MarkJohnston
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this is an K2 arcadia hybrid comfort bike.
I just got this bike and I really like the geometry on it. I don't know what kind of stem and riser system it uses but it is awesome. I sit nearly upright and it's so much more comfy to ride like this. On my other bike my shoulders hurt pretty bad after a short while. I compared and the handlebars sit about an inch higher. However the STACK and REACH are slightly less. IT's gotta be the riser.
Anyways, do you guys think this would be a good ebike? The welds all look good and it says "designed in the USA". Who knows where it mades hopefully taiwan. PRETTY SURE it's china made. It came stock with all shimano parts. So that is good. I have a very very low torque motor that doesn't need torque arms.
OR should I just get a new fork for my other bike that is an inch longer and add some spacers? That way I could get those handlebars up. Maybe even handlebars that curve back would be good? What do you think?
Will this survive? I plan on strapping batteries MID TUBE area with this build.
I've already somewhat converted it and it looks good so far. the drops look good. IT's aluminum and not steel unfortunate. THis bike weighs considerably less than my other bike with a Taiwanese bikes direct bike. I have a bad feeling this bike is not as heavy duty as the other. Could just be the fork weight though. But this bike does rip too!
I timed this bike and on my daily commute it was about 10 minutes faster! WTF? And my other bike you can pedal harder. So strange. DO you guys think that is just because I have halved my weight?
YEs I believe this bike setup is about half the weight of my tank bike/
I just got this bike and I really like the geometry on it. I don't know what kind of stem and riser system it uses but it is awesome. I sit nearly upright and it's so much more comfy to ride like this. On my other bike my shoulders hurt pretty bad after a short while. I compared and the handlebars sit about an inch higher. However the STACK and REACH are slightly less. IT's gotta be the riser.
Anyways, do you guys think this would be a good ebike? The welds all look good and it says "designed in the USA". Who knows where it mades hopefully taiwan. PRETTY SURE it's china made. It came stock with all shimano parts. So that is good. I have a very very low torque motor that doesn't need torque arms.
OR should I just get a new fork for my other bike that is an inch longer and add some spacers? That way I could get those handlebars up. Maybe even handlebars that curve back would be good? What do you think?
Will this survive? I plan on strapping batteries MID TUBE area with this build.
I've already somewhat converted it and it looks good so far. the drops look good. IT's aluminum and not steel unfortunate. THis bike weighs considerably less than my other bike with a Taiwanese bikes direct bike. I have a bad feeling this bike is not as heavy duty as the other. Could just be the fork weight though. But this bike does rip too!
I timed this bike and on my daily commute it was about 10 minutes faster! WTF? And my other bike you can pedal harder. So strange. DO you guys think that is just because I have halved my weight?
YEs I believe this bike setup is about half the weight of my tank bike/
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