e-bike, only 7.66 kg including battery !

[Dauntless]

With that title I'd say it was about the potential drawbacks of carbon fiber from the very start.

I'd think your questions merit a thread of their own on the special needs of senior citizen ebikes.

 

[cal3thousand]

In my eyes, the bike is successful.

The man uses it to his needs and it is successful in getting the old man to enjoy biking. I'm sure he would have much trouble handling a "real e-bike" (in our standards) due to the weight. I have no problem lugging around a 50 lb. bike being a relatively young man, but I doubt that I would like to do the same at his age.

Sure, it may not fit the definitions that many here hold for an ideal ebike, but I continue to assert that a sucessful bike does what the rider wants it to do, not what others think it should do. Now, if he's trying to pass this off as a production-capable bike for anyone other than himself, I would doubt the success.

 

[speedmd]

Love the weight weenie mountain ebike. I still ride my old ridged mountain bike, and don't need suspension to ride anything with it. Many of the younger riders laugh at it until I show how I can clear sections they can only get part way through on it. Like my fully suspended bikes also, but they pedal like s..t up hills. Cyclocross bikes are non suspended also for many of the same reasons. Most excellent mtn bike riders have a very difficult time staying on the wheel of equal cross rider in most any terrain unless they were bombing the down hills. Excellent looking build IMO.

 

[Greenman1]

Anybody found out what kind of motor is used in the bike?