This month, electric motorcycle companies Fuell and Energica went out of business. They join a list of companies that died after poor sales

  • @JayleneSlide
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    211 hours ago

    You can get a pretty damn good one in the 1k range, which seems reasonable given the price of batteries.

    Avid cyclist here, former community bicycle mechanic, and my partner works in the biggest bike shop in town. There are no good electric bicycles under $2000. This is how houses burn down. Furthermore, shitty mail order bikes are an e-waste scourge.

    They are difficult to work on, very frequently use proprietary parts that might be specific to that model year, often have mechanical disc brakes and no-name parts, and have crappy electronics and batteries.

    You may love your cheap electric bike. I wish you the best of luck and many happy miles.

    • FartsWithAnAccentOPM
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      23 hours ago

      You might get some close to that on sale, Yamaha RC was like $1250 for a while I think. There’s also REI Co-op, which certainly isn’t the best, but it should get you from point A to point B without burning your house down.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 hours ago

      Good to know - I didn’t opt for the 1k range personally, I sprang for a Priority Current with Enviolo hub. Love that bike - commute 9 miles to work on it.

      • @JayleneSlide
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        111 minutes ago

        I love what Priority is doing with bikes. It’s like they thought “What do bike commuters really need?” And then they built those bikes without letting the MBAs and bean counters getting in their way.