Originally Posted by
Duragrouch
Thanks. Never heard of'em, just looked. Nice. However I think your E20 is superior, it has a full rear triangle instead of rear monostays, I think especially important in aluminum, and mid-drive instead of hub motors. That was a deal and a half. Lithium batteries are pretty durable these days, but if you ever need to replace them, I'm sure you can find something suitable. It would be great if Qualisports uses the same diameter seatpost, and battery voltage, and sells that as a replacement part.
The Qualisports ebike was more solidly built, had a 48v battery (Dahon is a 36v), more range (higher capacity), and could easily hit around 28 MPH while pedaling (throttle was up to 20 MPH) after I replaced the rear cassette. The Dahon is mid drive (it's good, but not all it's cracked up to be), lighter, and definitely folds smaller. I could also swap parts and use an IGH if I decided to go that route. Battery wise, they have a replacement seatpost battery available now, but the damn thing is currently "on sale" for $609. And it's not easy to just open up the seatpost (
afaik) and just swap out the batteries. I've, honestly, moved back to riding solely human-powered bikes at this stage. I'd just rather get the work in, than have to deal with the constant need of worrying about electrical/electronic componants.