racingame said:Somebody who owns the bike could kindly tell me what's the brand of the wheels manufacturer? All the photos and videos online don't zoom close enough to be able to read it. I noticed there are two versions of this bike also, is the only difference in the wheels?
Alex Imreh said:Thank you for the manual. In Europe however I think main issue will remain the EU homologation to use the bike legally on streets. The Little Dragon is great design, it reflects the new generation of designer and entrepreneurs from China, this is the future to come. But for offroad 50km is just one mountain, not enough range for real offroad. This kind of bike is ideal for urban mobility and for country side mobility. In the countryside it could be used maybe in certain areas without registration but for the moment we can not use it in cities. I put the product on my online shop in Romania http://ibikes.ro, I will be ready to buy stock when EU homologation will be done.
Rix said:Alex Imreh said:Thank you for the manual. In Europe however I think main issue will remain the EU homologation to use the bike legally on streets. The Little Dragon is great design, it reflects the new generation of designer and entrepreneurs from China, this is the future to come. But for offroad 50km is just one mountain, not enough range for real offroad. This kind of bike is ideal for urban mobility and for country side mobility. In the countryside it could be used maybe in certain areas without registration but for the moment we can not use it in cities. I put the product on my online shop in Romania http://ibikes.ro, I will be ready to buy stock when EU homologation will be done.
You are correct, but taking it a step further, even the mighty Alta Redshift Moto has only 20 minutes of range under race conditions on a Moto X track. https://www.altamotors.co/redshiftmx Alta claims this machine has 4 hours of ride range under offroad trail use, and it would as long as the rider didn't use anymore than 1400wh per hour. (kind of weird saying this that way) For a machine that weighs 270+ pounds, keeping power output down that low would be very very boring to say the least, and maybe impossible. This would be totally doable with a 30amp controller running a MAC10 on 14s on a sub 100 pound ebike running WOT the whole time. I guess my point is, I don't know of any electric bikes out there that would have a true gasser range potential, at least not yet.
Alex Imreh said:Thank you for the manual. In Europe however I think main issue will remain the EU homologation to use the bike legally on streets. The Little Dragon is great design, it reflects the new generation of designer and entrepreneurs from China, this is the future to come. But for offroad 50km is just one mountain, not enough range for real offroad. This kind of bike is ideal for urban mobility and for country side mobility. In the countryside it could be used maybe in certain areas without registration but for the moment we can not use it in cities. I put the product on my online shop in Romania http://ibikes.ro, I will be ready to buy stock when EU homologation will be done.
Now i can ride 20kms every day instead of 100kms once a month!
And I made the same observations 10 years ago, before stealth existed! It's how I first got into building ebikes, for all those exact reasons. Back then ebike tech and power was pretty tame so going from a 250cc to something that was 50cc equivalent was a bit uninspiring. But it was better than the alternative of busting your arse pedaling on the local trails, and better than not riding at all because as above it was a mission to load up the trailer and then travel 2 hrs away.Rix said:Made the same observations 6 years ago when I first got my Stealth Bomber.Now i can ride 20kms every day instead of 100kms once a month!
I just set a new PB of 75km range on the surron, which was a 2.5hr round trip of exploring firetrails.
Aebrennan said:The bike is designed for off-road not urban use, see the rear suspension design and tyres fitted.
You could rebuild the battery for longer range if that is necessary otherwise ride shorter trips or smaller mountains?