Good deal and I totally understand especially nowadays.
krelvar
joined 3 years ago
Did you end up with something?
And of course I just noticed that I resurrected a dead thread. Oh well, maybe it'll be helpful to someone.
A used Aventon abound would cover most of that. I paid about $2K for mine new a couple years ago, so used should be at least in the ballpark. I have about 3000 miles on mine now.
Top speed about 24mph with current firmware, but you also have to replace the freewheel, the stock one is 14T which isn't small enough, the drift maniac freewheel on Amazon is 11T and direct replacement.
I have panniers plus the front rack, I regularly do the grocery run with it.
Not class 3, but class 2+, it's throttle will go to 20mph but with the freewheel you can pedal faster, I regularly do. With lights and such I tend to average around 19mph.
Plenty of torque for a trailer, I have one that's rated to 100lbs capacity. I've overloaded it to 120 (3 40lb bags of salt) plus groceries in the panniers. I've probably carried 200lbs between the bike and trailer. Not at 24mph tho ;)
Removable battery, with just me at about 200lbs dressed at top speed I get about 30 miles of range, but I don't push it that far.
Standard lower end bike parts, like anything else you'll find in this price range. Shimano Altus derailleur.
Handlebar folds down, but it's a big bike, 20" cargo style. Somewhere around 100lbs with racks and panniers.
We need wireless rim brakes.
I love that these are priced to get people into this hobby. I've seen a couple guys out on the Aventon version (ramblas?) where I regularly ride.
Also, surprising everyone, water is wet AND bears shit in the woods!
A+ for setting, but set needs some work
All new cars have the same problems. Mediocre interiors for the price, spyware, and rent seeking behavior for stuff like automated highway driving.
100%. It sucks, the prices are insane. Ours was insane. And those issues apply to all new cars, regardless of fuel.
We have a Hyundai Ioniq 6, about 18 months now. It has a touchscreen like all EVs (I know, there's a truck) but it still has a lot of physical buttons, unlike a Tesla which has gone way too far with the screen. We tried the Mustang and liked it, but liked this better, plus my wife wanted a sedan.
Biggest pro is it's not a Tesla. Also, I get home, plug it in, and go inside. Takes five seconds, and five more to unplug it. Plus, it's not a Tesla. Way less time than it takes at the gas station to fill my truck. It's also fast, a lot of fun to drive, and finally, it's not a Tesla.
Con would be road-tripping. If I was doing a ton of that, I'd be perhaps looking for an EREV of some sort, although 20-80% in 20 min isn't exactly horrible. Charger is CCS, but sometime this month Hyundai is sending me an NACS adapter, so no more issues there - we did have one time where we had to wait for CCS when a NACS was open, but not exactly a massive issue. The new models are NACS.
Forgot to mention, in US, range about 300 miles or so, and there was a sensor issue that ended up with a harness replacement that didn't cost me anything under warranty, but had an estimate of $8500.
Perfect. Ordered my parts, odds are I'm going to end up building a dozen of these. Thanks!
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I have my end mirror under the handlebars, not above. My visibility is a lot better, rather than looking at my own elbow, and with it under the bar, it gets bumped a lot less.