Hey guys. What's up? So you like electric bikes, right? Yeah me too.
You like cargo bikes? Yeah of course. They're the best thing ever. Do you like
folding bikes? Folding bikes are pretty cool. What if all of that -- electric,
folding, cargo -- was all in one bike? Yes, an electric folding cargo bike.
So this may be the bike that does all three of those things. It's the Tern GS
zero zero. No it's not. It's the Tern GSD S00 and it kind of has elements
of all three of those things. Tern is known for creating really good folding
bikes so it has some of the technology that they've developed on those folding
bikes in this bike. But as you can see it's also got a huge carrying capacity.
So it's a it's a true cargo bike and it's also got an electric motor so it's
kind of got elements of all three which is pretty cool. I'll walk you through
some of those features and also I want to tell you why I'm interested in this
bike particularly. What I think it's coolest about this bike is this - this
huge back area. The back end on this thing is huge. I don't say that a lot but it
seems appropriate right now. This is a true cargo bike. Unlike some other
folding bikes where it's kind of got a heavy duty rack on the back this thing
is built to haul. They say it can haul 400 pounds which I believe. These bags
are huge. You can pick up your Costco run no problem there's also a bunch of
accessories that you can put here like a padded seat or a baby seats you can have
passengers at the back or you can expand this a bit in width so you can put huge
amounts of cargo in there. So this is a true cargo bike and as you can see here it's
an e-bike. It's got a great Bosch pedal assist. You can see it's got the
different levels: eco, tour, sport, turbo. And like all pedal assists it just gives
you a nice little boost to get you up to speed when you're carrying a lot of
stuff. That's super important because that extra weight can weigh you down.
The pedal assist is great here you can see the Bosch battery. What's cool about this
bike is it's got its it's built for two batteries if you want you can take them
out put a second one back here to give you extra distance,
extra power, to make sure you're not going to get caught with that Costco load without
battery power. And if you've got another Bosch like a regular ebike you can swap
the batteries back and forth between them which is pretty cool. Something I
like here too is rather than a traditional derailleur and gears,
it's got one of these Enviolo variable speed transmissions, so rather than
clicking into a number of gears you just sort of tighten it up and loosen it up
and it doesn't have a set number of gears it just kind of
that tightens and loosens, which gives you like almost an infinite number of
variations on the gearing. Also to help you deal with that extra weight it's got
these killer disc brakes. Four piston disck this brakes which gives you that
extra stopping power you need for that extra weight. I also love these front
racks. I mean this has been added aftermarket, but it's built by Tern so I
fits super naturally. And it's one of those ones where you know it's just it
doesn't roll with the wheel so you're a little more stability. Sometimes you've got
a heavy load in your basket and you turn your wheel I can sort of throw your
weight off but it doesn't do that with this one. So if your back is full or if
you've got a passengers in the back you can put your cargo up front.
Another cool thing is that because this bike is built by Tern which has years of
experience in folding bikes, let's get some of those nifty folding bike kind of
features. I wouldn't call this a true folding bike but it does have these
things like this.
It gives you a little bit of extra space when you're
trying to store it.
Also check this thing out.
You can adjust the handlebars in this way which
is kind of fun but also if you've got multiple riders in your family, you know
if mom and dad are both riding this bike, you can adjust its really easily to
anyone's ride rider position. This is interesting.
It's got smaller tires than typical. It's got 20-inch tires instead of the usual
26 inch which is interesting, and one thing that I didn't think about but
Ken add Power in Motion here in Calgary who lent me this bike pointed out is
that it gives the rider at the back a lower center of gravity which makes it a
little bit more stable when you're riding. With a higher tire you get up a
little higher it can be a little more unstable when you've got a heavy rider
of the back. This bike also has lots of little things that I like. Tt's very
thoughtfully designed. For example it's got these little pegs at the back in
case you need to store your bike upright in your apartment. Even little things
like these huge cargo bags have metal clips so they're not gonna break on you.
I just want to show you look how much room there is in these bags. Look at that.
Gigantic
So if you've never ridden a cargo bike before I know what. You're thinking cargo
bikes can seem kind of big and heavy and unruly to ride,
and some of them can be. But you'd be surprised. Actually once you get moving
you barely even notice the extra weight except for going up at hill. But
what's cool about this bike is that it's been designed in such a way that it has
a wheel basis almost exactly the same as a regular bike so you don't feel the
extra size at the back and it's got a pedal assist motor so when you hit a
hill or you've got a lot of weight on it the motor helps you out. And it's not a
problem at all. And this bike's riding really smoothly. I'm enjoying it. It's fun.
Nice upright posture. It's fun. So that's all well and good. Cool bike right? But
what's really interesting to me about this is this bike as a potential for
your urban lifestyle. And what I mean by that is like most of time when you see
cargo bikes these days they're pitched as a car replacement, or a family car
replacement or the inner suburbans family ditches the
minivan or ditches one of the two vehicles they own in favor of a cargo
bike.And that's often the case because they're quite expensive. This one runs
about $6,400. So yeah you want to replace a car with it but
then ditch the car and then they use this all the time they take the kids to
school they go the grocery store they go to Costco. It has so many functional
things that it really becomes a car replacement. But because cargo bikes tend
to be a bit bigger and those long tail ones are really long, they can be
difficult to manage. They're they're hard to store, it's hard to find someone to
put it, They're hard to park. This one is a little bit smaller so it's
a little bit more manageable. The wheels are smaller the wheelbase is smaller it
folds down so it's just a little bit better for getting it into your
apartment or into your elevator get up to your condo or parking it in your
inner city parkade, and that kind of thing too. So I think that's what's
really interesting about its potential as an urban vehicle. But if it really is
an urban bike it's got to pass one test for urban life. Sometimes you need to
bring your bike up to your office or to your apartment or your condo or flat
or whatever and therefore it must fit inside an elevator. So let's see if we
can get this bike into that elevator.
So if you're interested in this bike it's a check out Power in Motion's channel.
I'll link to it down below. Ken does these amazing videos that get through
all the specs of all of his products including this bike, so it'll answer any
question you need to know. And I'll say if you take anything from this video,
just think about cargo bikes as part of the urban lifestyle. They can do so much
stuff. And hey, if you can you ditch your car, all the better.
Thanks for watching see you next time.