Yet another promising addition to the #cargobike market: The Aventon Abound #ebike for $2200. https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a43100171/aventon-abound-review/
@bikepedantic very nice to see turn signals and dropper post... that 7 speed freewheel though 🤢.
I'm torn on the integrated battery: slick but moves too much weight up and forward (the tail is already heavy, so this makes lifting the front wheel to pivot more difficult) and then it's not a standard pack that can be replaced and upgraded easily like the Lectric ones.
@pleaseclap every year or so on the old site, i'd ping QBP to rip off the Bullitt with a crmo Surly... Cheese Danish? @enobacon
It feels dogmatic, like their unwillingness to distribute for e-commerce
"we're US manufacturers we do longtails only"
@pleaseclap you know they have like one guy who rode a bullitt in like 2013, couldn't get used to the tiller-steering, declared after 30 secs of riding that he hated it, and stands in the way of an All-City frontloader to this day.@enobacon
@bikepedantic @enobacon Right it's like, they like parties but they haven't considered putting the cooler and the grill in a bike instead of a van
@bikepedantic @enobacon I actually gave them a design a few months ago lol
@pleaseclap @bikepedantic yuba supercargo with hub motor, though DIY is ~$4k with rain canopy and only a 350W front hub.
@enobacon the supermarche just looks wrong. I'm sure it's a great bike, but taking a frontloader and just slapping a smaller rear wheel on it just doesn't look right, and it shouldn't matter, but does. @pleaseclap
@bikepedantic the smaller wheel is totally fine (it rides very smooth, maybe a longer wheelbase than most?) but I did change the handlebar to something much more upright and narrower. IMO they just need a suspension front fork and the integrated rear rack is severely under-rated at 80lb, worsely under-supplied with accessories (i.e. seat and footrests with bike towing ability) @pleaseclap
https://urbanists.social/@enobacon/109373470211485446
It's that regular-bike rear end, thing: it's key to the bakfiet design because it means you can put regular-bike parts on it
@pleaseclap @bikepedantic 😂 my regular bike is an edgerunner! 20in rear wheels are the standard here.
@bikepedantic @enobacon @pleaseclap Counterpoint: every cargo bike should have an integrated rear rack with 80lbs+ of capacity.
@kevinschaper @bikepedantic @enobacon @pleaseclap This is correct.
When I got my cetma a decade ago, one of the first things I did was stick an Axiom rack on it. 50kg load capacity. I do wish it was integrated, though.
https://www.axiomgear.com/products/racks/journey-racks/journey-disc/
@bikepedantic @Andres4NY @pleaseclap @enobacon My rescue-Cetma is an integrated rack rarity. What the weight limit? Who knows!
I've got a 750w mid-drive with a very pleasing torque sensor and it could pedal itself uphill if it wasn't using my toes as a throttle
Makin me re-evaluate my feelings about throttle-based DIY kits
@bikepedantic yes, and I noticed the flexible stem listed as a con, but isn't it the same one? If I got the lectric I would be looking to add a tsdz motor and another front chainring.
@bikepedantic @enobacon Aventon and Trek releasing models like this is good for pressuring the other "everykindabike" manufacturers to compete in this category
I wish they weren't all playing it safe by copying Tern: a $2200 copy-bullitt would sell numbers