Originally Posted by
mike
Hmm. Looks interesting in writing at least. The question begs to be asked - why a mountain bike? Think of all the juice being used to shlug those heavy tires. Since it isn't actually designed for off-road, why not switch over to lighter, more efficient wheel? My guess is that it would extend the range at least.
What are the grey boxes hanging off of the rear carrier? Are those batteries? If so, a 15 mile range for those honking batteries doesn't seem like much. Again, maybe lighter more efficient wheels/tires would improve the range.
I too am looking forward to hearing some feedback from owners of these machines.
I have the bike in the pic (2007 model) and mine has smooth street tires with one wavy tread, not knobby tires. Don't know how you're seeing the tires as so big when they're the perfect size for the bike. Unless you were expecting those razor thin tires like are on racing bikes? And it appears the 2007 model was the last one with the controller box under the seat. They moved it to the rear of the bike, so you now have to stop and get off the bike to switch to the second battery. It's hard to imagine why they did this, but then, it's hard to understand why Bill Gates took technology a step backwards by introducing Windows Vista.