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expiredthe-press-box posted Dec 19, 2024 11:58 PM

27.5" Haven Bikes Power Wave 250W Step Thru Electric Hybrid Bike (Small or Medium)

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Mendham Bikes has 27.5" Haven Bikes Power Wave 250W Step Thru Electric Hybrid Bike (Silver, Small or Medium) on sale for $899.99 - $449.99 with discount code RIDETHEWAVE during checkout = $450. Shipping is free.

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  • The Power Wave features a lightweight aluminum frame and fork, rear luggage rack, front and rear fenders and a versatile 8 speed drivetrain. The hydraulic disc brakes provide excellent stopping power. It's 250 Watt, 36V Mid-Drive Bafang motor will provide an extra power boost with higher effort pedaling, thanks to its intelligent drive unit.
  • Max Weight: 250lbs.
  • Boost Engage: Pedal Assist

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  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
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Mendham Bikes has 27.5" Haven Bikes Power Wave 250W Step Thru Electric Hybrid Bike (Silver, Small or Medium) on sale for $899.99 - $449.99 with discount code RIDETHEWAVE during checkout = $450. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Staff Member the-press-box for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • The Power Wave features a lightweight aluminum frame and fork, rear luggage rack, front and rear fenders and a versatile 8 speed drivetrain. The hydraulic disc brakes provide excellent stopping power. It's 250 Watt, 36V Mid-Drive Bafang motor will provide an extra power boost with higher effort pedaling, thanks to its intelligent drive unit.
  • Max Weight: 250lbs.
  • Boost Engage: Pedal Assist

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  • Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars from customer reviews.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.

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nellenbu
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Do not order from this company. I fell for it on the last deal and it has been an absolute nightmare.

The first bike arrived damaged and unusable. They refused to honor their return policy, insisting that I either repair it myself (they sent me a link to a YouTube video wtf) or bring it to a mechanic at my own risk. Suffice to say, I opened a credit card dispute and am still fighting to retain my credit.

The second bike hadn't been shipped when the issues with the first began, so I requested a cancellation, which they confirmed. Then they shipped it anyway. I refused the delivery. It arrived at their facility 2 weeks ago and I still haven't received a refund. Another dispute was opened and I'm having to deal with that now.

Edit: just checked and the first dispute was finally resolved in my favor just this morning. Now on to the second dispute…
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Stay as far away from Mendham Bikes as you can. HORRIBLE company. I trust SD's and have never been burned....until the last Mendham deal. It's been a horrendous and miserable experience that has cost a dozen or so hours thus far.

I ordered one of the Able bikes in the last deal. About three weeks went by between the time of the order and when I realized I hadn't received the bike. Meanwhile, they spammed the heck out of my email account with other "promotions". I emailed the general customer service email address demanding they provide me an update. No response. About another week goes by and I get a "your order shipped" email notification. Great! Fantastic! Except that a few hours after receiving that email, I got a retraction saying they had made a mistake and my order hadn't shipped.

I emailed them to demand cancellation of the order based on the long wait and my spidey senses telling me something was off. I actually got a response within a few hours that acknowledged my request and told me the order would be cancelled. Guess what? The next day, Mendham shipped the bike. Geez. When I got the shipment notification, I started checking the tracking and noticed it took them more than a day to actually ship the bike (they just issued tracking by creating a shipping label). In the interim, I again emailed them about cancellation and warned them not to ship. No response. The bike arrived and box and interior parts were beat to hell. I put in a dispute with my credit card company, who immediately issued a confirmation of successful dispute, a sign they know what Mendham is up to. I tried several more times to demand they take the bike back. They finally responded on the third email and asked for a huge list of items. I took the bike to a charity that fixes up bikes and gives to kids in need. I'll just rely on my CC underwriter.

Please save yourself from the same headaches and from having to write an equally painful testimonial on SD by just skipping this "deal". It's not a deal and if you research online, you find the bikes are junk anyways.
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It's mid-drive. They require substantially less power than hub drives. They also tend to be more expensive than hub drives.
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Checked just now. Still works
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Quote from jeff34270 :
Nobody said it's rocket science, but if you're assembling a bike in half the time of a professional, I can guarantee that you're not doing a good or complete job.
It's a fully assembled bike in a box that requires turning a few screws to get riding on. You are acting like every bike needs to be hand inspected after the pedals have been attached to ensure optimal spin rate or something... it's a bike. We've been making them for a couple hundred years now. I haven't bought this particular bike but have received many bikes in boxes over the years and the process is typically attach pedals, turn and tighten handle bars, maybe attach seat. If that takes an LBS 2 hours that's probably because they want to make it sound like they are adding some value vs just doing the few things mentioned above.
Brake and shifter cables are already set just fine for most and yes, if there is a specific problem an LBS could easily sort you but most can handle the very basic build of modern bikes in a typical box. But if your brakes aren't breaking that's probably a two minute YouTube video with an allen wrench vs taking the bike in anywhere for most people.
My wife's 70 year old parents who haven't ridden in decades managed to get their ebikes out of the boxes and riding with no help from an LBS. Not trying to argue or anything just saying that for most people... it's real easy.
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Quote from segovm :
It's a fully assembled bike in a box that requires turning a few screws to get riding on. You are acting like every bike needs to be hand inspected after the pedals have been attached to ensure optimal spin rate or something... it's a bike. We've been making them for a couple hundred years now. I haven't bought this particular bike but have received many bikes in boxes over the years and the process is typically attach pedals, turn and tighten handle bars, maybe attach seat. If that takes an LBS 2 hours that's probably because they want to make it sound like they are adding some value vs just doing the few things mentioned above.
Brake and shifter cables are already set just fine for most and yes, if there is a specific problem an LBS could easily sort you but most can handle the very basic build of modern bikes in a typical box. But if your brakes aren't breaking that's probably a two minute YouTube video with an allen wrench vs taking the bike in anywhere for most people.
My wife's 70 year old parents who haven't ridden in decades managed to get their ebikes out of the boxes and riding with no help from an LBS. Not trying to argue or anything just saying that for most people... it's real easy.
Every bike should be hand inspected after attaching the pedals, for safety, function, and longevity. Considering the number of complaints about bikes from Mendham throughout these deal threads, it is even more imperative that they are checked over carefully and that takes much longer than the half hour the other guy is claiming.

Miss a limit screw adjustment or fail to notice a bent derailleur hanger, and you could need a $200 repair after the first ride when it shifts into the spokes. Miss a tight hub or loose cone locknut and you'll need a new wheel after a year. Miss a loose fender mount screw and you could end up going over the bars. I could go on and on, but hopefully you get the picture.
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Quote from jeff34270 :
Every bike should be hand inspected after attaching the pedals, for safety, function, and longevity. Considering the number of complaints about bikes from Mendham throughout these deal threads, it is even more imperative that they are checked over carefully and that takes much longer than the half hour the other guy is claiming. Miss a limit screw adjustment or fail to notice a bent derailleur hanger, and you could need a $200 repair after the first ride when it shifts into the spokes. Miss a tight hub or loose cone locknut and you'll need a new wheel after a year. Miss a loose fender mount screw and you could end up going over the bars. I could go on and on, but hopefully you get the picture.
Whatever you say boss. To everyone else, taking a bike out of a box, attaching the pedals and tightening the handle bars is so easy basically anyone can do it and if there are any problems an LBS or YouTube can sort most things out pretty quick. I've ridden bikes for decades and never had to adjust a limit screw or cone lockout on a new bike nor met anyone who wouldn't realize their fender was about to fall off because broken things on bikes normally make a lot of noise. This guy is talking about lottery winning odds of failure as the standard that requires an LBS for proper assembly when most the time stuff just works and whatever doesn't is easily sorted.
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houses are well under $800k and for a reason (MS13, Crips, Bloods, etc).
Okay, so maybe it was a bit of an exaggeration but even you'd have to admit that 800K or less doesn't get you much in Compton. 25 years ago those houses were well under 100K.
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Quote from segovm :
Whatever you say boss. To everyone else, taking a bike out of a box, attaching the pedals and tightening the handle bars is so easy basically anyone can do it and if there are any problems an LBS or YouTube can sort most things out pretty quick. I've ridden bikes for decades and never had to adjust a limit screw or cone lockout on a new bike nor met anyone who wouldn't realize their fender was about to fall off because broken things on bikes normally make a lot of noise. This guy is talking about lottery winning odds of failure as the standard that requires an LBS for proper assembly when most the time stuff just works and whatever doesn't is easily sorted.
I never said it requires a bike shop, just that if you are doing it in half the time of a professional, then you're missing some important steps.

There's a helluva lot more to properly assembling a bike than attaching the pedals and tightening the bars. To skip those checks and adjustments could result in a less than stellar riding experience, be a significant safety risk, or result in large repair bills in the future.
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Quote from segovm :
It's a fully assembled bike in a box that requires turning a few screws to get riding on. You are acting like every bike needs to be hand inspected after the pedals have been attached to ensure optimal spin rate or something... it's a bike. We've been making them for a couple hundred years now. I haven't bought this particular bike but have received many bikes in boxes over the years and the process is typically attach pedals, turn and tighten handle bars, maybe attach seat. If that takes an LBS 2 hours that's probably because they want to make it sound like they are adding some value vs just doing the few things mentioned above.
Brake and shifter cables are already set just fine for most and yes, if there is a specific problem an LBS could easily sort you but most can handle the very basic build of modern bikes in a typical box. But if your brakes aren't breaking that's probably a two minute YouTube video with an allen wrench vs taking the bike in anywhere for most people.
My wife's 70 year old parents who haven't ridden in decades managed to get their ebikes out of the boxes and riding with no help from an LBS. Not trying to argue or anything just saying that for most people... it's real easy.
I see you have never had an experienced bike wrench go over and fine tune, adjust a bike. Many bikes arrive with a bent rotor, loose spoke(s), dry bearings (especially the crank), brakes that need adjusting, chain lubed, etc. Can a person do it w/o a shop? Sure, but most are clueless and don't have the basic tools (good luck with that crank pull). Heck most newb riders, especially ebike riders, don't carry a pump or patch kit. Love seeing them do the walk of shame.
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Quote from RedvinesRBetter :
Okay, so maybe it was a bit of an exaggeration but even you'd have to admit that 800K or less doesn't get you much in Compton. 25 years ago those houses were well under 100K.
Compton is a no go city. Everywhere was cheap. My cousin bought a 2/1 house two blocks from the beach in Seal Beach. She paid $18,000 in 1972 and remember family telling her she made a mistake. LOL. My gramps had a dairy and 80 acres in Dairy Valley (now named Cerritos). They named a street after he sold to a subdivision, Vierra Parkway. That said, everything is overpriced in CA today and the big problem is the property tax based on todays purchased price. Add in high home owners insurance.
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Quote from jeff34270 :
I never said it requires a bike shop, just that if you are doing it in half the time of a professional, then you're missing some important steps. There's a helluva lot more to properly assembling a bike than attaching the pedals and tightening the bars. To skip those checks and adjustments could result in a less than stellar riding experience, be a significant safety risk, or result in large repair bills in the future.
I honestly have just no idea where you are coming from... bikes that come in the box for consumer completion are already fully assembled at the factory. All the checks are done, at the factory, and then the bike is put in the box with the pedals removed and the handlebar turned. Taking it out of the box and doing all those checks again.... I mean yeah, sure, you can do it and in some VERY rare cases something might have broken during shipment but that's the exception, not the rule.
The people at the factory have already properly assembled the bike. I don't take apart my new phone to make sure that it's been properly assembled, I just plug it in and go. This isn't the 1950's where a bike would be shipped to an LBS in literal parts. These are fully assembled and ready to ride bikes that have their pedals removed and handlebars turned for shipping.
Just weird to say professional assembly is needed when it's already been assembled by professionals and they left you with a couple of easy screws to turn.
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Quote from segovm :
I honestly have just no idea where you are coming from... bikes that come in the box for consumer completion are already fully assembled at the factory. All the checks are done, at the factory, and then the bike is put in the box with the pedals removed and the handlebar turned. Taking it out of the box and doing all those checks again.... I mean yeah, sure, you can do it and in some VERY rare cases something might have broken during shipment but that's the exception, not the rule.
The people at the factory have already properly assembled the bike. I don't take apart my new phone to make sure that it's been properly assembled, I just plug it in and go. This isn't the 1950's where a bike would be shipped to an LBS in literal parts. These are fully assembled and ready to ride bikes that have their pedals removed and handlebars turned for shipping.
Just weird to say professional assembly is needed when it's already been assembled by professionals and they left you with a couple of easy screws to turn.
I don't know what bike you're talking about, but THIS bike requires assembly. Mendham recommends professional assembly and even offers to find a shop and to help pay for it with an assembly rebate.
"If you want to have your bike professionally assembled, that's great! We can help you find your local bike shop and even provide an assembly rebate, simply fill out the form below to request help."
Some companies, like when skipping the dealer and ordering direct through Specialized for example, will have a mechanic pull the bike out of a box, fully assemble, check, and adjust it, then put it back in a box before shipping it to the customer. That is far from the case for Mendham who ships the bike as they got it from the factory and requires the end user to assemble, check and adjust it, or bring it to a professional to do so.
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Quote from jeff34270 :
I don't know what bike you're talking about, but THIS bike requires assembly. Mendham recommends professional assembly and even offers to find a shop and to help pay for it with an assembly rebate.
"If you want to have your bike professionally assembled, that's great! We can help you find your local bike shop and even provide an assembly rebate, simply fill out the form below to request help."
Some companies, like when skipping the dealer and ordering direct through Specialized for example, will have a mechanic pull the bike out of a box, fully assemble, check, and adjust it, then put it back in a box before shipping it to the customer. That is far from the case for Mendham who ships the bike as they got it from the factory and requires the end user to assemble, check and adjust it, or bring it to a professional to do so.
All I can imagine is you own a bike shop and really miss it when people would come in more often... I don't know... pedals, handlebars, seats... if there's any problems YouTube or LBS. This doesn't seem hard to me. I'm out though. Best of luck!
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Noticed that there is no suspension in the front fork. I do understand that may be I can upgrade to suspension seat post, but how do they handle without suspension since ebikes are relatively more heavier than a typical non ebike?
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Quote from acbharath14 :
Noticed that there is no suspension in the front fork. I do understand that may be I can upgrade to suspension seat post, but how do they handle without suspension since ebikes are relatively more heavier than a typical non ebike?
It's a commuter bike so no need for suspension even on a heavier bike. It's not like you are barreling down a mountain or dealing with rough terrain. If anything the heavier it is the less likely you'll feel the bumps on pavement.

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If someone's 5 feet 2 inch, which size should I buy?
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