Matador
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So I finally moved to NYC (Manhattan island).
Wow, eBikes are everywhere here, and nobody seems to care about the ban on them (many twist/thumb throttle e-Bikes !!!).
I'd say where I am, (Upper East Side near E67th St) 2 to 3 out of 6 bikes are e-bikes.
The striking thing is, around 95% of these eBikes are all of the same brand/kind : The Arrow-7 ebike : It has a vertical tube (saddletube) 48V 20Ah batterypack in an aluminium case.
After talking to a few people riding eBike, someone told me the rear hub on these are 800W. He couldnt say if it was a DD or hub moter. The brakes are hydrolic brake disks.
On guy said they can go up to 42 mph, but I highly doubt it. Probably more like 25 mph (45 km/h) top.
So I left my precious Bafang BBSHD kit + the bike it was on in Canada. I did not want this expensive kit to be stolen.
The Arrow-7 bike seems rather cheap at 1450 USD for the whole bike (which is fully equipped with motor, controller AND the Big 960 Wh battery (dont know which cells though). I has lights, front suspension, mud gards, rear rack... So quite cheap.
I want an e-Ride in Manhattan. I have some decent bicycle lock too (Kryptonite NY Fageddaboudit).
But still didn't want to risk a BBSHD to get stolen.
THe arrow-7 are soo common and commonly associated to the delivery guys "syndicate" that these eBike don't seem to draw very much attention although they still worth some good cash.
My question :
I'm thinking to options :
1) Ultra cheap 150 $ eBay 1000W kit + by a crap bike + build my own battery (already got a fair amount of VTC4 cells), OR
2) Just directly buy an Arrow-7 ebike like everybody does here...
QUESTIONS
Anyone have eperience with the Arrow-7 ebIkes ? How good ? How fast ? Range ? Price you got and where you bought ?
SHould I buy something else?
Thanks,
Matador
I want the occasional20-30 miles roundtrip commute and having fun riding in town... No track here. Manhattan and the surrounding are quite flat. I'm 150 lbs.
Wow, eBikes are everywhere here, and nobody seems to care about the ban on them (many twist/thumb throttle e-Bikes !!!).
I'd say where I am, (Upper East Side near E67th St) 2 to 3 out of 6 bikes are e-bikes.
The striking thing is, around 95% of these eBikes are all of the same brand/kind : The Arrow-7 ebike : It has a vertical tube (saddletube) 48V 20Ah batterypack in an aluminium case.
After talking to a few people riding eBike, someone told me the rear hub on these are 800W. He couldnt say if it was a DD or hub moter. The brakes are hydrolic brake disks.
On guy said they can go up to 42 mph, but I highly doubt it. Probably more like 25 mph (45 km/h) top.
So I left my precious Bafang BBSHD kit + the bike it was on in Canada. I did not want this expensive kit to be stolen.
The Arrow-7 bike seems rather cheap at 1450 USD for the whole bike (which is fully equipped with motor, controller AND the Big 960 Wh battery (dont know which cells though). I has lights, front suspension, mud gards, rear rack... So quite cheap.
I want an e-Ride in Manhattan. I have some decent bicycle lock too (Kryptonite NY Fageddaboudit).
But still didn't want to risk a BBSHD to get stolen.
THe arrow-7 are soo common and commonly associated to the delivery guys "syndicate" that these eBike don't seem to draw very much attention although they still worth some good cash.
My question :
I'm thinking to options :
1) Ultra cheap 150 $ eBay 1000W kit + by a crap bike + build my own battery (already got a fair amount of VTC4 cells), OR
2) Just directly buy an Arrow-7 ebike like everybody does here...
QUESTIONS
Anyone have eperience with the Arrow-7 ebIkes ? How good ? How fast ? Range ? Price you got and where you bought ?
SHould I buy something else?
Thanks,
Matador
I want the occasional20-30 miles roundtrip commute and having fun riding in town... No track here. Manhattan and the surrounding are quite flat. I'm 150 lbs.