E(lusive)-Bike

build yourself a rhino drive lol... It goes over ten miles an hour.... can be built for under a hundred bucks... you can use the batteries of your choice. Lith on the bike or sla in a trailer.... Or build a pusher with the same motor setup.

You can also buy a 500 watt hub kit on ebey for less than three hundred, batteries not included. I personally don't like hub motors but most guys swear by them. Also the wallymart Izip for around three hundred isnt bad but I still prefer the DIY bike.

What Deacon said.

When I read what your expectations were it about describes the Izip..Pops

I've had the IZip for about a year. I have hills around here and about 5 miles is all I can get on a charge and that includes alot of pedaling. Six miles and I am "limping" home. I don't think you would get more than 10 on level ground with pedaling.

That's the batteries. Those sla batteries at 10ah are next to nothing. I now run the equivalent of 17ah sla at 36v with a 24v controller and a 600watt motor on a friction drive system. I do agree even with that the range is the factor. I understand that there is a second battery system with the izip that will double the range. The cost is way too much in my opinion. I would rather buy a thrift store 12inch bike and make a trailer from the wheels then convert the system to larger sla batteries or maybe go with lith if i could afford it.

The izip is also a little underpowered in my opinion but a lot of guys love it. None of my bikes have working gears or direct drive so I can't comment on the bike itself.

Ebikes just aren't the same as gas bikes more's the pity.