“many of them sell for less than the equivalent of $1,000 apiece.”
Not the ones I’ve seen......nice try though. 👍
https://www.samsclub.com/s/E%20Bike
Two e-bikes under a thousand at Sams Club.
They are starting to sell Down in Florida. You’ll see them at college campuses and McDonalds. Affordable for students.
The bikes I have cost $999 each. The penalty on them is weight and range. The pros are a quality product at that price range, and built like a Sherman tank.
I considered other bikes, and sure...I could get ones that go twice as far and weigh half as much, but...not as tough, and four times the cost.
I’ve just started seeing a $1500 EV motorbike advertised on Newsmax. Still, even in the commercials, rider is shown peddling a lot. I don’t remember ever peddling my old Yamaha rice-burner.
In Việt Nam you can get a decent no frills electric bicycle for under 500 dollars. In 2016 I was in the country for six weeks. When I arrived I noticed two or three electric bikes on my first day. By the time I left it seems every teenager had one and most of the ten year old kids. They had just come on the market the month before I got there.
Yep,for quality ones. Last month I purchased a 750w fully suspended e-MTB for just under $2,000 out the door. Love it. Have already replaced the rear shock and various bits because I like to mod and tinker. I also geared it down and it will easily wheelie sky high when starting in 1st or 2nd gear on a steep slope with full throttle. I’m almost 70 and got yelled at for riding too fast on a deserted bike trail lol. I could have paid about $7,000 for a comparable big name bike but failed to see the advantage.