I started riding a
Ride1Up Cafe Cruiser and it was/is a very good bike. Wife and I each have one, very happy with it. Unfortunately as I age I am starting to have mobility issues, and I have a problem getting my leg over the frame, even though it’s a step-through model.
I found that the
Fold 1 has a very low step-over height, one of the lowest on the market, so i bought one. I don‘t have a need for the folding feature and it weighs the same as the R1U so no advantage there. I have only had the Fold for 108 miles but I have come to hate it, I‘m sorry I bought it. The sole issue is the battery range, it sucks. Looking at the website it shows the range as 45 miles on throttle and 55 miles on pedals. I get half that.
We like to ride on prepared trails, this weekend we rode the rails-to-trails at High Bridge in Va. Since it’s an old rail line, it is very flat. We rode about 20 miles and at the end I was down to 2 bars, by comparison the wife has 4 bars left. I contacted
Velotric customer service, they explained that the estimated range is apparently calculated the same way car makers do their mpg values: the bike rider has to weigh less than 187 lbs, cannot use the throttle, must use only pas level 1, on a flat level surface. What good is that?
