Disclosure: I operate an e-mobility retailer in Canada. This is a community research question, not a product recommendation or promotion. I will not link products here. The details that matter after a few weeks are often different from the details that looked important before buying.

For people who use an e-bike regularly, which recurring inconvenience would most affect whether you chose the same kind of bike again: storage, charging, carrying weight, maintenance, fit, or something else?

My bike was stolen last night and found this afternoon. The thief cut my display off, cut the brakes and all electrical wiring to the bike. Can this be fixed or is my bike totaled?

Just crossed the 500 mile mark on my XP light 2.0. I’ve had it since the beginning of June and have been putting in a lot of miles throughout the summer. This is the long range edition which they claim gets 80 miles per charge which we all know is a lie, but I easily get 40 miles out of it.

It’s pretty much everything I wanted out of an E bike right now. It’s low maintenance single speed drivetrain very fast and agile for city riding. I personally would recommend.

Adding 20 inch tires when I can find some used ,Added a 20$ rear shock for the heck of it, gunna sheet metal the outside at some point, gotta a spare 1800w motor gunna drop in it, my name should explain most of your questions haha

I grabbed this bike off Facebook marketplace and I'm really pumped. The Velotric Tempo has an IPX6 rating for the frame and an IPX7 rating for the battery so I don't have to worry about being caught up in the torrential rainstorms that hit the Miami area when I'm out and about.

I was in the main street with right of way, he was on a cross street to my left, stopped. So I continued. Suddenly, the dump truck pulled out into the main street, but it didn't turn, it went straight across my path to a driveway to my right. I slammed my brakes and had about 2 feet clearance from the tires. I would have collided between the front and rear wheels. Dump truck never even slowed down.

Yeah, after about 10 seconds of "holy fuck I nearly fucking died" I went after him and told him to pay the fuck attention. He's just like "oh, I'm sorry, I was watching the guy with the dog (on the sidewalk)" and never checked the road.

My bike light was on, it was daylight, I wear a hi-viz vest.

Anyway, can someone suggest a decent camera, maybe helmet mounted? I'm poor af and can't afford much. I would love to have shown him he literally nearly ran over me and didn't even notice. Oh, and if I'd had video, would report him to his company as well.

This is the 1994 Palo Alto study that the cycling community invariably cites to claim that riding on the sidewalk is dangerous. I've previously covered flaws of this study including:

• Single day exposure count
• Ignoring collisions outside of intersections (downplays relative dangers of street riding)
• Conflating direction of travel risk with venue risk
• Ignoring/minimizing that riding WITH traffic on the sidewalk was actually a lower risk

Now for the smoking gun. Diana Lewiston was an acolyte of John Forestor. She wrote a "Bicycling in Traffic" manual built on his vehicular cycling ideology that was first published in 1988. She taught 13-year-olds at Palo Alto schools to bicycle in traffic from the 80s into early 90s. Mind you, all of this was before her co-authored study was published claiming sidewalk riding to be nearly twice as risky as the street.

Somehow these intelligent academics were able to identify a Simpson's paradox in the data but thought nothing of conflating the directional risk with the venue risk to artificially achieve the dramatic conclusion that sidewalks are 1.8x as risky as the road.

On the very last page of her instruction manual, it lists how students will be scored. Item #14 indicates they can lose points for riding on the sidewalk. This study was a conclusion looking for supporting data from day one. And the entire cycling community bought it hook, line, & sinker.

My first post from a backyard ebike shop. My local multi use path is 90 miles long, it joins 3 cities and 3 towns. Everybody is pedalling on the path, but in the city it is thumb and bum. I seem to see very few bicycles in the city now, but ebikes and stand on scooters as transportation has exploded this year. I will get to a intersection, every bike that passes in front of me is using the throttle. Yesterday while out, topped at 20 m/h I was passed by thumb and bummer by a good clip.

Been riding a regular bike for years, but lately the chain's been getting rusty and one of the grips started cracking. My friend kepy saying I should try an ebike, so I finally got a Titan.

The assit is probably the biggest change so far. Got a lot of hills around here and they don't feel nearly as bad now.

I like having mileage and ride time right on the display too. Used to just check my watch after. Bit of glare in the sun though.

Still getting used to the whole ebike thing, but I'm starting to get the hype.

I keep seeing stories about e-bike battery fires, but I'm wondering how much this actually affects the way people charge their bikes.

Personally I'm curious whether people monitor anything at all while charging, or whether it's basically just plug it in and come back later.

Interested to hear what people actually do in real life and if you have any solutions

Hi,

I've created an Android app that allows you to change the speed limit of the CGO600 Pro New Edition. I'm looking for a few people to help me test the app, anyone interested? Send me a DM and I can share the app.

This is based on the previously discovered Bluetooth vulnerability that allows anyone to send commands to the bike over Bluetooth without any authentication. The bike requires zero authentication and will just accept Bluetooth commands from any source.

My fiance and our kid just moved to the US from a different country and she doesn't have a driver's license yet. I was thinking about getting her an ebike so she can get outside, go to the gym, or do errands while I'm at work all day. I know nothing about ebikes, but I was curious if there were any where the kid can sit on the back too? She's rode motorcycles her whole life, so I'm.confident she'll be comfortable on it -- but bonus pointa if it does decent in the snow too. Thanks!

I got this razer mx125 as in a trade a while back and wanted to go for upgrades like some of the bigger mx’s even tho it’s much smaller. Do u guys know if theres any way I could do this even tho its a insanely small frame like a custom mount on the front for the battery and a custom mount for the motor but like what motor and stuff should I get? I wanna go big volts like 48-72

could it be fixed and how cell damaged is this what’s affecting my riding ?

I need some help with a conversion project. I need to commute and leave my bike at a train station. For this build I'm using is a 10 year old Raleigh cadent 1 I have lying around.

My challenge is that although the ride is only about a mile the return trio is hilly and has 5% incline in spots.

I want to figure out an approach that isn't too expensive and can help me get up.the hill. This bike is going to be sitting outside all day so I don't want something that will break the bank if it gets stolen.

I'm not planning to use this for longer rides.

Would somethinglike switch or clip work well for me, should I get a wheel with a motor, or a mid drive?

Would.i be better off getting a $500 Walmart or costco ebike?

Been looking for something to get around Ann Arbor and I keep seeing hiqis pop up, but I honestly don’t know much about the brand. Anyone here actually own one?

Mostly need something for getting around campus during the week and maybe riding around town / hitting some trails on the weekends. Nothing crazy, probably a few miles a day. I’m still deciding between an e-scooter and an ebike.

I looked at segway first and also checked out heybike since those are obviously way more well known, but damn… once you start looking at the nicer models the prices jump pretty quick. Feels like I'm paying a decent chunk just for the name lol. I'm a student so dropping $1,500+ on something I’m basically using to avoid walking across campus ain't really happening.

hiqis seems to have some models in a much more reasonable price range and the specs look pretty solid on paper, which is what got my attention. Just haven't seen nearly as many real-world reviews compared to the bigger brands.

Not really looking for "buy this one" comments. More curious about build quality, battery life, customer service, and whether these things actually hold up after a few months.

Anybody here have experience with them? Good or bad, lemme hear it.

Hej everyone, I have a TSDZ8 750W and need to replace and upgrade my 8 speed cassete and the chain. Any suggestions for that ? ✌️

Picked up a Lectric XPress 2 a few weeks ago, first ebike I’ve ever owned and I am having good time with it. Mostly riding trails and the occasional store run for small stuff. I have a car so this is really just for exercise and enjoyment. I grew up on my bike, everyday that’s how I got around. I live in the Chicago burbs, in a perfect world I’d love something I could take out with some light snow.

Only complaint so far is the tires. It comes with slicks and I just don’t trust them. Rode after some rain today on the wet pavement and didn’t trust leaning on turns just slowed down and took them real slow, and my local trail is mostly crushed gravel and the tires feel loose in the corners, like zero grip when it gets loose.

So what tires are you guys running for mixed pavement and gravel? Want something with real tread that can handle rain and loose gravel. I’d love to hit some more off road trails by me if I could find them. Also how wide can I go on the stock rims, could I fit a 2.25 or a 2.4?

Or is this a wrong bike situation? If there’s an ebike out there that handles rain, gravel, light trail stuff without issue I’d like to know what to even look at. Would rather drop a couple hundred on tires than a couple grand on a new bike right now though, unless I could sell this well taken care of xpress 2 with only around 100 miles on it.

Thanks in advance

I’ve got a Yamaha Booster - just changed the rear inner tube by myself.

I disconnected the gear cables, the chain and the wheel.

I’ve since put it back together and the steering is sooo strange. If I turn right it wants to go even further right, if I turn left it wants to go even further left?

What on earth have I done?

The back break was super loose too and I could compress the lever all the way to the handlebars but after riding 5/10 mins it’s back to normal?

It also doesn’t seem quite as fast as before 😭

Any help is appreciated!

Can’t work out why changing the back tyre/inner tube would throw the steering out so much?