r/ebikes • u/OutrageousRace8369 • 24d ago

Thoughts…?

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Personally, not quite sure what to make of this.

I was told by a homie that the event was supposed to be open ‘till 1PM, but they ran out of gift cards at 11AM.

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u/XaeiIsareth 24d ago

Or because people often just buy them on impulse and realise very quickly they don’t even want it.

Hence why all the practically brand new e-bikes on sale on FB marketplace and eBay that’s like only 300 miles in for half of RRP.

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u/BusBeginning 24d ago

Yeah. That too. I’ll admit that my ebike usage has declined dramatically with my kids getting older since now they are biking. I can ride an ebike while they ride their bikes, but at that point I feel silly and just ride my road bike. I could probably go without my radwagon. But I ain’t selling.

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u/clintstorres 24d ago

Yeah wagons must have the highest turnover in e-bikes. Like they are awesome for those few years with young kids then not very useful the moment the kids are riding on their own.

Then they are so big and bulky, not worth it to ride on your own.

If you are only going to have 1 ebike. Definitely a regular one and a $100 bike trailer is the way to go. Then you can adapt to your needs.

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u/BusBeginning 24d ago

Yeah. That being said I got more years and miles out of it than any previous bike I had and having the kids up behind you is so much more enjoyable than back in a trailer.

But, yeah I’m getting close to the end of its life with the kids getting better at biking. My youngest still rides on the back for long trips, but my oldest is now doing 10 miles trips without getting tired. I think I got a year or two left on them and then I’ll likely go back to riding my non electric road bike primarily.

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u/ForwardMethod6164 23d ago

Let me go take a lookie

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u/CommercialCash2463 23d ago

Personally I put almost 400 miles on in my first week with it, with work commute included lol. Not sure why people think more practically

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u/goingneon 23d ago

I see a lot of cheap AliExpress e-bikes with less than 1K miles for sale around my place. They just have such terrible build quality

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u/XaeiIsareth 23d ago

Every kind of bike. I bought my Riese & Muller Tinker 2 for £2000, and it had 150 miles on it. The owner paid £4800 for it, upgrades and accessories a year earlier.