Alan B
100 GW
Yesterday I made my first visit to a local e-bike shop. I thought it might be fun to share descriptions of similar shops from others.
In my case the shop was HighTekBikes.com in Rohnert Park a bit over an hour away from my home. Terry's shop is open by appointment and he greeted my son and I when we arrived. The shop is small but he had about 20 different e-bikes on display, and various related projects that he was working on. He keeps his inventory elsewhere. I was surprised by the range of bikes he had. He took the time to discuss pretty much each one. I'm no expert on prices but it seemed to me that if one was in the market for a complete e-bike that he had some very good deals. He also has a number of those 155mm wide hub motors that need homes.
We talked about torque arms and the fact that none of the commercial e-bikes (even with aluminum frames) had them. He was interested in possibly making some torque arms so we discussed what I've learned from ES on them and some ideas I had about products that aren't in the marketplace.
All in all it was an interesting visit and my son bought a new helmet for a good price.
Thanks to Terry for taking the time to show us around.
In my case the shop was HighTekBikes.com in Rohnert Park a bit over an hour away from my home. Terry's shop is open by appointment and he greeted my son and I when we arrived. The shop is small but he had about 20 different e-bikes on display, and various related projects that he was working on. He keeps his inventory elsewhere. I was surprised by the range of bikes he had. He took the time to discuss pretty much each one. I'm no expert on prices but it seemed to me that if one was in the market for a complete e-bike that he had some very good deals. He also has a number of those 155mm wide hub motors that need homes.
We talked about torque arms and the fact that none of the commercial e-bikes (even with aluminum frames) had them. He was interested in possibly making some torque arms so we discussed what I've learned from ES on them and some ideas I had about products that aren't in the marketplace.
All in all it was an interesting visit and my son bought a new helmet for a good price.
Thanks to Terry for taking the time to show us around.