I think the battery/motor is in a rather precarious position, first big rock or log and bang!
Nice road tires for an off road bike!

Would you pay $10k for a fat (66 lb) bicycle or a light (66 lb) scooter? Good luck to them.

very nice indeed !Difficult to see where else they could have put the battery or motor, looks logical to me

I\'d pay up to $999.99 US for the off road model and not a penny more!

\"Would you pay $10k for a fat (66 lb) bicycle or a light (66 lb) scooter?\"

$10k to ensure I don\'t look like an old woman sitting on the toilet (which is what everyone on a scooter looks like)?

Bargain.

Paul, the rear wheel alone is worth more than that -- used!
(Seriously -- it\'s fitted with a Rohloff internally-geared hub; putting one of those on a bike can easily be a $2-3K project).

E-bike specs are like candidates in a political race. Most will not tell you all the \"nits & grits\" specs as they actually are along with suggested price. They leave some factoids out or use words like \"up to\" or \"about\" or \"can be as high as\". Pretty much you get what you pay for. All those nice options, good batteries vs better batteries, etc. and the list go on. If your used to mountain-biking and now you have two categories of electric Mt-bike, one on-road and one off-road, it can get frustrating. Having said all that, This bike seems a little high-priced but also delivers more than most. Maybe down the road more manufacturers will start comparing features and performance in a standard kind of way that average customers can relate to! This reminds me of cellphones and plans. Hard to compare them as well!

I am from Malaysia. Any dealers in Malaysia ????? for the eSpire??? Does this need a roadtax, license? How much would it cost to freight it to KL?
Thank you
tim

You call this tech!? China has been selling this exact same thing for YEARS now and it costs 200USD. Inventors need to do their due diligence.

Love the idea - was sketching similar concepts some years ago myself. I saw electric and small, heavily silenced petrol engined mountain bikes as a good way to get people out of cars when commuting and to allow people with lower fitness levels to enjoy off road cycling. Problem is that these, like the smart car, are too expensive. I am in Australia where a hatch like a Ford Fiesta is about $16K. The Smart Car starts at over $20K when it should have been designed to be well under $10K. Back to this bike: As a proof of concept, fine, charge those sort of dollars but this style of bike won\'t take off until it is around the $1500 to $2000 mark. Ok, it won\'t have top shelf components, especially suspension etc. But you can build a soft tail bike for around $1000 wholesale so the tricks are to remove as much of the normal drivetrain as possible and to get the electric drivetrain components in there for less than $1000.