Quick assembly/ ride-round-the-block review of the Bird ebike that I bought for $1k at Job Lot, and comes with a $500 gift certificate. So $500 net!! Still available! 1/x https://www.oceanstatejoblot.com/birdbike-v-frame-ebike-glacier-white/product/289210
Cons: Front hub arrived free of grease. Front brake is mildly rubbing. Weird clicking in crank/BB/pedal region, I suspect belt alignment. No gears, but with the motor and that single gear being a good around-town 68ish gear-inches, it’s a meh con. No frame-mounts for a front rack (I LOVE frame mounted front racks).
A few more details:
*There is a larger, top-tubed model offered that’s intended for folks over 5’8”.
*Both it and the step-thru are offered in silver, which I prefer to the white, should have ordered in silver.
*This deal is order-online but ship-to-store only. And Ocean State Job Lot is (AFAIK) a northeast-US-only thing. Other online retailers seem to be selling these Bird Bikes too tho.
https://www.oceanstatejoblot.com/birdbike-a-frame-ebike-gravity-gray/product/287786
@bikepedantic can't they be lowered?
@Marrekoo no - handlebars are a one-piece bespoke stem-bar combo, they can’t be moved or even swapped out
@bikepedantic that is a serious flaw imho.
@bikepedantic @Marrekoo Clever. Is it at least a standard steerer size that you could get a stem and spacers on it? Then of course will the wires and brake cables reach a swept-back bar.
@bikepedantic but if it's *that* low, a kid's sized bike would be more appropriate.
@bikepedantic Probably good that I didn't buy one, as someone too tall for my Rad, but this was the use case I thought of getting one for: houseguests having an ebike available too.
@bikepedantic Silver was sold out in the V-Frame when I bought. I definitely would have gone that route if it was available.
PPS: approximately 25” saddle-to-pedal, and 29” saddle-to-ground, with seat post all the way down.
So again, lots of flexibility for shorter riders to get comfortable, though reach to handlebars might be an issue if your saddle has to be that low.