Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
Man, I want this, along with the Xtracycle conversion kit, for my utility bike. But then I would have to justify spending up to 2 grand on a bike I paid $250 nearly a decade ago, that's actually a bit too small for me, and that I really only use for getting groceries or tooling around with the kid. But it's a PITA hauling groceries up and down hills for 4 miles between the store and the house.
Yep, this makes hills disappear. Just for the heck of it, I found one of the steeper hills in the area to climb... something I probably wouldn't try on a regular bike. It's 1/4 of mile and rises 160 feet at nearly 15% grade in some spots. I had to work, but I still got up the hill never going below 7 mph (I would have been walking my regular bike... after falling over.) Remember, we're talking about a 50 lbs bike, a 53 y.o. rider, weighing 225 lbs.