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04-19-2020, 12:41 PM
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Electric Bicycle recommendation
We’re looking to purchase electric bicycles. What are recommendations?
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04-19-2020, 12:49 PM
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I bought a Rad Rover, but they have other smaller models too. The Rover is a fat tire bike with a 750 watt motor in the rear hub.
www.radpowerbikes.com
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04-19-2020, 01:21 PM
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Newmar Owners Club
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My wife and I both own E-Bikes. She has the Rad Rover and I have the M2S Kush bike. The M2S is a much better bike than the Rad bikes. They cost about the same. From the battery usable capacity to the workmanship I much prefer M2S (Mountain to Sea). Both are only available online.
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04-20-2020, 10:52 AM
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Boy, you're answers are going to be all over the place because it's such a general question. At the very least it would help to know your budget. How much you are willing to spend will be your first main limit.
One general thing I want to recommend is you both (I assume there's two of you) purchase the same brand bike or at least confirm that the pedal assist levels are the same on both bikes if you go with different brands/types. My wife and I bought two different brand bikes. We spent more on her bike and it has three levels of pedal assist. I went with a less expensive bike that has three levels. Well, so far 95% of our riding has been using level one, but the problem is, my level one speed is about 11mph and her's is around 8mph. That means for us to ride together on a slow casual ride, I end up pedaling, coasting, pedaling, coasting, otherwise I'm pulling away from her. If I had it to do all over again, I'd get a bike that matches her's in pedal assist speed. Sure she can switch hers to level two, but then she's going faster than she wants. Most of the time so far, if we are biking that slow, I just pedal without the motor turned on which is ok with me most of the time.
The other thing to know is you'll need a bike rack rated for ebikes unless you get folding bikes and have room in your vehicle to stash them. Racks are pricey. If you go folding, the question is; how are you at lifting a somewhat heavy bikes into and out of a vehicle?
Originally, we were just going to get her a bike and I'd ride a regular bike, but I figured what the heck, I'd get one too. Her bike was the priority so that's what we spent the money on and I couldn't bring myself to paying that much for my bike and that's how I ended up with a more basic model with less PAS levels. Still, we both really enjoy the bikes. What it has done is open up the world of biking to my wife who has always been ok on the level, but struggles with hills, and always has. With pedal assist we go places we'd never would have gone before and we are biking more now in our 60s that we ever did when we were younger.
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04-22-2020, 11:37 AM
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We purchased a Rad Rover step thru and it has worked well. No complaints and they run specials all along. Sometimes free shipping other times $300.00 off.
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08-17-2020, 01:55 PM
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If you're looking for a compact, light weight, affordable e-bike, you might want to check out a JackRabbit. It was a new start-up on Kickstarter website 2 years ago & I participated. I got one at half price ($499). Now they've just started another Kickstarter campaign to finance a 2nd generation version with lots of improvements. I've had many communications with the creator of the JackRabbit over the last 2 years & he's a wonderful individual. The new version weighs just 23 lbs., & if you participate in the Kickstarter campaign, you can get the new one for $549 (half price). I carry mine behind the front seats of my F350 or in the basement storage of my fifth wheel. I'm getting too old to lug around these new full featured fat wheel e-bikes that weigh 70-80 lbs. Check out the JackRabbit Kickstarter campaign at
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...f=project_link
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08-17-2020, 06:45 PM
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Check out the Lectric XP, it’s a great value at $899 with free shipping. It is a 20” fat tire folding bike that rides like a full size bike. If you get something like the jack rabbit or any of the 16” wheel bikes you’ll be a little less stable riding them. Most of the 20” and above e-bikes will weigh around 60lbs vs. half that of the smaller 16” bikes, so you trade stability and speed for light weights. I have both a 16” bike (much longer than the jack rabbit) and an Lectric XP and prefer the XP hands down. Whatever you get you will enjoy riding it. Like one of my friends wife says “it takes the suck out of riding and leaves only the good!”
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08-18-2020, 05:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boo Boo
We’re looking to purchase electric bicycles. What are recommendations?
Thanks
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My wife and I rented E-Bikes on a bicycle tour of Galveston last year. She had so much fun on the e-bike, that we ordered a pair a day or two after the tour.
She has a Rad-Mini Step.
I have a Rad-Rover.
If I was doing it again I would get a Rad-Rover Step because I'm sure as I get older the step through would be easier to use.
Rad Power is releasing a new e-bike, Rad Mission, that looks very nice. The intro price is very nice at this time.
https://www.radpowerbikes.com/produc...32397507133536
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08-18-2020, 05:44 AM
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I have both and would point out that you get very little exercise riding an "e bike". (I have both an e bike and a pedal bike). The e bike is too heavy to lift in and out of my CRV like I do with my pedal bike. (I tried it and strained myself to the point I was afraid of it. It was heavy and clunky to handle.) Ideally I'd carry both when I travel but not practical due to weight of e bike.
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08-18-2020, 05:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TJFogelberg
I have both and would point out that you get very little exercise riding an "e bike". (I have both an e bike and a pedal bike).
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With mine you can get as much exercise as you want....it’s all up to you. The pedal assist can be turned from zero (no electric assist at all) to 5. It has 7 gear ranges, so you can change gears and pedal as hard (or soft) as you want to. I generally only go above pedal assist 1 when the terrain is pretty steep uphill.
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08-18-2020, 08:28 AM
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We have 2 of the Lectric XPs and like them very much. They hold a charge for a long time and we really like the way we can fold them and store in a 40GA container, 2 easily slip in the back of our Jeep Wrangler Toad and stay nice and clean during travels.
They are only $899 and they just released a new version (same price) that has a lower step-over.
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