I bought a Lectric XP 3.0 Step Through, but I found it too large and heavy, especially when I needed to lift it onto my car's bike rack. I also felt the brakes were inadequate for the weight of the bike. (Lectric sent out an email saying they would be upgrading everyone's 3.0 brakes to hydraulic for free...)
I ended up replacing it with an Evelo Galaxy SL. Unlike the Lectric's hub-drive motor, the Evelo has a mid-drive motor with a torque sensor, so it feels a lot more like a regular bike. It's smaller and much lighter. I also installed a 3.5" stem riser, so I get to rock a super upright posture :) My new Evelo was more expensive, but it's fabulous and I love it :)
Lectric XP 3. Yes, I recommend. It ships fully assembled, folds up for storage, and has plenty of power. Downsides are it's heavy and the key location is a little annoying. The range isn't amazing but it can be extended with a long range battery.
I love it for riding downtown for my lunch break and being able to leave the house without driving a car.
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 ).
I put a Bafang BBSHD motor and a dolphin type 17 ah battery on a 30 year old Trek 930 we had. Probably 300 to completely renovate the trek. Bought the lot from California-ebike.com. I recommend them.
I don’t intend to go fast. I wanted overkill for reliability. Only 100 miles so far, first couple trips pf adjusting etc, now it’s just great.
Riese and Müller Xdelite (mountainbike fully that makes 45km/h and has a belt drive + gearless transmission).
Go 28km to work on it one way, takes a bit less than an hour and thereby kills public transport and car both.
It's from 2018 and pretty loud by now but I like it.
I just got my priority current, an upgrade from my 4 year old radrunner. I gotta say, having a belt drive and midrive motor makes this thing sooooo much quieter and is also a lot more powerful. And it’s just so much fun to ride.
Only 5 miles on it so far, hopefully just the start of a couple thousand
I have a VanMoof S5. I wanted an ebike to do some riding around town to avoid taking the car everywhere. And it succeeded. I take my bike for all rides that can be done in 40 minutes or less (one way). So that shaves quite a bit off my car usage.
Would I buy it again? If Veloretti didn't bring out their ace two, I would've said 'yes'. Now, I would at least test ride the Veloretti. The customer service of VanMoof is shit. I've send them two messages about different subjects. The oldest one is 1,5 month old and they never replied (outside their automatic replies). They said they would reply within 5 business days, and they can even make money if they reply. I knew this upfront, so it was a calculated 'risk'.
I have a Riese&Müller Vario Swing. I wanted something to transport bigger loads, but also still a bike. So I got a Citybike with a trailer.
The thing is a year old now, and I've used it much more than just for shopping. In the height of summer, I also use it for commuting (without trailer), because I wouldn't make it home otherwise in the afternoon heat. And whenever I go somewhere I have to be presentable, it's still better than public transport.
It doesn't need much maintenance apart from what every bike needs, the belt is even easier than a chain, and the battery gets me quite far.
I also have "normal" trekking bike. And I think if I buy another ebike, it would not be a citybike again. The low access is nice, but the seating position is not for longer trips.
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!]
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.
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