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.
@enobacon Torque sensor here vs cadence on the Lectric, but if i'm in the market rn, i'm probably going Lectric
@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
@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
@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
@bikepedantic @enobacon
It feels dogmatic, like their unwillingness to distribute for e-commerce
"we're US manufacturers we do longtails only"