstream model with aluminum frame will weigh 43-45 lbs altogether. Carbon frame would shave a few pounds off, for a bit more money, but total weight will still be around 40 lbs. I recall Daymak have some low-priced carbon model with 250W geared hub.

Rider's weight affects the ease of pedaling more than you think . Though I understand the reluctance to lift more than 50 lbs.

 

[ebikemom]

"Light-weight ebike" is an oxymoron, methinks ... I hope that as ebikes proliferate, buses will begin to be equipped with bike racks that include a lift mechanism so ebikers will be able to roll their bikes onto the rack.

 

[indianajo]

See this thread about lightweight bikes. https://electricbikereview.com/forums/threads/electric-road-bikes.26226/
Be wary of mid drives except yamaha if you intend to pedal. Ravi may have special knowledge about the shimano drive he mentions above, I hadn't heard that it had a one way clutch in it allowing the motor to rest while you pedal.
Yamaha mid drives and geared hub motors are the two kinds that don't drag when you pedal.
The magnum metro is 59 lb compared to the 44 of the yamaha you mentioned, but they might have some models that delete the rear book rack. there is 10 lb of battery on that model, 13 AH which should give some decent range. Magnum metro is geared hub 500 w. That is 19" seat post to handlebar stem, which is too big for me but may be right for you. Try some pedal bikes to see what size frame fits you.
I you are male and under 60 I expect you can work out up to lifting 60 lb on a bus.
I would not convert a carbon frame bike with a hub motor, they exert torque on the flanges. Aluminum is as low as I would go, and I would use torque arms in that circumstance to spread the force and cut the torque. The 53 lb bike left has an aluminum frame, converted with a 1000 w hub motor. the added 17.5 AH battery, battery frame, and DD motor brought it up to about 75 lb. I don't mind because i often carry 60 lb of supplies, which swamp the motor/battery weight. I pedal mostly to keep my heart/lungs in shape, limiting the electricity to times when the wind is >12 mph in my face or the trip exceeds 25 miles.

 

[Alex M]

I mentioned previously Daymak carbon. Here it is, 39 lbs net weight, 50 lbs in-box weight: http://daymak.com/ec1.html.
Not sure what they mean by "net" . Anyway, rack, lights and fenders will add at least 4 lbs.

 

[ebikemom]

Rider's weight affects the ease of pedaling more than you think .

Yep, the biggest thing we lug around is ourselves, not our bike, for sure!!!

 

[Chris Nolte]

I would check out the Cannondale Neo EQ it’s 43lbs and it has the Bosch Active Plus which is easy to ride without power. I think it looks quite nice as well.