...is a Torq!
I still have my Lafree (although, it's got a unrepaired noisy bearing and a dead battery now.)
This bike is much more beastly than my Giant, both in power (American verison), and heavy front wheel, which gives a strong impression that an object in motion wants to stay in motion business is really going on up front.
I like it a lot though. Just like my Giant, I bought it without ever riding one -- hoping that it would all turn out okay.
Metro Vegas is mostly a gradual bowl shape, with long gradual climbs so this bike (I figure) really won't suffer much from ineffiecient power use going up steep grades, because mostly there aren't many to contend with. In some ways, it might be a better fit for the terrain here than the Lafree -- well at least the riding I do.
It really makes you feel bionic on the flats here. And it's so quiet, I can barely hear it (but there is usually noisy traffic most of time).
It's a very pretty bike too, which I didn't really expect, but didn't think much about either way.
Maybe my only design concern is for the handle bar front stem, it seems a pretty tiny allen bolt protecting you from the steering coming loose and disaster. My expeirence with other bikes, is manufacturers don't use standard sizes in this area -- but it would be nice with the extra heft up front to have a thicker one in place.
I'm not sure if I'm using the same battery config. Flecc secretly tested for awhile, but it might be.
It has marathon plus tires on. Don't have any experience with these at all, but it will be interesting how they fare with the normal roadway debris.
Ordered it from NYCE wheels in New York. Didn't tell them I already owned an electric though. Don't know if they follow the site here at all. Anyway, I didn't want them to assume I knew things I may not, so I'd rather they thought I didn't know much about the bike. I don't really know all that much anyway.
I still have my Lafree (although, it's got a unrepaired noisy bearing and a dead battery now.)
This bike is much more beastly than my Giant, both in power (American verison), and heavy front wheel, which gives a strong impression that an object in motion wants to stay in motion business is really going on up front.
I like it a lot though. Just like my Giant, I bought it without ever riding one -- hoping that it would all turn out okay.
Metro Vegas is mostly a gradual bowl shape, with long gradual climbs so this bike (I figure) really won't suffer much from ineffiecient power use going up steep grades, because mostly there aren't many to contend with. In some ways, it might be a better fit for the terrain here than the Lafree -- well at least the riding I do.
It really makes you feel bionic on the flats here. And it's so quiet, I can barely hear it (but there is usually noisy traffic most of time).
It's a very pretty bike too, which I didn't really expect, but didn't think much about either way.
Maybe my only design concern is for the handle bar front stem, it seems a pretty tiny allen bolt protecting you from the steering coming loose and disaster. My expeirence with other bikes, is manufacturers don't use standard sizes in this area -- but it would be nice with the extra heft up front to have a thicker one in place.
I'm not sure if I'm using the same battery config. Flecc secretly tested for awhile, but it might be.
It has marathon plus tires on. Don't have any experience with these at all, but it will be interesting how they fare with the normal roadway debris.
Ordered it from NYCE wheels in New York. Didn't tell them I already owned an electric though. Don't know if they follow the site here at all. Anyway, I didn't want them to assume I knew things I may not, so I'd rather they thought I didn't know much about the bike. I don't really know all that much anyway.
