Electric bikes are getting quite the fame and popularity. The benefits which an electric bike offers a user trumps any car or uber service you would have used. They are fast, convenient, safe to the environment, etc. Especially since every day people become more aware...
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Argon vs. Tenways CGO600 Pro
The Optibike Argon continues to be a top competitor in the field of lightweight e-bikes. Ideal for commutes, the Argon is powered by a 500W rear hub motor that activates with a dual sided torque sensor or throttle. This makes it an easy start bike, great for traffic...
Argon vs. RadKick
The Optibike Argon continues to be a top competitor in the field of lightweight e-bikes. Ideal for commutes, the Argon is powered by a 500W rear hub motor that activates with a dual sided torque sensor or throttle. This makes it an easy start bike, great for traffic...
Argon vs. Urtopia Carbon 1 Pro
The Optibike Argon continues to be a top competitor in the field of lightweight e-bikes. Ideal for commutes, the Argon is powered by a 500W rear hub motor that activates with a dual sided torque sensor or throttle. This makes it an easy start bike, great for traffic...
How do you define if an electric bike is "Manufactured in America?"
There seems to be a resurgence among product marketers to proclaim their product is "Made in the USA" yet there also seems to be some variance in the definition of what exactly that means. As far as the Optibike is concerned, this is what it means: Frame/Swingarm:...
The electric bike built for snow? We shall see…
YAY! Huge thanks to our friends at Ktrak (https://www.ktrakcycle.com/) who styled us out with their latest generation snow track/ski combo that we are going to affix to an Optibike over the next 24 hours. The quality of this unit is remarkable, I am surprised with...
Ask Optibike! What about maintenance?
This question was most recently asked by Gary Ares, who writes for a blog about E-bikes at www.velochef.com: The answer: Maintaining an Optibike is much like maintaining a traditional bike, with a few exceptions. Because the bike is heavier and you will go faster-...
New York Times Article : Commuters Pedal to Work on Their Very Own Superhighway
This is an amazing story of the future, where bicycles have their own freeways. For this city the future is now! Read the recent article here.... https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/18/world/europe/in-denmark-pedaling-to-work-on-a-superhighway.html?pagewanted=all
The summer on the Optibike
By Tim Kyer It’s been a great summer on the Optibike 1100R-Pro, a special variant built for use in professional racing and training settings! Having now had world and national champions “on the wheel” of the 1100R-Pro, both on the road and in velodromes, we’ve...
Volts, Amps, Watts- What do they mean?
We are all familiar with miles per gallon for gasoline vehicles, but there is a new vocabulary used with electric vehicles. This vocabulary is often confusing, because we are not familiar with it. It is necessary to understand this new vocabulary to be able to...
82 Miles of Dirt
Optibike customer, Jason, stopped by on the way home last week. He had just completed 82 miles of riding up into the mountains and was on his way home. He used the external battery first and was half way through his internal. He would finish about 100 miles by the...
