Posted on 01 September 2010. Tags: 3 Years, Bicycle, Bicycle Pedals, Bicycle Travel, Classified, Commuters, Electric, Electric Bicycle, Electric Motorcycles, Electric Scooter, Electric Scooters, Hub Motor, Moped, Moped Scooter, Power Batteries, Product Description, Rear Hub, Rear Wheel, Scooter, Scooter Electric, Scooters, Scooters Electric, Wheel, X Treme Scooters, Xb, Xtreme
I have ridden this extreme e-bike for 2 years everyday. I love it. It is made in China. It is not perfect, but I have not had much problem with it. I had a flat tire on the back, but I fixed it with never leak or fix-a-flat. I never let the charge get totally dead, so it has always charged. The instructions are about useless, but I did manage to put the rest together by myself and I was a 53 year old 5′ tall woman with determination. I really like the storage in the seat and trunk, because I even rode it in the winter(I could not ride it on ice, that would be stupid.) I could load $200.00 worth of groceries on it using recycle bags sat in front of me.
we owned an xb-500 for two years. While I loved the power, style and range of it, we had many problems. We had three flats which we had to pay a scooter shop to repair at $50 each. This shop said that a cable ran too close the wheel on the front tire and that it was dangerous to drive. The headlights quit working after a month. I was able fix them by reconnecting a wire, but I had to pull off the dash cover. Then the charger quit working after about 10 months. I’m not sure why, but the blinkers never worked. Please, consider the cost and how you will maintain this bike if you buy one.
I am about 5’11 230 pounds, and had some qualms about the potential power in these bikes. I happened to find one that was for sale “Like new/barely used” locally for much less than a new one cost, and jumped on it. I am so happy that I did.
The motor on the bike is easily able to propel me up to its top speed of 20 mph. Granted, with my extra weight (It uses 170 lb rider as its guideline) I lose a few miles on the charge, but thats ok.
2 things to note. 1) The speedometer on mine was saying I was going 40. I had someone pace me and found that it was displaying roughly double the actual speed, so 40=20. 2) THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!