I just got a Quick SL and wanted to share first impressions. I was previously riding Giant OCR carbon road bike and Giant Aluminum Mnt Bike. Road bike was great on road but not for trails with 23C tires. Mountain bike had low gearing and good on hills, but starting to be a heavy slog for me to get 33lbs up the steep grades. I'd been looking at the Orbea Gain F30 for a while at LBS - but saw a good sale on the Cannondale and went for it.
Bike is about 35lbs - similar to my mnt bike. Weight is great for an e-bike (I had previous ridden a Rad City rental - which has more power and can drive on the throttle - but that is really not biking and it is heavy to manoeuvre) - 38c tires are good for road and trail - but no suspension fork limits the serious downhill stuff. That is a good trade-off though.
Bike is light enough to pedal without assist - there is no drag from motor - gearing is OK for relatively flat rides and max speed while peddling is about 25MPH (250rpm on crank). Min assist level is great on the flat - like riding with tail wind - mid assist is good for most hills, and max assist gets me up the steepest stuff - while you still have to work - you get up much faster. Range is pretty much as rated - in mixed flat/road/trail/hill ride I went 18 miles on about 50% of the charge.
Saddle is comfortable, Schwable tires are great. I added tail light (it has one already), front light, pedals with clips, bottle cage, saddle bag, over the stem phone holder. Ebikemotion app has frozen on me a couple of times - and bluetooth connection could be better - but overall not bad and you can use your phone instead of bike computer.
Overall great bike for those of us slighter older riders that could use a push up the hills to make rides more fun. You will still get a workout without killing yourself - and can go further/faster.
Bike is about 35lbs - similar to my mnt bike. Weight is great for an e-bike (I had previous ridden a Rad City rental - which has more power and can drive on the throttle - but that is really not biking and it is heavy to manoeuvre) - 38c tires are good for road and trail - but no suspension fork limits the serious downhill stuff. That is a good trade-off though.
Bike is light enough to pedal without assist - there is no drag from motor - gearing is OK for relatively flat rides and max speed while peddling is about 25MPH (250rpm on crank). Min assist level is great on the flat - like riding with tail wind - mid assist is good for most hills, and max assist gets me up the steepest stuff - while you still have to work - you get up much faster. Range is pretty much as rated - in mixed flat/road/trail/hill ride I went 18 miles on about 50% of the charge.
Saddle is comfortable, Schwable tires are great. I added tail light (it has one already), front light, pedals with clips, bottle cage, saddle bag, over the stem phone holder. Ebikemotion app has frozen on me a couple of times - and bluetooth connection could be better - but overall not bad and you can use your phone instead of bike computer.
Overall great bike for those of us slighter older riders that could use a push up the hills to make rides more fun. You will still get a workout without killing yourself - and can go further/faster.
