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Old 05-01-26 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by BobbyG
What's the bike? it looks like it folds a little. My wife, Brenda wants an e-Trike. Are ou happy with it?
It's a Lectric XP Trike 2.

The folding is mostly to facilitate shipping, though it does get shorter in length when folded. For the front to fold inside the rear wheel, the front wheel & fender need to be removed. The front wheel comes off with a through axle and the front fender comes off with (4) allen bolts that are pretty easy to get to. It should fit in the back of my CR-V and maybe my wife's HR-V.

I'm happy with it so far. My wife is getting used to it. Compared to a bike, it feels like it wants to throw me off of it on the outside of the turns at first, because our centripetal force is not directed diagonally down into the ground, but straight sideways. She's learning to lean into the turns.

I started an ongoing review thread on it here, if you want to keep an eye on things:
https://ebikesforum.com/threads/lect...16/#post-75047

The thing they don't talk much about in the advertising is that it's a single speed, in exchange for being RWD with differential. It's geared for a comfortable cadence at 10-12 mph. For getting up to that speed, the electric assistance is appreciated. Going beyond that speed has the rider ghost pedaling or being a throttle jockey. 10-12 mph is a comfortable speed on this, and it will do it forEVER.

I have a rear wheel wobble I'm looking into. It might be as simple as an axle not being pushed in far enough or something might've been bent in shipping. We'll see.
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