oceanside_rider
New member
I'm a new user from New England. I have the Jasion X-hunter, my wife has the Q8 (sold under a few names like Apyear) and a Totem Victor 2 which was bought for my father but I keep at the house and use myself.
I live in rural new england near the coast. I mostly ride for fun on poorly maintained chipseal roads, and some gravel roads.
As I got older I stopped riding my old mountain bike that I bought new in 1995, a Jamis Durango AL. I bought my first ebike, the X-Hunter, when my employer offered a subsidy. Riding the ebike for a few months got me back into biking. I've since upgraded my Jamis with wider and higher handlebars which has made it usable again, and thicker tires which has made it much better on the poor roads.
I even convinced my neighbor to get an ebike, and bought one for my father. Unfortunately, his condo association has banned all ebikes, so it has become my second ebike. He can ride it once in a while when he visits. He's in his 80s, but has no problem with bikes.
Each of these bikes has their pros and cons. I'll either comment on other posts or make my own posts for these bikes soon. I know I purchased discount bikes, but that is kind of the fun. It let us try a few different styles to understand what we like. In the future we might upgrade, or maybe not since we like all of these bikes.
I have upgrades planned for each of these. New brakes for the X-Hunter, and possibly suspension upgrades or shorter crank arms (pedals strike the ground often). It might get a better set of gears soon too, I was able to get the parts very cheaply, need to see if they fit. The Totem already got wider tires and longer handlebar stem, and will get riser handlebars as soon as I get around to installing them. I'm thinking of installing a suspension fork on the Q8. My wife loves that bike, but it's a bit punishing on our local roads.
I live in rural new england near the coast. I mostly ride for fun on poorly maintained chipseal roads, and some gravel roads.
As I got older I stopped riding my old mountain bike that I bought new in 1995, a Jamis Durango AL. I bought my first ebike, the X-Hunter, when my employer offered a subsidy. Riding the ebike for a few months got me back into biking. I've since upgraded my Jamis with wider and higher handlebars which has made it usable again, and thicker tires which has made it much better on the poor roads.
I even convinced my neighbor to get an ebike, and bought one for my father. Unfortunately, his condo association has banned all ebikes, so it has become my second ebike. He can ride it once in a while when he visits. He's in his 80s, but has no problem with bikes.
Each of these bikes has their pros and cons. I'll either comment on other posts or make my own posts for these bikes soon. I know I purchased discount bikes, but that is kind of the fun. It let us try a few different styles to understand what we like. In the future we might upgrade, or maybe not since we like all of these bikes.
I have upgrades planned for each of these. New brakes for the X-Hunter, and possibly suspension upgrades or shorter crank arms (pedals strike the ground often). It might get a better set of gears soon too, I was able to get the parts very cheaply, need to see if they fit. The Totem already got wider tires and longer handlebar stem, and will get riser handlebars as soon as I get around to installing them. I'm thinking of installing a suspension fork on the Q8. My wife loves that bike, but it's a bit punishing on our local roads.
