Hi guys, Guess I am late on this thread, and haven't been able to read every comment naturally. To the OP, if you want to add a lot more range, we offered owners only our
17.5ah battery for $329 and currently have it at only $349. I don't know anyone that offers this battery at this price. We try to take care of our customer. Let me know if you want one. You can email me and I can get you set up.
Regarding the aventon pace 500 vs ride1up 500 series; They are both good options as car replacements. To be perfectly honest, our bike costs more to manufacturer (but is currently selling for $200 less). I know their supplier (Chinese Factory as well as ours). They make great bikes also, I am not bad-mouthing anyone here. Their motor is actually a 500w shengyi motor with a different gearing setup offering higher top speeds but lower torque. We are actually changing to this same motor setup as it seems more desirable for most riders and is cheaper. Our current 500 series motor was the slightly more expensive bafang 500w.
@Deleted Member 4210, most companies that aren't Trek/Specialized are operating on a similar basis. Partnered with a Chinese factory like Motorlife, enwe, etc etc. Juiced, Radrover, Aventon, Luna, etc. There isn't anything inherently wrong with this, but it not as simple as just slapping a logo on their models as I'm sure you would expect. I have a German couple over their running our QC operations. I also do a load of customization with frame geometry, components, features, etc. It's just the simple fact that the entire manufacturing process is tied to Chinese or Taiwanese factories. They want to grow as well and don't have the patience to wait for my business, or iGo, or Rambo, or M2S, or whoever that company is to grow large enough for their capacity; so naturally, they market to everyone they can. Buying a bike from them normally is more expensive and much more difficult then buying the same spec'd bike from our company (Ride1UP). Simply because the average person wouldn't have the means to fill all the roles that we have established to get a quality product delivered to your home. This could be a day long discussion no doubt, but it is a little concerning when you tout your industry experience (which I have no doubt about) but then state that these are just carelessly slapped together bikes from Chinese factories all copying another. Then in the next sentence you go on to speak about defamation. That isn't just hypocritical, it is quite hurtful to the thousands of hours of work we put into design, QC, engineering, etc. Our process is also quite similar to the hundreds of other bikes which you have mentioned and tested. Our business models, designs, and missions all differ a bit, but again, the process and supply chain is quite similar.
I'm sure this could be a long discussion and would be best in person.
On a separate note, I just found out today from Bafang's head of sales that the juiced's CCS is using a 500w motor but calling it a 750w motor. There is no doubt a large amount of misinformation in the new world of eBike starter companies, but I always attempt to be as transparent as possible. Of course we want our site to be as sales'y/promotional as possible, but I am a huge advocate of transparency.