- Lectric!
No E, so if I catch any of you
calling this an electric bike,
this video's over and I'm going home.
This is the Lectric, it's gonna take some getting used to,
XP Lite, a bike that the company, Lectric,
says is the best pound for pound e-bike on the market.
I'll be the judge of that, Lectric.
At the same time, we wanna thank them
for sending this to us to check out,
because we've been using it for a while to go back and forth
between our HQ and the new labs.
But I haven't used it, and I'm the real judge.
I have reviewed an electric bike before, just so you know.
Back at NCIX I did the Rad Power...
I forget what it was called, Radwagon, I think.
It was like a big old bike.
And this is the opposite.
It's a little bike.
It can fold up into a very tiny package.
They say it can fit under your desk.
I think it's 26 inches on the longest dimension.
Is that right?
36 inches.
36 inches in the longest dimension.
Actually, I wanna do that right now.
Can I fold it up right now?
Oh, okay!
All right, you flip that thing over,
and then should I take this key out?
I feel like I should.
This is the key for the battery.
You can't operate it without this key.
Without this, it's just a regular bike,
and then we wouldn't be making this video.
It wouldn't be electric at all.
Like a naughty boy.
(Riley grunts)
Oh, okay.
Ah, and there's the battery inside.
Okay. (Riley grunts)
Okay, oh, okay, so there a little spot
for it to rest on there, so that's nice.
Look at that.
Okay, and then you can push this in a bit more.
I almost pinched my fingers there.
Always watch out for your fingies.
That's safety tip number one.
I used to be a lifeguard, you know?
Did you know that?
In here is the battery.
It's capable of delivering 48 volts,
which is why they say that it's
the best pound for pound on the market.
That's their claim.
I don't really know much,
so take that with a grain of salt.
It's 7.8 amp hours, which they say can equip
this bike with up to a 40 mile range
if you're using the weakest pedal assist.
Because you can go full on just electric
or you can use up to five pedal assist levels,
so you don't feel like you're being all the way lazy.
And then I turn it and it won't go any further.
Oh! There it is.
(metal thuds) Ow! (laughs)
So, the process of taking the battery out is actually, yeah,
it's a bit more complicated than I thought.
You have to turn the key so that this little bolt goes in
and then you can take the battery out.
But you're not gonna be taking the battery out that often
because there is a little charging port
on the other side here.
So, unless you have an extra battery
that you're swapping in instead of charging
and you're literally riding this thing all day,
you're probably not gonna have to deal with this that often.
But it did take me a second to figure out.
Only my second e-bike review.
Make sure that's in the video. (laughs)
But regardless, that's what the battery looks like.
Four to six hours charging time
to get from zero to a hundred, just like Nicholas Cage.
Okay, so having put that key in a few different times now,
I gotta say that's kind of annoying that it's on the bottom.
It's a bit of a process to get down there,
especially with this cord in the way.
I would really like if that was
on the top or somewhere else,
but I understand why they didn't do that
because it looks so much smoother this way.
Very smooth and sleek,
and that's what I'm primarily concerned about
when I'm looking for a vehicle to transport me from A to B.
It's apparently 46 pounds, which I mean...
That feels about 46 to me.
Seven pounds of that is the battery,
so I guess if you wanted to convert it
into a normal not e-bike, you could take the battery out.
I don't know why you would do that, Jake.
That's pretty easy to unfold it again, I gotta say.
Just (imitates snapping) snap,
and it's a very satisfying snap.
I like when things are satisfying.
So, apparently this thing, you know, as I said,
packs a bit of a punch.
It's got 48 volts, 300 watts of power
and it can get up to 720 at peak power.
I don't exactly understand what that means,
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So, hold the power button there.
On the left thing, you got a power button.
And then you got the plus and the minus button over here,
as well, to change your level of pedal assist.
That 40 mile range you can hit with level one,
but that range goes down as you go up to five.
At five, you're basically just riding a motorbike
and you should probably feel bad about yourself
a little bit if you do that.
I'm gonna put it up to...
I'm just gonna start at one
and then I'm going to see how she goes.
We also got a speedometer here and an energy bar.
I like how it says energy and not battery.
Makes me feel powerful.
Okay, let's do it.
(helmet clacks)
Let's ride!
(Riley hums)
Whoa.
Whoa!
It's been a while.
I'm just gonna do a loop first.
I'm gonna do a loop and come back,
and then I'm gonna go to the labs.
I got a lot of testing to do.
This feels like it's easy as riding a bike. (laughs)
And what happens if I just do this?
Okay, there's the throttle.
How fast can I go with the throttle?
I'm still on pedal assist one.
I wonder if going up...
Whoa, there we go.
Going from three to four is a big boost.
Whoa, here we go.
Whoa, okay.
(tire grinds)
Did you see that?
Felt a big boost between pedal assist level three and four.
From one, two, and three I was pedaling
and didn't really feel a lot of acceleration.
Then once you get to four,
it's like, "Whoa, here we go!"
And five is like,
you wanna make sure you're on a straightaway,
because unlike a normal bike, this one's electric. (laughs)
So, if you pedal at pedal assist five,
you're gonna go, whether you want to or not.
Hopefully you want to.
I didn't actually look at my top speed,
but I'm gonna see...
Apparently the top speed is supposed
to be 20 miles per hour.
We have it here in kilometers,
so I'm going to have to convert that on the fly.
I don't know if I can.
I did play around with using the throttle
there for a second, but I'm not sure...
It didn't seem like it was really...
It seemed like it was a smaller boost
than when I was using pedal assist at four and five levels.
So, I'm not sure whether the pedal assist
also affects your throttle.
The torque you get from that, the boost.
So, we'll have to see.
Well, well, well.
Couple of camera guys out in the middle nowhere,
where they shouldn't be.
Where's your mama camera guys?
Huh?
This is what the bullies in school did to me
and now I'm passing it on.
- [Bell] I'm getting dizzy. (Riley laughs)
- Apparently you can't exceed 32 kilometers an hour,
which is 20 miles an hour.
But we'll see about that.
I'm pedaling and throttling all the way.
32.7!
33!
33 point...
34!
(Riley laughs)
Oh, I hit 34!
Take that, Lectric.
I'll have you guys know I hit 34 kilometers an hour.
And I even went up a little bit,
but then God pulled me back.
Well, between my previous experience with the RadWagon
and this one, I think I like this one better.
Although, you know, as I said,
those are really the only two e-bikes
that I've tried in the market.
But I can't really think of something
that really bugged me about this,
other than the key placement.
Although Andrew pointed out
that you don't want the key to be here either,
'cause if you fall on that thing,
I mean, that's a medical situation for sure.
The throttle goes nice and smooth but also kind of punchy.
You know, there's gonna be a ramp up
with any of these devices,
but I liked how responsive that was.
Again, there is a very distinct push
between pedal assist level three and four.
Once you hit four there's a big boost
and five is another big boost.
So, it's nice to know that when you want the power,
it's there, when you don't, you can also get some exercise.
As you can see here, I'm panting,
but that's also 'cause I don't exercise.
This thing is $899 normally,
right now it's on sale for $799.
That's gonna be completely up to you and your situation,
and you know, whether you can make one of these
make sense for your commute, or your life in other ways.
Oh, one thing I forgot to mention
is that the weight capacity for this thing is 275 pounds
and you can get another basket that can hold 55 pounds,
but I'm guessing that you can't put 275 pounds
of baskets on. (laughs)
Also worth mentioning is the fact that this
instrument panel on the top here,
it was nice to have that information there.
Apparently there are tons of different profiles
and settings that you can tweak in there.
I didn't really get into that,
but you can set profiles so that when you
turn it on for the first time,
it's already at the pedal assist level that you want.
And obviously that kind of thing is nice
when you are using this every day
and you just want to get on and ride,
which is exactly what I did.
Isn't that right Jake?
- [Bell] Yeah.
- I'm truly a rider of these hills.
I also forgot to mention that it's got a LED light
in the front and rear taillights.
So, you can turn that on by holding the plus button and wow.
Wow.
Be gone, darkness.
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Hi-ho, Silver!
Away!
(bike whirs)