I LOVE my new electric bike!

[tyler.durden]

Hows the bike holding up?

Like a champ! I had to replace the controller box last year, but it was covered under their awesome warranty. I expected the battery pack to show a noticeable decrease in capacity by now, but I haven't noticed any loss. I actually purchased another ebike from the same company so I could cruise around with my kid or a buddy -

This one is more of a commuter, and the thing that most attracted me to it was the battery is in the front for better balance, and that freed up the back to install a rack. It's a little more powerful at 600 watts, and has hydrolic brakes that are almost too powerful. I do a lot more biking on a non-motorized Trek now to get more exercise, but it's still fun to take out these bad boys for really long treks across the city...

 

[tyler.durden]

i live in the mountains, to get to my house from relatively flat ground you have to climb a fairly steep hill thats the equivalent of about 6 blocks. not sure what the "grade" is, but i've watched a lot of cars slide down it in the winter.
think this thing would haul my 200 lb. ass up this hill?

At 200 pounds, a 500 watt motor should be able to take you up that grade without peddling, albeit slowly (8-10mph). With minimal peddling it would be a breeze. Obviously, the more peddling one does, the farther one can travel. I know my bike can take me about 20 miles with no peddling, I've done it several times, especially riding home tipsy from friends' houses. It's pretty fun to just open the throttle for several blocks at a time, the motor is whisper quiet, kinda like an electric moped. Here's a video that shows its speed with no peddling. I'm trying to find a mechanic that will illegally disable the speed limiter (by law limited to 20mph). Without the limiter I imagine it would easily get past 30mph...

Here's a 360 video of the bike in action. I fucking love these 360 vids, you can scroll up/down, left/right, anywhere. So cool...

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

thats cool, i'll look into that.
i worked at a factory where they made small electric vehicles (g.e.m.), the contollers come in blank and you have to put all the parameters into it, somewhere theres a port to plug into, and all you have to do is change the numbers. we had a small vehicle we used as a garbage truck we'd play with, it would pop the front tires off the ground and snap your head back, but it would drain the batteries pretty quick

 

[ttystikk]

A great transportation tool for the city, perhaps a bit less so for suburbia. Still looks like a blast and I bet I would still do a fair amount of pedaling even in electric mode- a lot more than I do in my minivan lol

 

[Freddie Millergogo]

I was brought up on the mean streets of Chicago. If some big guys beat me up and take my bike from me, then I'll feel like a kid again

May not sound cool but wear a helmet bro. I know too many examples of people on reg bikes with no helmets having a crash and getting hurt and in one case an older lady died.

 

[ThaiBaby1]

May not sound cool but wear a helmet bro. I know too many examples of people on reg bikes with no helmets having a crahs and getting hurt and in one case and older lady died.

I am more worried about falling and getting my elbows and knees torn up.

 

[tyler.durden]

May not sound cool but wear a helmet bro. I know too many examples of people on reg bikes with no helmets having a crahs and getting hurt and in one case and older lady died.

You're preaching to the choir, Freddy. I will never get on a bike and ride without a helmet. I bought a second electric bike and a few different helmets, so whoever rides with me is also required to wear a helmet. Saved my ass just this summer: I was going at a fair clip, about 20mph and made a relatively sharp turn over a a little water on the corner. My bike's tires shot up higher than my head; I landed on my knee and helmet, the bike slid under a truck that stopped. It turned out not to be water, but oil. Derp. My helmet crushed really nice where it bounced off the asphalt, but there wasn't a scratch on my head. I took all the layers of skin off my knee, I could see my knee cap underneath. That skin grew back fine in a couple months, but my head would have been fucked...

 

[ThaiBaby1]

You're preaching to the choir, Freddy. I will never get on a bike and ride without a helmet. I bought a second electric bike and a few different helmets, so whoever rides with me is also required to wear a helmet. Saved my ass just this summer: I was going at a fair clip, about 20mph and made a relatively sharp turn over a a little water on the corner. My bike's tires shot up higher than my head; I landed on my knee and helmet, the bike slid under a truck that stopped. It turned out not to be water, but oil. Derp. My helmet crushed really nice where it bounced off the asphalt, but there wasn't a scratch on my head. I took all the layers of skin off my knee, I could see my knee cap underneath. That skin grew back fine in a couple months, but my head would have been fucked...

Shoulda been wearing kneepads too! lol

 

[ttystikk]

You're preaching to the choir, Freddy. I will never get on a bike and ride without a helmet. I bought a second electric bike and a few different helmets, so whoever rides with me is also required to wear a helmet. Saved my ass just this summer: I was going at a fair clip, about 20mph and made a relatively sharp turn over a a little water on the corner. My bike's tires shot up higher than my head; I landed on my knee and helmet, the bike slid under a truck that stopped. It turned out not to be water, but oil. Derp. My helmet crushed really nice where it bounced off the asphalt, but there wasn't a scratch on my head. I took all the layers of skin off my knee, I could see my knee cap underneath. That skin grew back fine in a couple months, but my head would have been fucked...

I'm satisfied this incident explains your sense of humor. lol

I have a helmet for my mountain bike and when I rode a motorcycle I wore my bike helmet like a religion. Indeed I had a couple helmets for passengers, too.

I'm very fortunate not have been involved in any serious motorcycling accidents, but I've been witness to a few. Most were another motorist's fault.

 

[ThaiBaby1]

I'm satisfied this incident explains your sense of humor. lol

I have a helmet for my mountain bike and when I rode a motorcycle I wore my bike helmet like a religion. Indeed I had a couple helmets for passengers, too.

I'm very fortunate not have been involved in any serious motorcycling accidents, but I've been witness to a few. Most were another motorist's fault.

I used to ride a moped, I stopped after about the 10th time some idiot driver nearly ran me down.

 

[DonaldJTrump]

nice bike bro

sadly another year or few these will be regulated to the gills everywhere.

that will be right around when the price comes down for everyone to afford (how convenient!). It will trend for a while.

 

[Tim Fox]

i need to strap 2 of those together for my big butt,, hahaha

 

[ttystikk]

I've been seeing more and more Zero electric motorcycles, I saw another one just today. They look plenty nimble and the electric acceleration would be an attractive bonus!

 

[666888]

I've been seeing more and more Zero electric motorcycles, I saw another one just today. They look plenty nimble and the electric acceleration would be an attractive bonus!

Thought you would be more of the moped kind of dude, little green freak that you are

 

[fridayfishfry]

This is going to sound like i'm making fun of you but...

I'd love to ride my electric bike to the gym

 

[Tim Fox]

I want to ride my electric bike to my motorcycle hahah

 

[ttystikk]

I want to ride my electric bike to my motorcycle hahah

I want to charge my electric vehicles with my solar array and use them as power storage for running my grow op at night.

 

[dagwood45431]

Just got back from a nice, long ride to downtown (52 miles in all). We've got the most amazing lake front bike trail in this city, it's like 56 miles long sandwiched between the lake and the skyline of all the great architecture. It's really busy when the weather is warm, but not so much when it dips below 60 or so. There are a lot of jogging hotties on the trail, so I often slow down to admire them from the back I stopped to eat an apple and smoke a joint downtown and was approached by a couple from Denmark. I smoked them up, then sold them a quarter to take back to their hotel. I fucking love this city...

They have a lifelong story about a really awesome American they met along the lake one day! You are a true ambassador and just the type of citizen I hope people from abroad run into when they're here! Thank you for you service!

 

[tyler.durden]

This is going to sound like i'm making fun of you but...

I'd love to ride my electric bike to the gym

Much more exercise than driving your car

 

[Roche Mars]

Wow, It's so cool. How much is it? I want to buy one.