Electric Bikes Are Here To Stay - Check Them Out At Surf Expo

Unless you have been living on an uncharted island, you cannot have missed the surge in E-Bikes or Electric Powered Bicycles over the past few years. Electric bike designs have been around since the 1990s. In 1992 there you would be hard pressed to find a commercial electric bike for sales in America.  By 2010 in China small motorized bikes were being replaced by E-Bikes. In 2013 E-Bikes in Germany were gaining popularity. When this bike niche market first started gaining traction in North America, bicycle industry press were skeptical if electric bikes would last.  According to VeloNews E-Bikes are here to stay.
If you are a member of Facebook, you know how the Facebook advertising algorithm knows how to feed you advertising.  I get on a regular basis E-Bike ads.  Today I saw an ad for Super73 E-Bikes. 

What caught my eye was that one of their E-Bikes looked like the BMX bike my son had growing up. It is called the Super73-Z1. It looks like a fat tire BMX bike. Super73 is a vetran owned California business.  Their E-Bikes are certified for global sales.  They have five E-Bikes ranging from $1,400 to $4,500 in price.  This Memorial Day weekend four of their E-Bikes are on sale.

At the 2016 Surf Expos ago I was introduced to the RAMBO E-Bike. This was their first show.  They brought their full line up of bikes. After the show I did an article for my blog on the Rambo E-Bike.  When you visit the Rambo website you can see that there are two different types of bikes, Extreme and High Performance. They even have E-Bikes with a carbon fiber frame.  Their bikes are in the $3,999.99 to $4,699.99 price. range.

I think there is a place in the global bicycle market place for E-Bikes.  Especially for older folks like myself who have lost the stamina to be able to do long bike trips but still like to ride bicycles.  An Electric E-Bike can go a long way in keeping old timers like me on on the bike trails. But the only draw back as I see it is the availability to test these bikes before purchasing one.  Your local bike store may only carry one brand if they carry E-Bikes at all.  Making the choice to buy an E-Bike online may be a hard choice for many of us when spending over $1,000.00 on a bike you have not tried out.

Surf Expo happens in September at the Orange County Convention Center from the 5th to the 7th.  Hope to see you there.

Until next time be safe in the sun and have a great day in the great outdoors.