What ebike are you riding? Do you recommend?

  • username_unavailable@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have an Aventon Aventure with a battery blender & swappable 20 ah LiFePo4 with a 35 ah arriving this week. I’ve got an ebikeling 1200 motor watt & controller running through that battery blender ( so I can run both controllers with any 1 battery or 2 at a time. )

    For cargo space I have the Topeak MXT rack & EXP trunk bag, and a Burley COHO XC single wheel trailer with their paniers & rack.

    I don’t know what I would recommend except to someone else my weight ( I’m heavy ).

    I would feel comfortable telling anyone in my family to pick the Aventon that meets their needs pretty comfortably - ( cargo bikes, folding , etc ).

  • martyc3@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Aventon Pace 500.2 I bought it for the exercise, dealer support network, and modest weight of 52 lbs. After about 400 miles, I like it.

  • jdloates@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    My daily ride is an Urban Arrow cargobike XL. It’s overkill for most people, unless you have a) a large family, or b) a small business, or c) are just mad. Riese & Müller make a great range of ebikes at the premium end of the market. Brompton electric if you’re short on space, or Tern are other good choices. I really like the Bosch motor in combination with a Gates belt and Rohloff hub gear for heavy duty work and fuss-free maintenance (based on over 11,000 miles experience).
    [I would post a pic if I could work out how to do it!]

  • MeowdyPardner@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I pretty much only have conversion builds so all I can recommend is ebikes.ca for parts haha, they make a nice field oriented controller (baserunner) with thermal rollback and field weakening for higher top speeds that’s super compact and fits in the empty space of hailong-style downtube batteries so it’s nice for sleek builds as it’s 100% invisible & hidden under the downtube battery, though I have mine hooked up to a cycle analyst display which adds more flexibility for throttle settings.

    My dream build will be to get a custom titanium frame from waltly with ebikes.ca’s G310 geared & clutched rear hub motor and a bottom bracket torque sensor, but that project has been on hold. Plus I also have an old FlyKly all-in-one rear hub from kickstarter on my road bike so I don’t really need another ebike.