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<blockquote data-quote="THE1LAF" data-source="post: 2921193" data-attributes="member: 127503"><p>As a bike Mechanic who has serviced all the mfg's listed... You think hunters have a distaste for E-bikes? I tell you bike shop techs are on a whole different level.. lol</p><p></p><p>Mfg's "dump their entire budget" into the electronics and aesthetics. suspension, frame & drivetrain suffers. you have a $4-6k+ bike being driven by a ~$45 cost drivetrain package that fails after a few weeks because it isn't designed for the torque electric motors can provide. The electronics are fragile at best, and wiring is a mess. </p><p></p><p>There's also different classes of E-bikes:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Class 1: Pedal-assist only; motor provides assistance all the way up to 20 mph.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Class 2: Pedal-assist or throttle; motor provides assistance all the way up to 20 mph.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Class 3: Pedal assist only; motor provides assistance all the way up to 28 mph.</li> </ul><p>Personally I think anything with a throttle (Class 2) should be with Gas powered vehicles period, and a lot of MT feels the same way. </p><p>Lower Power Class 1 doesn't cause much of a disturbance, all depends on the rider, but most of the E-bikes in this discussion (Quiet Kat, Bakcou, Ranger, etc.) fall in the Class 2 Category.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THE1LAF, post: 2921193, member: 127503"] As a bike Mechanic who has serviced all the mfg's listed... You think hunters have a distaste for E-bikes? I tell you bike shop techs are on a whole different level.. lol Mfg's "dump their entire budget" into the electronics and aesthetics. suspension, frame & drivetrain suffers. you have a $4-6k+ bike being driven by a ~$45 cost drivetrain package that fails after a few weeks because it isn't designed for the torque electric motors can provide. The electronics are fragile at best, and wiring is a mess. There's also different classes of E-bikes: [LIST] [*]Class 1: Pedal-assist only; motor provides assistance all the way up to 20 mph. [*]Class 2: Pedal-assist or throttle; motor provides assistance all the way up to 20 mph. [*]Class 3: Pedal assist only; motor provides assistance all the way up to 28 mph. [/LIST] Personally I think anything with a throttle (Class 2) should be with Gas powered vehicles period, and a lot of MT feels the same way. Lower Power Class 1 doesn't cause much of a disturbance, all depends on the rider, but most of the E-bikes in this discussion (Quiet Kat, Bakcou, Ranger, etc.) fall in the Class 2 Category. [/QUOTE]
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