Not compared to a car or motorbike – that should be the comparison made as they’re everyday commuting vehicles.
Yes compared to a car or motorbike – for anything I would want anyway – the Grace bikes are the sort of thing I’d be interested in, but 9,000 Euros? Can’t see how it can be justified.
I suppose some of the capable, but slow ebikes aren’t silly money when compared to high end normal bikes, but I just can’t get my head round the poor performance (speed wise) for the money. I suppose if that Smart bike did up to 30mph with the assist I wouldn’t be complaining so much about the price tag.
Typically 5-7kg – or less than 10% of the weight of the rider.
I hadn’t thought about it that way, which is odd because I have with regular bikes!
I’ll partly agree with this – though the point is not to make your top speed higher, it’s to put up your average speed. Which they do, by a lot, because it means you cruise up steep hills at 14mph instead of struggling up them at 5mph.
I want 20 – 25mph average speeds! What can I say – I’m greedy!