Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

I'm thinking about getting an ebike for the beach.  Traffic and parking blow chunks down there.  I do not want some Ms Gulch looking bike.  Will do riding to the bars and also riding on trails.  I think getting a legacy company bike (Trek/Specialized) makes sense due to dealer support.  Teach me Horns

Posted
21 hours ago, Litig8r said:

I'm thinking about getting an ebike for the beach.  Traffic and parking blow chunks down there.  I do not want some Ms Gulch looking bike.  Will do riding to the bars and also riding on trails.  I think getting a legacy company bike (Trek/Specialized) makes sense due to dealer support.  Teach me Horns

Well if you are at the beach you want fat tire.  And do you want to use the bike for your personal fitness, or just as transportation?  Most of the legacy MFG are really fitness based, with electrical assist. 

What I would look for at the beach is how well sealed and water proof (resistant) the set up is.  I wanted to buy one to take the Port A jetty boat to the North Jetty and ride north to Cedar Bayou.  But that's a trip not to be made alone... If you are mainly riding on the street then maybe you could go with a skinnier tire? But I would go fat. 

The other thing to consider is whether or not the bike has a torque sensor.  Which links the bikes performance to your effort on the pedals.  All the bikes that are more fitness based use the torque sensor technology.  There are three types of classes- Type 1  -you have to pedal, and max speed of 20mph. Type 2 - adds throttle option, instead of pedal only, up to 20 mph. Type 3 are higher speeds up to 28 mph and more like a scooter.  

The one thing I considered a lot was getting a bike with both front and rear wheel drive.  As in sand and off road tougher conditions, the "2wd" allows both push and pull.  Since I was going to use it for remote location fishing the second motor was something I thought I would need.  

What sort of frame? Do you want a step through, or a step over? If you every want to be lugging stuff on the back rack then a step through might be preferable.

Finally I would look at the potential theft deterrent/ tracking options eight included or after market. I was going to pay for insurance as I thought they would be an easy steal to toss two grand into a truck and haul ass.  I was looking at this brand, before I started to seriously consider all wheel drive. Aventon Adventure E bike link. $1500-$2K

This guy fished the corpus /port a area and his bike is 2WD and is about $4K, but interesting to see him on off road on this trip 

 

Posted

Thanks --Aventon is in the picture as there is an old bike shop that sells them.  I don't want to buy something online and not be able to get it serviced or get parts.   

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...