Lectric hit the ball out of the park with this bike!

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

It is unreal what Lectric was able to do on an e-bike and sell it for $2,000. What I'm not sure a lot of people realize yet, is by Lectric doing this many other e-bikes brands are going to be able to start bringing this type of tech to market on new electric bikes.

I ride a bike in moderate weather but am limited by distance. wondering if this is a bike i could handle. 90 yrs old this April.

Once they release a front suspension kit for this I’m sold. ❤

In my experience, you don’t want a Class 3 bike with no suspension.

@skepticsr_us

4 ай бұрын

In my experience I don’t want a bike without a front suspension and without a Thudbuster.

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

Eh. I just started commuting on city streets, 32 miles a day. Some bad pavement and joints, but not too bad. Got an XP 3.0, and doing the suspension not very good at higher speeds like 20mph+. Locked it out, better now. A quality suspension would be better, but it's ok, I don't mind the bumps. If the streets were worse or doing some gravel/dirt trails, absolutely would want a quality suspension

This just goes to show how overpriced bikes are simply due to the name it carries, lectric once again shows the industry that u can get a quality bike for a affordable price.

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

Lectric is going to really put the pressure on the rest of the market to spec bikes with new tech and bring down prices. So this should be good for the e-bike market overall.

@tomgillotti

4 ай бұрын

I like Lectric, but let’s not pretend that $2k is “affordable.”

@JesusGarcia-ub2wt

4 ай бұрын

​@@tomgillottinobody is pretending that, we know not everyone has 2k to spend on a ebike but that doesn't change the fact that what you get for the price is insane and that Lectric is changing the game. Just go to any bike shop and ask a pro for the price of the Pinion system alone, that component alone I guarantee you're not going to find it anywhere for less than 3k

@tomgillotti

4 ай бұрын

@@JesusGarcia-ub2wt I’m quoting the original poster who used the word affordable.

@DizzyDiddy

4 ай бұрын

Even if you replaced the bike annually, less than $40/week in transportation costs is probably affordable for most people in North America. It's all about perspective. The price is affordable when compared to the expense of owning a car.

Wow that’s a lot of technology bang for your buck . It almost sounds like ether a scam or a mistake. That 2000$ price point is going to pi$$ off a lot of people.

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

It is pretty mind blowing, I'm not sure most people understand. Pinion had a rep at the Lectric launch event. The cheapest bike in the US market that has Pinion currently, costs a whopping $13,000!!!

@JesusGarcia-ub2wt

4 ай бұрын

​@@ElectricBikeReviewand if I'm right is not even an ebike that 13K bike 😅

@MikeSuding-

4 ай бұрын

I know it's not an ebike but I have a Priority 600 with a Pinion 12 speed, and it was $2400. That being said I think $2000 for this eBike is a very competitive price.@@JesusGarcia-ub2wt

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

​@@ElectricBikeReview Doesn't Priority make a non electric bike with Pinion shifter for $2800?

Totally attracted to this bike with the pinion gearing. Though, I’d pay more if it had suspension (preferably full suspension -and on a folding frame?), a torque sensor, a mid-drive motor (not compatible with pinion, I think?), throttle on-demand, perhaps larger diameter wheels for better control and feel, and a battery to go from Mason to the Ohio River (downtown Cincinnati) and back. Maybe 4-ish hours/46miles? total ride time/distance round trip? Think about it. Woah. Lectric could do this if they wanted. They’d make awesome, AWESOME competition to Biktrix, Aventon, Rad, etc.

ive been using an ebike for heavy delivery work since December 2019 and never really thought about it until this year and while doing SO MUCH research I am just so shocked and hyped for Lectric as a company; they seem so engaged in everything from inception to customer service and furthermore i really do think i will wait to get the ONE as my next ebike this year since it is definitely time for an upgrade for me. They definitely are trensetters and will revolutionize with this bike specifically! Hopefully a spring seat should do enough for minimizing bumpy rides but eveything else is on point, specially the weight and battery as a shorter rider myself with a 4 floor walk up lol. AND OMG AUTOMATIC SHIFTING!!!!

Lectric is going to have all kinds of warranty claims for broken spokes with that super responsive zero setting giving full torque all at once.

@turbofan450

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

The bikes aren't that great and their customer service sucks.

You need to review Priority Bikes! Priority makes great ebikes! I love lectric one!

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

We will see if Priority, will get us some of their bikes to review. Which Priority model would you be most interested in seeing?

@MrSaeedted

2 ай бұрын

@@ElectricBikeReviewthe E classic plus

@kengruz669

2 күн бұрын

Btw, Priority has been using a pinion drive on their non electric 600 model for several years now. All their bikes though, use the Gates belt drives.

Neat bike, I like positive disruption! Not for me as I’d like a suspension fork and need more weight capacity than its rear rack can handle (only 30lbs! - maybe a future version will have a stronger integrated rack as well as a suspension fork), but I hope they do well. Well enough to cover the bulk purchase of this gearbox. That had to have been a significant investment. One question: Besides adjusting the acceleration curve, can you adjust the number of PAS levels and the power of each? My XPedition uses a similarly strong 85Nm 1310W peak hub motor and I want a couple more PAS levels so the gaps between them are smaller but the display doesn’t let me do either. Thanks for highlighting the Culdesac community in your review too!

When shifting up with the auto shifting do you have to stop pedaling for a second to upshift?

Super cool bike. If they’d put this drivetrain in a cargo bike I’d be all over it.

@BryceLovesTech

4 ай бұрын

Any guesses to when they will put this drivetrain in a cargo bike

@jkitto2008

4 ай бұрын

Same here. Because it's current state. (Lectric One)There's no useful range. What good is an e-bike that will only go under 10 miles in PAS five ? Needs the dual battery set up for a cargo bike then drivetrain would be awesome🎉

Are the handlebars still way out like on the XP 3.0?

How is the speed and the power compared to the XP 3.0?

Is battery removable, and how much does it weigh without the batteries? TIA

Needs torque sensor and front suspension and I would buy. Still it is cool

I’ll wait for the Lectric Two to come out. Learned to never buy first year production of anything. I do like this bike.

@ElectricBikeReview

3 ай бұрын

That's not a bad strategy! I will say from the 4-5 hrs I spent on the bike that if I needed a city commuter style bike like this, that I might jump on it now. I wonder if Lectric is going to keep this price point in the future, or if they start moving up in price range.

What I like about that you could drive out in the rain and the very cold what the XP 2.0 you really can't take it out much in the bad weather

I'm saving up to purchase one because even though in my country it must be set to class two I know I will still get a lot of mileage on it. Hopefully I will be able to order it in July.

When are yall gonna do reviews on the new RAD EXPAND 5 PLUS? Also the other rad bikes got a plus to.

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

We have all four new Rad Bikes in already. The Radster Trail review are going live tomorrow, and the Raster Road is going live on Thursday. I'm hopeful we will have the Rad Expand 5 Plus review live by the end of next week!

@wishbone1231

4 ай бұрын

@@ElectricBikeReview ok cool ty for reply

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

Must be better than the Lectrics.

Please make a version using the new Pinion Motor Gearbox Unit,

How many amp hours is the bigger battery?

Pinion Gearboxes have now placed 12 fast-shifting gears in about the same space as Lbike These 6 speeds were discounted heavily. Pinion's new 12 speed shifts like a Porsche PDK

Love the bike, just wish it had a suspension front fork.

@ElectricBikeReview

3 ай бұрын

You can put one on if you want. FWIW, one of the head product guys from Lectric put a Manitou fork on his and it looked awesome. I actually think I might do that with the one they send us. Just note - it will add weight to the bike, so if you have to carry up stairs, then you probably will want to keep it lighter.

Great pre-review. One comment, though. Remember that some non ebikers or even bikers may be watching. You refer to some companies, components, even biking concepts etc, as if everyone should know them. Not your fault, you speak ebike all day long ;)

Saw a video of a bike from this company exploding on the TTC Subway wild

if the tires ar 2.5 inch wide.. there is a possibility that they will fit onto a public bus bicycle rack. And IMHO, that is a very important factor as well as some of the others.

@turbofan450

Ай бұрын

Could you elaborate on why that's important? I would think that, being electric, you wouldn't need to use a bus since you could just ride the whole distance yourself and in comfort

If they update their cargo bike with this drive system, and call it thd XPedition Plus or something and they would have a killer product on the market... probably would raise the XPedition's price to about 2600-3000, from its current range of 1600-2000...

@ElectricBikeReview

3 ай бұрын

Lectric somehow finds ways to keep the prices absurdly low, so I'm crossing my fingers they do offer the XPedition with a Pinion gear box, but keep the price below 2.5K.

If I had the money I would buy it

Question, how was the gost peddling at 28mph?

@ElectricBikeReview

3 ай бұрын

It pedaled great even at 28 mph, although I found myself topping out more around 27 mph if I want to get technical. I think they did a great job with the gearing on this bike, which is where the value add comes from the Pinion gear box.

@f8fbcrb

3 ай бұрын

@@ElectricBikeReview Thanks, good info.

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

​@ElectricBikeReview The XP 3.0 feels a bit twitchy/bouncy and unstable at above 25mph, though ok on very smooth Pavement. Did this feel different?

The price is crazy for sure but what’s the point of having such a nice gearing system on a hub drive bike?

@nevamind932

4 ай бұрын

I'm assuming it's for when you use the different peddle assist levels

@chow-chihuang4903

4 ай бұрын

Well, the gearbox goes where a mid-mount motor would go, so you’d have to put the motor in a hub. This also lets them use a throttle. I like to pedal, but they are still useful. Shame they decided to go cadence versus torque sensor though. I prefer current-setting versus speed-setting PAS for cadence sensor bikes, but I still prefer the combo of torque sensor with throttle to fill in when I need help.

@bensonr2

4 ай бұрын

@@nevamind932 hub motor does not work with the gears though. The motor is independent of the gears so what gear you are in has no bearing in how much much assistance the motor provides.

@MikeSuding-

4 ай бұрын

I like a nice gearing system so my legs can help out and I get a little exercise without the hassle of a derailleur and chain.

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

​@@chow-chihuang4903The cadence sensor has a lot more magnets than standard, so should kick in a lot sooner. Combined with the PAS going by current instead of speed, should help better approximate the torque sensor I would think. Not as good, but closer I think

It's got a nice motor but other than that I will have to give it a hard pass. The standard battery is not enough range, long range option should be standard. The added weight for a 6 speed pinion gearbox with no torque sensor is not worth the cost for a tiny bit of convenience in weekly maintenance. I would rather see a 9 speed chain cassette and derailleur with the stronger motor and make the long range battery standard.

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

This specific style of bike for sure won't be for everyone. More range from the battery is almost always a plus with an e-bike.

@aviflax

4 ай бұрын

If it’s not for you that’s reasonable, but I think it will appeal to lots of people who think of bikes as annoying because they require frequent adjustment and maintenance. (Like me for instance.) I for one am sick of chains and derailleurs and look forward to eventually transitioning my fleet to all belts and sealed transmissions.

@billdavis431

20 сағат бұрын

@@aviflax belts make so much sense for e-bikes compared to regular bikes I feel like for e-bikes belts should be the industry standard.

I'd buy one tomorrow IF it wasn't both illegal and unavailable in Europe. 😞😞😞

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

Yes this is designed for the US market, but we really think this move with Pinion is going to grow the number of e-bikes world wide using Pinion, which is awesome.

FYI: According to Lectric's website, the bike weighs 55lbs with battery.

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

We will weigh the bike once we get a test bike in. They told us 55 lbs without battery. We will get an actual weight soon so we can clarify.

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

Over 60 lbs and still too heavy and bulky even when folded.

nice☺️

That’s not a handle in the middle of the bike frame, it’s a brace to keep the bike from snapping in half at the middle. It is nice that it doubles as a handle though. Cast wheels would’ve been nice, but then it would weigh more than it does too. One thing Lectric refuses to do is to make a bike that is efficient to pedal without power. (Ex. Aventon Level.2)

I would need a larger battery

Hey Justin! DOES IT ALLOW FOR REVERSE STEERING STEM FOR SHORT ARMED WIFE? The only thing stopping us from buying 2 is that i need to reverse the steering stem for my 5' 3" wife with short reach. She tried the 3.0 with the stem reversed and picked up 5 inches but I don't know if the ONE also does that.

With pinion gear and gates drive for that money? Lectric indeed will pissed off a lot of people. Edit: I wish they ship outside of USA and Canada at additional cost.

Are you the same thing as electric bike report now?

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

No not the same thing, we are putting together a video to explain all the happenings here at EBR and where we are going!

Front shock ?

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

Not there

if only it had suspension?

What a weird Frankenstein bike. You get a nice pinion gear box but no torque sensor?!?! That is an interesting choice. Also for a commuter bike 26 or 27.5" wheels would also be nice to take advantage the pinion system. Yeah it's 2 grand and most of that is for the belt and pinion. But like if they really wanted to make something special get a torque sensor and a better wheel size to take advantage of everything. Those brakes are also going to be an issue as well. They are so close to making something truly special but stopped short.

@quantumfx2677

4 ай бұрын

Missing full suspension! Not interested!

@jkitto2008

4 ай бұрын

Plus it has no range at all. What a waste of $💸💸

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

I'd like to see Electric do a frame with 26" thinner tires as well for commuting. The cadence sensor is better on this, should have less lag, but I can see offering a torque sensor as a great option for a bit more money. It's a huge departure for Electric's norm, maybe we will see more soon

Pinion with a mid drive, how?

@logankennelly

3 ай бұрын

Easy: it isn't. This bike is a hub motor.

@michaelsprinzeles4022

3 ай бұрын

@@logankennelly I know what this bike is! I know what a hub vs mid is too! I responded to a comment, by the poster, in the vid about a mid-drive with a Pinion. It struck me as absurd.

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

I didn't catch that. Yeah, I Heard Pinion will make a drive and graphic in one, should be massively expensive and amazing​@@michaelsprinzeles4022

It looks good and the price with the battery upgrade was very reasonable. My only question is if it is UL certified.

Nice bike, but I have to have full suspension on my Ebike!

@ElectricBikeReview

4 ай бұрын

Yeah this specific model won't be for everyone, but I expect other bike brands to come to market with Pinion in the next year.

Does it fold?

@chow-chihuang4903

4 ай бұрын

The stem folds. The frame doesn’t fold.

No throttle no interest

@logankennelly

3 ай бұрын

It has a throttle.

Not a fan of the 48V 14ah. Im a power and range guy, this bikes got the power but its not gonna get the range. I would like to see 52V 20ah become the norm. Its what i have with my Ariel Kepler which gets good range while also being powerful with a 1000W motor.

@deansmits006

3 ай бұрын

For my needs, I'm there with you. 16 mile commute each way, 1 big hill. I got the XP 3.0, and found I would like 26" wheels, and a larger battery to maintain speed all the way thru my commute. I'm just looking to get home quickly. 20ah, either 48v or 52v, would likely work great.

That kick stand is poorly situated...

Only $2000! No thanks

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

Too much for that crap.

Give us a 30ah battery on a 1000 watt+ mid drive motor, keep the weight down as much as possible, dual suspension, and under $1500 please. That would put Lectric back on the ebike chart toppers. Ditch the app and the rest of the buzzword tech nobody asked for.

It is cool but not 2k cool.

I will keep my old mountain bike with BBHD fitted thank you. David in Thailand.

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

Good choice!

Even if we ignore the fact that this $2k bike doesn't have any sort of suspension, the design is poor. It looks like a cheap Amazon ebike fitted with a gates belt and pinion gears.

@davidhodgson977

4 ай бұрын

I agree

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

Crap bike and crap customer service.

Too bad its so ugly

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

Butt ugly, heavy, and bad customer service.

Junk battery

App ,snap, crap, i want to ride a bike not get a degree from Harvard to use this.

@mrpogi23

4 ай бұрын

so.. make a bike for a dummy highschool dropouts like you?

Of course you have the typical non-conformist bicycler running the red light @14:25.

I know you can buy a much bigger better bike for less money

@jev2867

3 ай бұрын

With a pinion gear and gates drive? 😂

It looks overpriced, and is it really a commuter like? Let's be honest just because you review. A bike in Arizona or on flat land doesn't make it a commuter. Put it in the cities like New York and then let's see what it does in real world commuting. Until then it's a nice toy

@Janus1000

3 ай бұрын

Is this comment a joke?

@beazy96

Ай бұрын

It is a crap bike and crap customer service from the company.