Comparing the Aventon Aventure 3 with Walmart’s Magicycle Ocelot Pro shows why spending more on a trusted e-bike brand pays off in safety, quality, and long-term value.
Buy the e-bike that you want to buy for the price you want to buy it. If you find out after the fact that there are issues, you’re on your own.
But it’s not like the $2,000 e-bikes are any cheaper or less difficult to work on than the $250 one.
Worst case, your $250 or $600 spend will be the kickstart of a new passion that gets you excited about being outdoors and riding bicycles and you can resell your $250 bike to someone else for $100 and give them an opportunity to experience the same passion.
Right? In some areas of the country literally what is the alternative? Not to mention shouldn’t we be trying to include people rather than immediately judge them?
To me it screams hipster who is upset his thing is going mainstream and the poors aren’t doing it right.
Most families can’t drop 3 grand on an ebike like he suggests, or at least they can’t justify it. What they can do is get a cheap one, see if they like it and use it, and then get a good one later once the value is proven.
I live in a small town, Walmart is my only option to buy a bike (unsure if this one sells e-bikes), unless I drive to the city over an hour away. But if I was in the market for one, and I was looking at one for $1500 from Walmart or $2000 for very similar from a bike shop or the manufacturer, I would probably make the drive or order online.
But I have a vehicle and the means to make the drive.
This reeks of elitism.
Buy the e-bike that you want to buy for the price you want to buy it. If you find out after the fact that there are issues, you’re on your own.
But it’s not like the $2,000 e-bikes are any cheaper or less difficult to work on than the $250 one.
Worst case, your $250 or $600 spend will be the kickstart of a new passion that gets you excited about being outdoors and riding bicycles and you can resell your $250 bike to someone else for $100 and give them an opportunity to experience the same passion.
Even one of the “problems” he cites - that many bike shops will refuse to work on the cheap one - is evidence of the elitism.
If I want my Walmart wheel trued, and a shop refuses to do it, that’s not a problem with the bike.
Right? In some areas of the country literally what is the alternative? Not to mention shouldn’t we be trying to include people rather than immediately judge them?
To me it screams hipster who is upset his thing is going mainstream and the poors aren’t doing it right.
Most families can’t drop 3 grand on an ebike like he suggests, or at least they can’t justify it. What they can do is get a cheap one, see if they like it and use it, and then get a good one later once the value is proven.
I live in a small town, Walmart is my only option to buy a bike (unsure if this one sells e-bikes), unless I drive to the city over an hour away. But if I was in the market for one, and I was looking at one for $1500 from Walmart or $2000 for very similar from a bike shop or the manufacturer, I would probably make the drive or order online.
But I have a vehicle and the means to make the drive.