Any eBike riders here? I want one.

Can always build your own.

I hate to rain on your parade, but all the electric bikes nowadays are phenomonal ripoffs. However, the gas bicycle conversions are an absolute steal. It's the reverse of the 70's.

Pay $200 for a gas kit and slap it on whatever you already have. You'll be pleased.

Looking for advice. I want a mountain style electric bike. From what I've been reading a mid-drive motor seems to best for uphill climbs. I'm not going crazy on any tracks but I would like something that's great for trails and road with racks to carry gear.

Any advice would be awesome.

SurRon or X1 Enduro from Luna Cycles. Best deal hands down. I have both.

range of at most 15 miles

Looking for advice. I want a mountain style electric bike. From what I've been reading a mid-drive motor seems to best for uphill climbs. I'm not going crazy on any tracks but I would like something that's great for trails and road with racks to carry gear.

Looking for advice. I want a mountain style electric bike. From what I've been reading a mid-drive motor seems to best for uphill climbs. I'm not going crazy on any tracks but I would like something that's great for trails and road with racks to carry gear.

Any advice would be awesome.

They are all a ripoff.

Here's the truth:

In the 1970's an electric bike used a car battery, went 25 mph and had a range of 100 miles. It cost the cost of a battery plus the cost of a motor more. Less than twice the cost of a cheap bike.

Now electric bikes cost 20X the price of a normal bike, have a range of at most 15 miles, and don't go any faster.

RIPOFF.

All the good designs are in the TRASH.

the wife wanted one as she is now 56 but loves cycling she has a few mountain bikes a Mongoose A Scott And a Marin, but we live on the hilly Pennines the backbone of hills through England So she purchased from Ali Baba a electric 36v 500w cycle it heavy its like trying to lift 2 mountain bikes together.... but she absolutely loves it...... rides about 15 to 20 miles a day, the bike is called a "Samebike m-nine", the only criticism is the battery charger runs real hot, so we purchased a battery charger off eBay with an internal fan what a difference, and the wife's a cheeky bastard, she rang the seller, and told her that the battery would not charge, so they sent her a whole new battery !! so she runs them alternately it has disc brakes rear hub motor a digital LCD display of speed, mileage, and some other info, and it fold in half too
the bike cost £699 the charger was £18.99 and Denise has clocked up over 600 miles on it up to now.

Make one. Get an old rigid or full suspension mountain bike and add the mid drive kit. The most popular and ubiquitous is the Bafang BBSHD unit. A company in Calif named Luna Cycle packages a kit with all sorts of hot rod options to turn a mild mid drive into a wild mid drive.

You need to be certain the bike takes the kit, the bottom bracket or crank bearing must accept it. Luna and BaFang have a list and videos how to tell which bikes will accept it. Luna also has pre-built bikes. Buying from a US based company helps with phone support.

[link to lunacycle.com (secure)]

or Bafang direct

[link to bafangusadirect.com (secure)]

Looking for advice. I want a mountain style electric bike. From what I've been reading a mid-drive motor seems to best for uphill climbs. I'm not going crazy on any tracks but I would like something that's great for trails and road with racks to carry gear.

Any advice would be awesome.

Dont expect to climb any big mountains on and ebike

define big mountain?

They are game changers if you have commutes less than 20-30 miles a day, for americans i can understand that they might be a bit hit and miss, because its not unusual for them to have to drive 100 miles to the next big town, but 100 miles in the UK is like 1/6th the country.

Most big cities are within 25 miles of each other in the uk, an ebike/emoto is a viable alternative to a car here, i admit its probably a terrible option for somebody statside if they have to travel halfway accross the state. Mines 100% off grid, and i am able to recharge mine via solar, i get around 80 miles from two batteries on full power assit, id easily get 3x that in eco mode, but i dont ever need to cycle 200miles in a day, thats extreme outside of an emergency, but its possible. I'm waiting for really bad winter weather so i can test out worse case scenario with lowest battery cap and snow everywhere. I have rode my electric bike 15 miles with no power before, and it sucks, but its possible. SHTF i have no doubt i can do 100miles per day mixing roads/paths/lanes and conserving power, if i can get a mobile solar setup going, thats better than a horse by far.

My solar setup is not portable though, thats my next step really, and the right bikepacking gear, so i can ride 25-40 miles up into the mountains and wild camp, no car, no noise, no fuel, shit no roads if i want. For example, I needed reliable insurance for my bike, after a lot of research I have chosen this one [link to simplebikeinsurance.com (secure)] that offers a lot of policies at the best prices, plus it offers full coverage for ebikes which was a very important factor for me.