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New boxy and stylish eMoped.

Full suspension, missing turn signals and cast wheels. Nice crowd funding release price: 48 V, 40 Ah is only $2400; 20 Ah = $1800.

Still has the knobby tires, which is quite ridiculous.

It has a single speed belt drive, and I think gearing it low was a good choice; a fellow is more likely to need it to limp home witha dead battery at 5-10 mph than assist it at 20+ mph. (Having paid attention to numbers on my previous fat tire bike, no amount of pedaling effort really helps past 15 mph, even with appropriate gearing)

 
Knobby tires are a bit silly for road use. They also chew out pretty quickly from experience. I'll never forget when I pulled out onto a wet highway with my dirt bike (with knobby tires) and gave it too much gas, the bike just slipped out from under me!

For a moment I couldn't see a rear shock on this moped. It's hidden in the frame.
 
Nice looking bike for the money. Another emoped that just dropped is the volcon brat. It's a sharp bike too.
 
This kind of bike is where all the excitement is in the eBike world right now.
Agreed. I really like how they started from scratch. Hidden suspension, comfortable seat that doesn't look like a seat, etc.

For my part though? I'm not sure if I'm going to like the eMoped as much when I get it as I do my Class 3 Aventon Level.2 which can actually be ridden as a regular bike and not get too much attention on crowded bike trails. I commuted in on it this morning and only used the motor to get me started from stops up to 10 mph. Was pedaling 13-17 mph the rest of the time with overall downhill and a bit of a tailwind. Would've been 20+ on my Trek Domane road bike.

Will I immediately gain 5 lbs. back when I start riding the eMoped more and my mBike and Level.2 less? :unsure:
 
All sounds good until you actually own one… iOS app is garbage and customer service has gone dark since I’ve owned the bike. Worst $3K I’ve spent!!!
 
New boxy and stylish eMoped.

Full suspension, missing turn signals and cast wheels. Nice crowd funding release price: 48 V, 40 Ah is only $2400; 20 Ah = $1800.

Still has the knobby tires, which is quite ridiculous.

It has a single speed belt drive, and I think gearing it low was a good choice; a fellow is more likely to need it to limp home witha dead battery at 5-10 mph than assist it at 20+ mph. (Having paid attention to numbers on my previous fat tire bike, no amount of pedaling effort really helps past 15 mph, even with appropriate gearing)


I hope and pray you are incorrect here, but you are probably right. lol
I just ordered the larger chain ring for my bike to attempt to be able to pedal assist in all PAS levels. If pedaling increases the range at higher speeds by even 10% I consider it worth while. I generally ride at 13-18mph or in other words PAS 1 & 2 but I would like the opportunity to go faster while pedaling but I do need the extended range. Where I live NOTHING is close by. Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, Harbor Freight Etc. are all 50 miles round trip or slightly more!
 
I hope and pray you are incorrect here, but you are probably right. lol
I just ordered the larger chain ring for my bike to attempt to be able to pedal assist in all PAS levels. If pedaling increases the range at higher speeds by even 10% I consider it worth while. I generally ride at 13-18mph or in other words PAS 1 & 2 but I would like the opportunity to go faster while pedaling but I do need the extended range. Where I live NOTHING is close by. Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, Harbor Freight Etc. are all 50 miles round trip or slightly more!
I came to that conclusion when I had my first eBike, a heybike Ranger. I was comfortable cruising at 15-20 mph on that bike. It had tall enough gearing for me to pedal along up to about 23-25 mph, and it also had a real-time power meter. If I recall correctly, the power consumption was around 500 W @ 20 mph, and adding significant effort on my part only brought the bike's power down by maybe 70 W. That much effort would result in me arriving sweaty wherever I am going, which defeats a large part of having the eBike.

On the other hand, I noticed it was a exponential change in effort. It was pretty comfortable pedaling it unpowered at 10 mph, which is the "limp-home-with-a-dead-battery pace". Just something to keep in mind. Just like carrying a wrench to remove the rear wheel to fix a flat, if needed.

That Ranger was a ChiComm copy of the Lectric XP 2.0, but with fatter tires (4" vs. 3") and cast wheels vs. spokes. (which I really liked the idea of, but which probably contributed to it being ~8 lbs. heavier than the XP 2.0)
 
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