what's going on everybody coming to you from the Capitol State Forest here in
Washington State and I have something big and awesome and fun to share with
you finally on a bright sunny day that's why I came out here I can't wait to show
you my eat bag let's go check it out
oh where is it though it's not outside my ebike is inside my RV let me show you
check it out oh hey Jax look at that that is a
complete folding ebike inside my RV when it's folded up in this position it's
about 18 inches wide it's about 33 inches long and about 27 inches tall I
don't use it to take the seat off right now but to put that into perspective you
can see Jax right here it folds up super nice and easy and with that kind of
versatility you're able to bring it inside your apartment up the stairs into
the elevator into the coffee shop to sit next to you at the table or if it's
raining and nasty for a week you can store it inside the RV where it's not
going to rust right yeah super easy to get through narrow small spaces and RV
doors as you can see fellow carry handle let's take a look at this thing now
maybe you can relate to the same concern that I and many others may have what
about ordering an e-bike online and having it shipped and a package
disassembled isn't that kind of a scary thing like do I know how to put an
e-bike together well this one I think we can all figure out it's pretty darn easy
because it folds in half you just lift the sucker pull it out there's a one
latch here in the middle that locks in Haleyville heart comes up that locks in
slide that guess what we got an e-bike we can go you know but real quick before
we go into some of the specs and we hop on this thing and see what it can do
does everybody know what an e-bike is essentially basically we are just
talking about a normal bicycle except that there is going to be some kind of a
motor and a battery integrated to help you pedal to help assist your pedaling
so there might be levels or in this case there might even be a throttle where you
can just lay on the bike and just pull the throttle like a motorcycle and go
right so because it's an electric bike or an e bike as we call it it does have
a motor in this case our motor is back here on the rear tire and look at these
4-inch meaty tire those are almost good for off-road or
definitely for a campground like this but there's a 500 watt rear hub motor in
there but then you can see the chain so it's just like a normal bike we've got
disc brakes front and back there's the disc brakes up front you will notice a
lot more wires okay but they are hidden away nicely and that is kind of
important because we have to come up to the LCD screen here and look at these
buttons here so let's turn this bad boy on hold this down go over to our LED
screen here and we've got our energy bar or battery meter up here our speed and
miles per hour or kilometers whatever you choose your pedal assist level here
there are three levels so I can go up to one two or three depending on how much
help I want if it's a zero then it's just a normal bicycle
there's no pedal assist there's no nothing it's just a bicycle it also has
an odometer down here and miles per hour we can turn on the headlights by holding
this down now we have integrated LED front headlights that are powered from
the battery inside and taillights and get a load of this rear rack right here
how cool is that you could put a milk crate you can put a backpack in
groceries it's a spring-assisted so you could put stuff up here and then this
will hold it to the back I just love it nice big comfy seat right here the top
speed of this spike programmed is 28 miles per hour and here is your throttle
right here you don't have to pedal you just twist that throttle and you can go
28 miles per hour on this ebike and depending on what level of assist you
have or whether you are going uphill or downhill or just all throttle all the
time you're gonna get about 25 to 50 miles per charge it takes about 4 to 5
hours to recharge that LG lithium battery in there and I can basically
commute around you know going through town and going through campgrounds and
stuff like this I get days and days before I even need to recharge it and
because I have my solar system this actually works really well because I can
plug it in at night and charge it while I'm sleeping and have it fully charged
the next day for a good 40 miles of exploring on the ebike no insurance to
purchase for a motorcycle the maintenance is super easy it's basically
just a base a goal in a sense but if I ever have any
problems with the components of the ebike I trust this company and this is
the company I went with electric as a matter of fact they contacted me right
after I got into Washington State and talked about my lack of having
transportation so this is a great opportunity for the two of us to work
together they've sent me this bike to try out for free and I'm going to show
you what it can do maybe you find it as interesting as I do I cannot stop
smiling riding this bike I am having loads and loads of fun and I do not need
a motorcycle anymore to be honest with you I actually like breaking a little
bit of sweat burning some calories and exploring on this bike when it's not
raining non-stop right I know the ebike business is a competitive one right now
they are getting super popular prices can range anywhere from a thousand bucks
to four grand for an e bike and some companies are really taking advantage of
people like if it's crazy and they're putting crap together electric bikes has
been out for a while their flagship bike is the LX road model and it's it's been
selling a lot of those lately and they are just now getting into the RV
community I think or apartment but you know meteor tires a more comfortable
ride and actually kind of stylish in my opinion just to go over a few more
things real quick this bike is pretty adjustable the handlebars will adjust up
and down to fit many different riders the seat goes much higher and a little
bit lower than I have it right now as well and I mean I know some people might
not like the look of this bike because you know just looks really small and
then the tires are a lot narrower and the handlebars are up so higher but wait
till the end of the video because I am actually going to give you my thoughts
on this versus a normal mountain bike or a road bike like electric also offers
like this bike more I honestly do we've got some trails here to test out with
these meaty tires and I want to try it out on the beach on the sand it does
also have the chain guard up here in case you're wearing long pants or
something you won't get caught in the chain that's kind of a nice feature
there so I'm out here at Margaret McKinney campground in the Capitol State
Forest and I am actually out of barley pop so about three and a half miles down
the road little rock is a little store I think
this is a great opportunity to take the bike out and kind of show you some of
the features and how fast it goes and how it works and how it feels but first
let's just ride around the campground a little bit so I got the bike propped up
on a rock here real quick I just want to show you over here at the throttle I
really like the feel of this handlebar I love that part right there here is your
throttle so if you twist this throttle there's no need to pedal at all but
we're gonna start this pedaling let's go ahead and start this off on pedal assist
1 there that will give me about 10 miles per hour I think once you start pedaling
basically what happens is once you start pedaling this bicycle that motors gonna
kick in it's gonna help so let's try it right now so we'll try it pedal a little
bit and there goes and there we are we're up to 13 miles per hour pedaling
the bicycle with pedal assist I don't like doing this one hand if I did want
to show you how easy this is there you go 13 miles per hour now while
we're riding see my thumb over here I can switch this to three and then it
just kind of takes off on me there oh yeah this is actually a little too
faster slow down just like a normal bike you
can just stop pedaling or you can hit the brakes like a normal bicycle put it
back on one now yes there this is an equestrian campground as well so you
will see horses out here yeah it's perfect for just scooting around the
campground or you get to a big city like I'm going to be using it for I'm gonna
take it into the big city and I'm gonna lock it up
maybe I'll remove the battery and take that with me
now the writing position itself is so much more comfortable like I said than a
standard mountain bike or road bike it's just my arms come straight across I'm
not leaned over like a like a bicycle racer or something like that I just I
love feeling the fresh air breaking a little bit of a sweat sometimes
depending on that level oh well this thing go off-road let's go try it it's
great for these types of places a nice little bicycle slash horse trail and
we'll be careful the horses and not go too fast but she'll do fine through here
okay here's a good example we've got a little hill up here a little off-road
dirt definitely uphill I'm gonna get back here not pedal just twist throttle
see if we can make it to the top no problem at all oh and another thing this
is great for we can keep an eye out for abandoned firewood
see campers leave wood all the time in their campsite and I want to burn it we
can just put it on the back here with this little spring clip right there and
voila we can take firewood back to my campsite on an e-bike oh yeah other
things you could possibly do back here is put a milk crate a lot of people put
those on a normal bicycle anyway I had a five-gallon bucket up here Bungie and
also if you want an extra bonus if you're interested in one of these
bicycles there will be a link at the end of the video and also in the video
description if you use promo code nomadic fanatic on your order you're
gonna get some free saddlebag type things that go on the back here to hold
some extra gear as well kind of a extra perk let me grab my backpack and my ID
and my keys and a few things we're gonna go for a ride on the road I'm gonna have
my buddy riding another bike beside me and we're gonna have a little chat
assist to mode going about 20 miles an hour and they kicked it up in the third
and then it instantly starts grabbing let's see I'm still pedaling still
getting a workout maybe not sweating I get tired just turn the throttle I just
sit here just coast 22 miles an hour maybe catch my breath maybe relax a
little bit grab some water or something and then
when I'm ready to go again start pedaling back in pedal assist mode
it's fun it's a really comfortable position for me I don't feel like I'm
bent way over on a mountain bike or something
there's 25 miles-an-hour right there
I think I like pedal-assist 3 the most so come turbo so I'm gonna go explore a
little bit at least go to the store maybe make one little stop at my mounds
I want to be a little more save and keep two hands on the wheel they love it this
is super fun thanks to my buddy Andrew for getting those neat shots on the
other bike I do have my chest mount camera GoPro on right now action camera
to get some good shots I know the audio is terrible I'm gonna fix that later you
know in case I plan to actually do blogging on the bike touring around
places I will have better audio soon but hey no gas it's cheap to ride this thing
let's go up into third again I'm actually going up quite a hill right now
not pedaling at all just full throttle and going 19 miles an hour
and yeah the battery does go down one tick because you're asking for the full
500 watts for the motor right now but you know it's comfortable really a
pretty area here it looks like kind of a redwood forest but no this is the what
we called Miami mounds Natural Area
we're gonna park the bike here I'm gonna lock it up real quick and oh look
through here really quick I guess really quick actually because I don't want to
leave Jax too far I've been here before it's a natural area but they have really
let it gone to crap lately I mean they they can't even mow the grass or wait
like it is so natural that you can't touch it now you can't even see the my
mountains anymore it's very strange it's still a pretty area but boy they
they were not kidding about keeping it natural so let's go about two and a half
miles farther to the Little Rock store and don't get me wrong guys I'm not
trying to compare an e bike to a motorcycle I'm just saying I've had a
lot of motorcycles and mopeds and I've also a lot of bicycles I have never
owned an e bike before this being my first all this is new to me and actually
it's really exciting it's a lot of it makes sense yeah I'm gonna break a
sweat sometimes especially in the hot summer days when I'm riding around even
with pedal-assist on three yeah I'm gonna break a sweat now I may lose a few
pounds this summer riding this thing around but I think it's going to be a
great tool in my arsenal and you're gonna see it incorporated into my life a
lot more in the months to come all right and here is the town of Little
Rock Washington all of about one block you got the Little Rock saloon off to
our left there coffee shop off to our right and up here on our left is the one
Chevron gas station and grocery store followed by the church and the post
office get some refreshments official beer the Northwest Rainier 12-pack
it's in there let's go back to camp I did break a sweat on the way back
needless to say I really really really like this bike way more than I think I
should have see this is the other bike this is the rode bike by electric the LX
model and I mean it's great it's just not as comfortable as this folding bike
and I could never have seen that coming but I think the guys electric knew that
was gonna happen I really think they knew I was gonna fall in love with this
bike a little more and I want to thank the company so much for sending me out
the bikes to test out and keep they're gonna be a really fun part of my life
and I no longer even and thinking about getting the motorcycle so thank you guys
there'll be some links in the video description below you can get yours free
shipping and it's easy to put together like like you saw however if I'm going
to be keeping two bikes in the meantime I want to show you here what my plan is
to transport them when it's sunny and nice cuz I'm probably not always going
to fold this up and bring it inside the RV so I waited yesterday to close this
out because my neighbor was running his generator I thought I could wait till
today and have it quieter but he runs it all day all night and he doesn't even
turn it off to refill the gas so anyway there is a generator next to us wanted
to show you what it looks like with both bikes on the back here it was a little
tricky science wise trying to find out where to put the two-wheel chalk
on this so that I could carry both bikes but they have straps that hold the
wheels down this way and like I said the thing I really like about this is the
arm so you can see the arm holding that one the arm holding this one they are
locked they cannot come up so essentially the bikes are locked to the
RV right now well also because I have a locking hitch clip down there as well
but when it's nice and sunny and I don't have to bring it inside it is kind of
nice having both bikes on the back of the RV here like that and you might say
Eric how are you gonna get the middle bike off if you're gonna use that more
often check this out pull this lever right here and the whole
system tilts back I think it does that in case you have an SUV or a van and you
wanted the back door to open but in this case it's really convenient then I have
all this extra room back here to remove the bike take it off or later I may
switch this one to the front it's just this is the way I set it up and it works
so I'm gonna keep having fun with my bikes you will see them in more of my
videos as I enjoy them and again there's a link in the video description to
electric bikes comm check them out let me know how you like them as well