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  • Cheap Bike

    Dang!! You envromentalist don't seem to know too much about bikes, do you?

    I am not an environmentalist, I am an avid Bicyclist, and that is how I came to this page...

    Allow me to educate you on "cheap bikes"

    Your Mongoose you are paying for costs what it does because of its:

    1. Name
    2. Aluminum Frame
    3. Retailer (Mongoose is not a Walmart brand)
    4. Derailer, Higher gear count, Higher end suspension, etc.

    So, here's how it works in an electric bike:

    1. Derailers and gears: you don't use the lower gears, so the quality and responsiveness of the gears is not as necessary.

    2. Aluminum frame: Steel frames are much better for the high torque that the motor will subject the frame to.

    3. Retailer: when you make this modification, you void all warranties, you are your tech support.

    A 500 dollar bike will probably mount 1/4 of it's cost in its shifters and derailers, equipment that will be duplicated after the modification.

    What you are saying is akin to making a jet car and saying "why are you using a Ford Explorer...you should use a Denali"

    The advantages of Denali do not exist when you put a jet engine on the car.On Ultimate Seattle hybrid plug-in posted 2 years, 5 months ago 25 Responses