It had a lot going for it, but for the kind of riding I do, which is mostly street riding I like my bomber a lot better.
That bike isn't their top line bike so it's not terribly fast. I think he said it does about 35 mph. Like that's not fast, what a laugh huh LOL?? Actually it's plenty fast.
For hill climbing it's probably unsurpassed, but in the city it had a couple shortcomings. Number one, it's not silent. Silence is golden when you're riding with a herd of bicycles, or riding on a crowded bike trail. The motor has a kind of irritating sound like gears gashing when you apply a lot of power to it.
Another thing I wasn't wild about is you have to shift it through a few gears riding off from a stop. You don't really have to, but if you ride off in a higher gear acceleration is slow. That's great for hill climbing, but a pia from every stop compared to just gas it and go like my bike.
It doesn't have a CA. You just get 3 idiot lights. Not even a speedo or odometer. For a bike that expensive I'd like a little more information.
He said he's had several problems with it, and had to ship it back to the factory for warranty repairs 3 times. One of the repairs involved the motor mount coming loose, and spinning the motor, which he said cut the power wires.
He's happy with it though, and it seems like the problems have all been sorted out.
That gives me visions of a china girl pinion gear. Sound's like extra maintenance.Gear gashing sound? That means it's a geared BMC hub. Quick to accelerate but also quick to fail. The Stealths DD hub will far outlast it in reliability. BMC hubs also cost more than a DD hub to replace.
That's exactly what it is. Those hubs will fail much quicker and are much more complicated than the hub on the Stealths. They do get off the line quicker, watt for watt, but that tradeoff is nowhere near worth it.That gives me visions of a china girl pinion gear. Sound's like extra maintenance.
Plus the Stealth Bomber just looks like it means business. Purpose-built.From what I've read OptiBikes are hard to work on. To get to the battery you have to remove the motor, and controller. Everything on a Bomber is hanging out saying take me. Nothing is in the way of anything. It's like working on a Sportster.
Some people are drilling a hole in the hub case and dumping automotive ATF fluid inside to lube those gears up so they don't burn up. LOLFor a motor bicycle a hub motor seems good enough to me. There's only so much power you really need on a bicycle.. I'm sure you could probably use a hub motor as a mid drive though. One moving part has a lot of appeal.
That's wild isn't it? Look at all those sprockets, that's a gearhead's delight isn't it? Did you see the guy that was riding it? I wonder what he looked like lol?It looks like the bike uses two hub motors attached to a car tire
If that's not proof we're in a revolution I don't know what is LOL. That bike looks like something out of mad max.It looks like the bike uses two hub motors attached to a car tire
Yes officer, it only has 1000W of power. That's all it has. 8 MPH top speed. LMAOIf that's not proof we're in a revolution I don't know what is LOL. That bike looks like something out of mad max.
Yeah, he was a long gray haired guy that looked like he came from the movie Mad Max. lolDid you see the guy that was riding it? I wonder what he looked like lol?
LOL, I bet if you had to pedal that thing home it would give a whole new meaning to electric death chopper.Yeah Baby, Electric Death Chopper -
Why am I not surprised?Yeah, he was a long gray haired guy that looked like he came from the movie Mad Max. lol