If you said, "Britney Spears, 2000," you get 5 bonus points. If you were picturing me in that red vinyl outfit, you lose 12,000 bonus points and are permanently banned from this blog. Yes, I will know... I am psychic... or psychotic... it's one of those things.
"What did you do again, Jim?" Thanks for asking. I have been considering another e-bike. My wish list: lighter than what I currently have, smaller, more range, and newer technology. After all, our other e-bikes are 11 years old.
I ordered a Lectric XP4 750 with the step through frame. It weighs about the same as our SSR Trail Vipers, but is smaller, folds up smaller, and has nearly twice the range. And, it is easier to get on and off, and that matters.
The bike arrived yesterday. We had just finished unloading the van, and had some other things to get done; so, I didn't get a chance to open the box and start setting the bike up until just before sunset. I started in the garage, then moved to the courtyard, where I had more elbow room.
Just getting the box opened and the folded bike out of that box was a bit of work. I shot some video while I did the unboxing and set-up. By the time I was done, it was getting dark, and I was tired. So, more work on the bike this morning, then out for a short test ride. Here's the video...
At first blush, I think I am going to enjoy this bike a bunch. Joan says she is happy with the e-bike she has, but we'll do some swapping back and forth.
For full disclosure, I rode almost every day when we lived in Texas - part of my morning routine. It was easy on our island, with limited traffic. Living here in Phoenix, the traffic can be too heavy for me to want to take a bicycle on the streets here. It is pretty quiet in our neighborhood, but you have to deal with some heavily traveled surface roads once you are out of here.
So, we'll see how this works out.
We swapped bikes for a while... Joan likes that Trail Viper she is on, I am quite fond of the new (blue) Lectric XP4. Joan found us a way to the park that only required crossing Dobbins (and not needing to ride around traffic). Apple Maps, satellite view. We have lived here two years; I had no idea this walking, jogging, bike path wound through a neighborhood to get to the park.
2 comments:
Congratulations on the new Ebike Jim. It will be fun to tour up South Mountain on it.I bought a Lacros Cyclone Ebike last July and put 1500 miles on it so far riding around my neighborhood. Enjoy!
Thanks, DJDeves! We haven't used our e-bikes as much since making the move to Phoenix - I rode almost every day when we were in Texas, as well as taking them along on some of our trips. I'm thinking this new one will get me fired up for more riding again. I pass a lot of people on bicycles while taking the motorcycle or scoot on South Mountain... I may try this XP4 on the mountain, but it is hard to be the motorized bikes on that fun, twisty road.
1500 miles in less than 6 months is good!
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