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I have very, very short legs, and an ordinary torso. I am 73, not in great health, and could use a better biike to do longer (20-30mile) rides than what I usually do.
The short legs always made bike fitting tough. I tried the smallest Allant 8S today.
My current bike has 22 inches from seatpost to stem. The smallest size Allant 8S is 23.4 inches. I can use a shorter stem, but the bike felt a little small. It was a very short ride, it could be I just need to get used to it.
Overall, it's a big improvement over my old Felt ebike. Felt never got the hang of making ebikes, and gave up.
The price is basically a grand off, so for the price of a $2500 ebike, you get the performance motor, good hydraulic brakes, a 625 watt battery.
There is also an 8S Stagger, but they didn't have one on the floor, and I don't know what the difference is between the 8S and the 8S Stagger.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Perhaps not relevant, but here goes anyway: I have converted several standard bikes - two hybrids, two tandems and a road/touring bike with kits, both hub drive and mid drive. All bikes have batteries mounted on luggage racks behind the rider. Yes, this gives the bikes potentially squirrely handling, but my wife and I ride only on paved surfaces at moderate speeds, so the top-heavy battery arrangement hasn't presented much of a problem. I will mention however that the bikes are prone to tipping over when parked, so we have to secure them to stationary objects whenever we dismount for any time.