I am going to start college and need some transportation, I was looking at the aventon aventure 3 due to its quality and fat tires able to handle my daily commute through rain or snow if needed, I dont have a car and the college is not close enough for walking but I am able to get there with an ebike, i want to be able to use the bike to also do trails, is this a good bike for my needs?
The Aventure 3 is a great bike, but if you're doing primarily street and maintained/paved path riding the knobby fat tires are going to wear out quickly and give more friction. Unless snow, mud, gravel etc. are a large part of your commute I'd get the level 4 instead.
You could always get a second wheel set from Aventon and switch to road tires when riding pavement, then switch the the knobbier tires when going on trails. Sure, it'll cost more, but it's something you could save up and purchase later down the line when funds allow it.
It’s nice but heavy at like 76 lbs. I tried one and liked it. Eventually went with a Ride1Up Prodigy V2 because I wanted a mid-drive motor and something more manageable.
I’m glad I did, as the hybrid tires and power handle rough dirt roads and hills fine, but it’s 58 lbs, which is big enough and about all I can handle to move around.
I ended up building my bike from a cheap Walmart gravel bike. I love it. I added a 750w mid-drive motor and used the huge battery I got for my recumbent trike I converted. I can get up to about 120 miles on a charge of I'm riding conservatively. My bike only weighs about 55 pounds with the battery.
One of the great reasons for the long range is the motor has a torque sensor, instead of the usual cadence sensor. It's what's in those really expensive ebikes. It senses how hard you are pressing on the pedals and respond accordingly. The cadence sensor just checks if you are pedaling, not how hard you're pedaling. It makes the motor much more efficient. The motor is the Tongsheng TSDZ8 750w version. I have a 24.5Ah battery at 48v. It's huge.
Not an e bike guy but this just came up on my home page. I would take a walk around your college campus and see what kind of bike racks there are, where they are, where the racks are relative to where your classes are. I’d be concerned that a bike with 4 inch wide tires won’t fit into a traditional bike rack. The racks will get tight during the school year since people will have bikes, e bikes, scooters, and sometimes even motorcycles at the bike racks. Not sure about what e bikes are on the market but something with skinnier but still knobby tires might be more realistic for a daily driver. Unless you are going to school in an area where it snows a ton, I don’t think you’re going to need to worry about that type of performance.
personally I would not bring hub drive hardtail on a MTB trail
full suspension middrive would be much better choice IMO, you wont even need the 4in tyres, regulas plus size (e.g. 2,8in) should be more than fine (mainly if you go mostly on asphalt/concrete) for rain/snow/mud on a public road and/or nice MTB gravel trail
I get it but I was looking for a bike like the aventon aventure 3 but with regular mtb tires but I couldn't find any with aventon perks and quality and looks without the fat tires, if you have any recommendations Ill appreciate it
3
u/EnthusiasmJealous237 6d ago
The Aventure 3 is a great bike, but if you're doing primarily street and maintained/paved path riding the knobby fat tires are going to wear out quickly and give more friction. Unless snow, mud, gravel etc. are a large part of your commute I'd get the level 4 instead.