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Old 04-27-12 | 12:50 PM
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dhiltonp
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Originally Posted by BobV13
I test road a Trek FX yesterday and I must say that the ride put a few of my fears to rest. First was that I might not get a true bicycling experience. I did but it was better because at any time I could choose my level of effort. It was my first ride on an ebike so I have no other ebike to compare it to. The bike shop was mainly your everyday LBS and not a big ebike seller. The bike they were wanting to sell me was their demo bike at a little less than $2000. It appeared new in just about every way. I worry about the battery mostly and although it was fully charged when I began my ride it dropped one bar (out of 10 I believe) very quickly but no others in my 15 minute test ride. I'm wondering about this bike and is battery/motor sizes because of what I've discovered below.
When I demoed a trek FX+ at my LBS, I specifically asked about the battery. They said that they had been sent a new battery for it a little over a year ago, and that they had charged it every 4 months or so. This is pretty close to the recommended charge pattern for battery storage, so I figured it would be ok.

It can't hurt to ask...
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