KB's_ebikes
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She is a bit sad today because it's raining and she cant get outside. I did order a cheap neoprene battery cover from Temu, though.
This is my 3rd attempt to find the affordable Swiss army knife of ebikes that suits my needs. I do have other road and hybrid acoustic bikes, but the hills around my house can kill you.
First one was a 250W Schwinn Boundary I scored for $400 at Walmart. It turned out it is a great ebike but not powerful enough for my 15% steep hills with 800ft elevation changes, and too much ghost pedaling too. Second was a 500W mid-drive but somehow still doesn't have more umpf than the 500W Bafang motor of the Walke F1. I also learned on this forum that I will be in for lots of chain and freewheel replacements after going up and down those hills a lot.
Then I found some great reviews and testing for the 21 speed Walke F1 hybrid ebike aka Gen3 Flex and decided to give this one a try. Good thing is that I can use it without battery as a regular bicycle too!
Thank you hsdrggr for the great advice and insight on this ebike. This finally sealed the deal for me
This is my 3rd attempt to find the affordable Swiss army knife of ebikes that suits my needs. I do have other road and hybrid acoustic bikes, but the hills around my house can kill you.
First one was a 250W Schwinn Boundary I scored for $400 at Walmart. It turned out it is a great ebike but not powerful enough for my 15% steep hills with 800ft elevation changes, and too much ghost pedaling too. Second was a 500W mid-drive but somehow still doesn't have more umpf than the 500W Bafang motor of the Walke F1. I also learned on this forum that I will be in for lots of chain and freewheel replacements after going up and down those hills a lot.
Then I found some great reviews and testing for the 21 speed Walke F1 hybrid ebike aka Gen3 Flex and decided to give this one a try. Good thing is that I can use it without battery as a regular bicycle too!
Thank you hsdrggr for the great advice and insight on this ebike. This finally sealed the deal for me
