This ebike can help you carry cargo, passengers, and even your afternoon brew in style. Super73 would have a recommendation-worthy bike on their hands if it could eliminate the throttle issues and offer a front fender that actually works.The Electric Moto-Style Utility ebike in San Diego is a head turner that delivers on more than just style. And I had a good time riding it … until I didn't. The S2 is a fun bike-one with heaps of power. I rarely want to bother with anything more than the LCD screen on the handlebars. There’s a smartphone app that pairs with the bike, but unlike brands like VanMoof, you're not forced to use it to ride the bike. I'm 5'10", and I already felt like a bear sitting at a school desk. Super73 says the bike fits anyone from 5'1" to 6'8" in height. The motorcycle-style seat is comfy, but it's non-adjustable and somewhat low at 31 inches tall. The metallic white paint is a very nice touch as well, but you can also get it in black or metallic steel. The LED headlight is huge and awesome for lighting up the road on a dark night (630 lumens!), and the integrated LED taillight is hard to miss. All the cables and wires from the handlebars are routed through the frame, which gives the bike a tidy, clean look. It's hard to get past those dangerous faults, but the rest of the bike feels well built. I asked the company if it tested the bike in wet conditions, but it did not confirm or deny this. If it's a firmware issue, why would it happen only when roads are wet? It makes me suspect the controller isn't sufficiently waterproofed, but I can't say that definitively.
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The company says it has heard of similar issues, but that a firmware update should solve them. Super73's engineers say they couldn't replicate the problem on my test bike when I shipped it back, but they suspected it needed a firmware update. As soon as I took it onto a wet road for the first time, the malfunctions appeared within 15 minutes. This problem didn't appear for the first few weeks I had the bike, but all those rides were taken on dry roads. Sure enough, over multiple forums, people were reporting the same throttle woes. I did some research to see if other S2 customers were having the same issue. Thankfully, I caught it with the brakes before I toppled anyone. It was acting glitchy all over, which made for a tense ride home.Īt a crowded intersection, I was at a red light when the bike suddenly launched me into a crowd of pedestrians in the crosswalk. Other times, I'd be pedaling and suddenly get no power until I blipped the throttle, which would bring the electric assist back on.
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Over and over, the bike would go to full throttle, or I'd stop pedaling but the bike wouldn't stop accelerating. At least the battery is removable so you don't have to lug the whole bike to an outlet.īut it kept happening. You have to press the power button on the battery to turn it on, which is when the LED turns red to signify that it's recharging. Not my fault! When you plug in the charger, it lights up green. Part of the reason I ran out of battery is that I didn't charge it properly. (You can buy a $235 10-speed kit from Super73, but it wasn't on my test bike.) It's not a bike you'll ever want to pedal with the electric assist off. I ran out of juice on an early test ride, and pedaling this heavy thing home was as tiring and tedious as the rowing scene from Ben Hur. That means it can eat up battery life fast if you're not economical and you use the throttle all the time.
It's a weighty, single-speed bike without any extra mechanical gears to select, so it relies heavily on the electric motor. There are four levels of electric assist, and in the top two levels, I get the feeling that I'm not really pedaling the S2 (similar to my colleague's experience with the Lectric XP). There's a cadence sensor at the pedals to detect when to turn the electric motor assist on and off, but it's not very nuanced. In a lot of states, it's not legal to ride an ebike at those speeds in public places. That'll carry you past 28 miles per hour, which could be a problem. But change the settings to Unlimited mode and the motor unlocks to 1,200-W continuous power and 2,000-W peak power.
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