50yearoldebiker
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Bought a 36v 15 AH City Commuter on EBay last week & I've had it only a couple days & clocked 45 miles here's my first impressions & a quick review.
Bike is big, a 29'er has 700c rims Schwable 28" tires & a 20" frame, it really covers a lot of ground & it's fast.
No suspension except the seat post & it rides really smooth..
Bike has a Dapu 400w geared hub motor, it's small the diameter of the freewheel & it's pulls real nice with excellent torque. It feels more powerful then my last bike which had the UM gear less hub motor that was rated @ 500w { I did lose 25 lbs though since my last bike }.
The motor reminds me of an elevator taking off the way it sounds if you go full throttle from a start, not in DB's but just the way it sounds, then it goes silent once your underway, you hear nothing. If you wanted to you could take off with pedaling & feather the throttle & it would be silent from the get go.
Bike is 50 lbs without the battery, 60 with & it has a light feel considering it's size, she pedals real easy without any juice & without the battery it's so close to a regular bike feel because the motor is so small & light.
Spokes are 12 G, I tightened them already they needed it, rims are nice & true hopefully no broken spokes on this one.
I'm 5'9" tall, was told by a couple people including the EBay seller I may want the step-through model @ my height so I ordered a low profile road bike saddle & that brought me down a couple inches & i can still use the suspension seat post , I can stand flat footed with an inch or so between the top tube & my crotch. So thats a tip for 5'9" buyers { those stock comfort saddles are funky looking anyways }, Bike size feels great.
Avid BB7 brakes are great, love them my favorite bicycle brakes..
The battery is a rear mount but the way the rack in integrated into the frame with welded tubes makes it part of the bike, handles fine, oh rack has a rat trap built in & is weight bearing to a degree for panniers which I ordered. She also has a built in headlight & tail light that runs off the battery & a trip computer that gives MPH's & lots of other info.
There's more for me to add but will list some cons.
They put Slime in the tubes I hate that stuff , tires came with 45 lbs PSI, I aired them to max 65psi with my brand new Joe Blow air pump, then aired up my brand new Air Zound air horn only to get slime in both the pump & the horn which took me 45 minutes to clean out the horn to get it to work.
The bike comes with a multi adjustable stem that adjusts the handle bars 2 ways using one lever, I pretty much think it's a gimmicky thing that adds a weak point , I'm installing a proper stem soon.
Charger seems cheap, has a fan but mine came damaged from transit & was buzzing & had a rattle in there { Pedego sent me another right out }.
Anyways I respect Pedego's customer service & warranty { bike 1 year, battery 3 years } they dont play hide & seek when you call them & are really nice people so it makes the fact I paid $ 2700.00 for the bike easier to swallow. Bike came 99% assembled & battery charged, pedals & handle bar install & your riding.
Well designed big fast bike that's great looking with excellent range, small Dapu hub motor has lots of torque/ power & is stealthy add the fact Pedego has great customer service bike is hard to resist, glad I bought one
pictures below
Bike is big, a 29'er has 700c rims Schwable 28" tires & a 20" frame, it really covers a lot of ground & it's fast.
No suspension except the seat post & it rides really smooth..
Bike has a Dapu 400w geared hub motor, it's small the diameter of the freewheel & it's pulls real nice with excellent torque. It feels more powerful then my last bike which had the UM gear less hub motor that was rated @ 500w { I did lose 25 lbs though since my last bike }.
The motor reminds me of an elevator taking off the way it sounds if you go full throttle from a start, not in DB's but just the way it sounds, then it goes silent once your underway, you hear nothing. If you wanted to you could take off with pedaling & feather the throttle & it would be silent from the get go.
Bike is 50 lbs without the battery, 60 with & it has a light feel considering it's size, she pedals real easy without any juice & without the battery it's so close to a regular bike feel because the motor is so small & light.
Spokes are 12 G, I tightened them already they needed it, rims are nice & true hopefully no broken spokes on this one.
I'm 5'9" tall, was told by a couple people including the EBay seller I may want the step-through model @ my height so I ordered a low profile road bike saddle & that brought me down a couple inches & i can still use the suspension seat post , I can stand flat footed with an inch or so between the top tube & my crotch. So thats a tip for 5'9" buyers { those stock comfort saddles are funky looking anyways }, Bike size feels great.
Avid BB7 brakes are great, love them my favorite bicycle brakes..
The battery is a rear mount but the way the rack in integrated into the frame with welded tubes makes it part of the bike, handles fine, oh rack has a rat trap built in & is weight bearing to a degree for panniers which I ordered. She also has a built in headlight & tail light that runs off the battery & a trip computer that gives MPH's & lots of other info.
There's more for me to add but will list some cons.
They put Slime in the tubes I hate that stuff , tires came with 45 lbs PSI, I aired them to max 65psi with my brand new Joe Blow air pump, then aired up my brand new Air Zound air horn only to get slime in both the pump & the horn which took me 45 minutes to clean out the horn to get it to work.
The bike comes with a multi adjustable stem that adjusts the handle bars 2 ways using one lever, I pretty much think it's a gimmicky thing that adds a weak point , I'm installing a proper stem soon.
Charger seems cheap, has a fan but mine came damaged from transit & was buzzing & had a rattle in there { Pedego sent me another right out }.
Anyways I respect Pedego's customer service & warranty { bike 1 year, battery 3 years } they dont play hide & seek when you call them & are really nice people so it makes the fact I paid $ 2700.00 for the bike easier to swallow. Bike came 99% assembled & battery charged, pedals & handle bar install & your riding.
Well designed big fast bike that's great looking with excellent range, small Dapu hub motor has lots of torque/ power & is stealthy add the fact Pedego has great customer service bike is hard to resist, glad I bought one
pictures below