DudleySmith
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... and just took my first ride. I live in a hilly area, and I did 30 miles without having to get past 'Pedal Assist 2', and didn't even budge the juice in the battery. Pretty cool, and extremely useful on steep hills. Was surprisingly easy to pedal, considering the weight and the fat tires. I'm hooked. I'm still wobbly on it, haven't ridden a bike in decades, but I managed to not wreck it and kill myself. Not yet anyway lol.
I can see getting killed on the thing at the higher speeds, but I took the steepest hill around here, a long pull then a really steep incline at the end for about a mile and it did fine at 'pedal Assist 2'; it goes up to 7, which I will probably never even try. 500 Watt motor, Samsung made 48 V battery. Will carry over 400#, and you can make or buy cargo trailers for them.
Only odd thing I had to get used to was the front basket not turning when I turned the front wheel, lol; very distracting at first.
I can see getting killed on the thing at the higher speeds, but I took the steepest hill around here, a long pull then a really steep incline at the end for about a mile and it did fine at 'pedal Assist 2'; it goes up to 7, which I will probably never even try. 500 Watt motor, Samsung made 48 V battery. Will carry over 400#, and you can make or buy cargo trailers for them.
Only odd thing I had to get used to was the front basket not turning when I turned the front wheel, lol; very distracting at first.