Is this really and electric bike

[abarth]

My BH Nitro Cross

 

[Twangman]

Mmm a stealth Ebike and a S ped too. Like the idea for hiding the battery making it look like its part of the frame is a stroke of genius.

 

[mike killay]

It is an electric bike.
Why this obsession with hiding the battery?
The battery will be very difficult to replace a few years down the line.
Built in obsolescence?

 

[flecc]

The battery will be very difficult to replace a few years down the line.

And much more costly.
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[Geebee]

Anyone who is into Ebikes would know instantly it was electric, and it has a very visible hub motor and the frame is fat enough to draw a second look.
Mind you I had a relative looking at my trike and asked where the motor was, so maybe stealthing is not needed.

 

[Cyclezee]

Personally I can see both points of view, yes it is attractive and yes battery replacement is likely to be expensive.

I do see the appeal from an aesthetic point of view and I am sure more and more electric bikes will look like this in the future.

 

[Gubbins]

It's our throw away society in its extreme! Most rechargeable gadgets and gizmos have a battery that can't be replaced. Recently the battery died in my bluetooth headphones... I removed the battery with great difficulty to find it is only available from China. Another £70 down the toilet.

 

[mike killay]

I left my Woosh gale folder on its stand at a camp site. When I got back, a woman was explaining to her daughter that it was a folding bike. They stood there looking at for a few minutes and as I reached them, the woman asked me about it. She was amazed when I told her that it was an electric bike and asked where the battery was. I pointed out the prominent aluminium battery behind the down tube.
Her reply was to the effect that had thought that it was just some sort container like a pannier.
The Woosh has a hub motor, unlike my Tonaro which is obviously motored because as one Belgian remarked to his wife when passing it parked at the Menin Gate, 'It's like a Motobecane'.
Ease of replacement is paramount, trying to pretend that you don't have a motor is ridiculous.

 

[abarth]

In reply to Geebee not many people are into ebikes hence not many will recognise it .
Just wanted a bike that hid the fact that I had a 500wt motor in the Hub with no battery in sight.