I'm sure Optibike builds a great product - but I really can't believe someone would spend so much money for an electric bike! With such a wide range of options available (ie: IZIP Electric Bikes, EZIP, EG, eZee, conversion kits, etc), why pay $10,000 for an electric bike when you can pay $500 to $2000? Just seems rediculous to me even if they include some extra features and more power. It's only 800 watts! You can buy an electric scooter (from X-Treme) with 3500 watts of power for $4600! Just my 2 cents...

Other posters have mentioned the legal issues with this bike, but it should be mentioned again: Federal law limits electric bikes to 750 watts of power and 20 mph (in the U.S.). It sounds like this product exceeds these limitations which means it can't be classified as a bicycle. It's very unlikely law enforcement will ever catch this, but do you want to risk it with a $10,000 bicycle?

I guess if someone is willing to pay this much for a bike, more power to them! But to me, it seems rediculous...