Hi, I am Chan and I am a new member and active researcher to find an e-bike under and around $1,500. I am 25 and live in suburb in Los Angeles. I go to school that is 10 miles away with some altitude variables. There is one big hill which at the lowest point of the hill is at 150m and highest 300m in altitude. This will be my first e-bike and so I am careful and cautious to see if this thing will get me some work out, some fun riding and hopefully give me some break on expensive SoCal gas prices
I have done about 7 hours of research so far and came down to two choices: GenZe e101 and Rad Power Rover. (If there are other amazing bikes at this price, let me know!)
They are both at $1499.00, although shipping for Rad Power Rover is significantly more at $175 whereas the e101 is at $50 from Amazon.
Seems like both have good pros and cons.
I am looking for stability, consistency, longevity, and some power to go up hills. I am about 145 lb and 5'10".
Definitely the Rad Power Rover has much more power at 750W and will take me up the hill pretty good. Also the shocks & fat tire will give me lots of cushion and stability. But the extra huge & fat tires on street and large and bulky (compared to GenZe) is not my style. However, the quality of the components seem better than the other and has more of a good "finish" in terms of welding. Btw, I wonder how long those fat tires will last in paved streets.
I have read up on Ken M.'s daily posts of Genze e101 and it sounds like it runs well, has good consistency but it does lack a lot less power at 250W and top speed of 16-18 mph. It's slim & looks good. I like the the battery pack is tucked inside. However, the components for the bike looks less in quality and should cost a bit more to replace them with something better. Ken said he had replaced a set of tires under 1,000 miles..?
If there are any e-bikes out there that you think I should know more and research about, any local stores that I should stop by in LA area, please let me know!
Extra question - some say that watts the e-bikes output does not actually matter that it is how each motor keeps its temperature that increases/decreases power.. is that true?
I have done about 7 hours of research so far and came down to two choices: GenZe e101 and Rad Power Rover. (If there are other amazing bikes at this price, let me know!)
They are both at $1499.00, although shipping for Rad Power Rover is significantly more at $175 whereas the e101 is at $50 from Amazon.
Seems like both have good pros and cons.
I am looking for stability, consistency, longevity, and some power to go up hills. I am about 145 lb and 5'10".
Definitely the Rad Power Rover has much more power at 750W and will take me up the hill pretty good. Also the shocks & fat tire will give me lots of cushion and stability. But the extra huge & fat tires on street and large and bulky (compared to GenZe) is not my style. However, the quality of the components seem better than the other and has more of a good "finish" in terms of welding. Btw, I wonder how long those fat tires will last in paved streets.
I have read up on Ken M.'s daily posts of Genze e101 and it sounds like it runs well, has good consistency but it does lack a lot less power at 250W and top speed of 16-18 mph. It's slim & looks good. I like the the battery pack is tucked inside. However, the components for the bike looks less in quality and should cost a bit more to replace them with something better. Ken said he had replaced a set of tires under 1,000 miles..?
If there are any e-bikes out there that you think I should know more and research about, any local stores that I should stop by in LA area, please let me know!
Extra question - some say that watts the e-bikes output does not actually matter that it is how each motor keeps its temperature that increases/decreases power.. is that true?