I Finally Found an Ebike That Doesn’t Look Dorky

https://www.wired.com/review/pedal-electric-h-t/

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14 Comments

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 65 pts · 82d (6 replies)

Gonna go ahead and disagree with you there Billy Brown: E-bikes in general don't really look dorky, but you managed to find one that does.

Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz · 22 pts · 82d (3 replies)

Looks like a wannabe dirt bike. Also the lack of cross beam means that thing will likely fold after hitting a speed bump.

albbi@piefed.ca · 10 pts · 82d

The aluminum frame looks pretty beefy, I don't think it'll fold. But your legs better be the right height for this thing because there isn't any adjusting the seat height.

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 81d

dirt bike

*dork bike

FTFY

WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d

I think the seat bracket is corner bracing the top of the triangles to make up for the lack of seat tube

superfes@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 82d

Definitely dorky

Kirk@startrek.website · 3 pts · 81d

LOL this was my exact thought. I actually kinda like the way it looks, but it has the same energy as an engineering student inventing his own ebike in the 1980s.

solidsmoke@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 82d

Who's going to tell them?

ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 81d (1 reply)

That has the specs of just about any hardtail, hub-drive, fat tire, $1,000 e-bike that has been on the market the past 5 years. They are trying to sell it via the BMX-style handlebars and a dirtbike-style seat. That doesn't make it worth $2,200. I'm assuming this writer is getting a kickback from the bike company.

DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 11 pts · 81d

This looks like e-waste.

viral.vegabond@piefed.social · 9 pts · 82d

Those pedal reflectors say otherwise, lol

Triumph@fedia.io · 8 pts · 82d

No rear suspension and not even a sprung seat? Brilliant!

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 82d

No he didnt.