Throwing in my two cents - I ended up going for the Focus despite niggling reservations about the battery, and I have no regrets. The inbuilt battery handles about 60km for me, which is a few hours riding through admittedly fairly flat off-road terrain here in the Netherlands. I bought the...
Great read! Bicycles were also a magical presence in my life since my very first BMX bike when I was 7 or 8. I can still vividly remember the feeling of freedom and adventure as I ventured out and explored my local area. Decades later and that feeling has never really gone away - I’ve been...
My Stromer ST2 speed pedelec already has regenerative braking. It’s a high tech beast, also has a SIM card built-in, tracks location if stolen, downloads it’s own updates over the air, etc...
Bikes are just going to get smarter and smarter.
I’m looking at that Jam2 as well. I love how it looks and I think the Shimano system is what I want, but I also can’t help but worry a little about the small in-built battery.