expiredDesertGardener | Staff posted Apr 02, 2025 08:17 PM
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expiredDesertGardener | Staff posted Apr 02, 2025 08:17 PM
SENADA ARCHON 1000W Fat Tire E-Bike (up to 62 Miles / 30 MPH)
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$1,299
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Weight is 74lbs.
Note that this code won't stack with the codes on the website.
Here's a review of the cheaper model [bikeride.com].
This page says it's UL approved [electrocruisers.com] but I have my doubts, especially since Senada doesn't mention it on their site.
One approval on Reddit [reddit.com]
Here's a guy riding it on an easy trail and then on the road (gets it up to an indicated 30mph). Unclear if this is sponsored.
Fat tire ebikes may not be ideal [youtube.com] unless you plan to ride on sand (TL; DW: higher mass and rolling resistance makes them inefficient, but they can be fun)
Seems good to me, it showed up with a scratched rear fender, they responded quick and sent a new one. Shipped from China so took awhile.
Some screws came loose in the front brake assembly, a simple Amazon order fixed that as I didn't want to deal with screws coming from China. I kinda figure with these bikes if you get 2 years out of it then that's pretty good.
Long story short, the 14 year old likes it and has no complaints.
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some of us ride bicycle for exercise, i just got done.
the electric bike good for windy days. motorcycles to over come the boredom of 4 wheels.
I bike commuted using a regular bike over 15000 miles for 10 years. 80% of the scars I have are from bike falls; one of them is actually a scar over a previous scar, so a freebie. Going down at 20 mph can already be pretty painful, 30 mph is more than twice the energy. I wouldn't cruise around any faster then 20 mph, not without actual motorcycle gear. If 20 mph is too slow to get you to where you need to go, then plan more time into your day.
I bike commuted using a regular bike over 15000 miles for 10 years. 80% of the scars I have are from bike falls; one of them is actually a scar over a previous scar, so a freebie. Going down at 20 mph can already be pretty painful, 30 mph is more than twice the energy. I wouldn't cruise around any faster then 20 mph, not without actual motorcycle gear. If 20 mph is too slow to get you to where you need to go, then plan more time into your day.
kinda would recommend a helmet.. dont wanna hit your head and turn into a tomato.
if you wear chest legs knee elbow .. you look dorky riding a normal looking bike.
on serious note. i hope you dont have lasting injury from your falls. i really does suck and lasts for years and years
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In both cases, the rear deck didn't seem to match the locking mechanism on the Thule. The Radio Flyer one wasn't even close but that was understandable because it said it was only for the Radio Flyer bikes. We haven't done it yet but are solving the Thule fitment through the Easy Fit Adapter which the Thule instruction manual calls out as universal. If it doesn't work, I'll likely solve it the same way I did the Radio Flyer seat.
The rear deck on the Austin isn't that long so the mounting doesn't give any metal "meat" to tie into at the front closest to the battery. The very rear actually has a welded plate going across which was easy to match drill so the rear piece could easily be mounted with fasteners, washers, lock washers, and nuts-- all which came with the radio flyer seat. I used a center punch and an old Harbor Freight step drill. A piece of cardboard kept metal chips from raining down into the hub while I drilled. For the front, I had scrap steal from an old TV wall mount that happened to work perfectly. I put an extra coat of black rattle can paint on them then bolted them into the existing holes on the bike from the underside. I got lucky they matched the forward holes in the seat base perfectly. For an idea of what I used, google "tv wall mount VESA extender". Alternatively, I was going to find an aluminum plate to extend the mounting points forward. It's easy to drill aluminum. I also considered some angle stock but measured something unique like 1"x2" 90° which Home Depot didn't carry. Whatever you use, it's important to bolt them in under the existing rear deck so the seat you buy can lay flat on the deck.
The side panels and pegs don't fit great so I left them off. My kid knows better than to take feet off pegs. If it becomes a problem, I'll cut the panels that came with the seat and zip tie them on. The pegs were hardest to get mounted as the round clamp didn't match the oval cross section of the bike's frame near the rear wheel. In the end, I wrapped them with a roll of some rubbery stuff I had from my motorcycle but maybe electrical tape would work too. I just built it up enough so the clamps wouldn't dig into the frame tube.
In all, it took a couple of hours but saved us a lot of money. Time will tell how well it holds up but I can easily pick up the entire bike with the rear seat and my son can stand up and jump up and down on the pegs so I feel good about it.
A 1000watt motor is $300
A 48v/20ah battery is $300
A bike costs at least $250
$850 to do it yourself + lights + labor to install when this is PREBUILT ready to go.
Killer deal
The 1000w motor on mine gets up to 31 miles per hour without pedaling, or about 34 with pedaling on flat ground. It climbs any hill.
I bike commuted using a regular bike over 15000 miles for 10 years. 80% of the scars I have are from bike falls; one of them is actually a scar over a previous scar, so a freebie. Going down at 20 mph can already be pretty painful, 30 mph is more than twice the energy. I wouldn't cruise around any faster then 20 mph, not without actual motorcycle gear. If 20 mph is too slow to get you to where you need to go, then plan more time into your day.
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kinda would recommend a helmet.. dont wanna hit your head and turn into a tomato.
if you wear chest legs knee elbow .. you look dorky riding a normal looking bike.
on serious note. i hope you dont have lasting injury from your falls. i really does suck and lasts for years and years
If all you ever do is recreational riding, then you have no idea the conditions people will encounter with an ebike. Recreational riding is almost always done on dry days in daylight, on paths separated from car traffic; fair-weather riding, literally the most accident free type of riding. The more utilitarian your riding becomes, the less say you have over the conditions you ride in. If you ride somewhere for utility, then you do not have a say over the time you ride and are commited to riding back hours later, and no matter how much you check the weather report, it will eventually be wrong and you have to ride back in the rain or it rained between your in/out rides and the streets are wet. Everything changes when it rains. Branches hang lower when they are wet, couple that with shorters days in the winter and having to ride in the dark, increases the odds of being clotheslined by them. Metal grates/plates and street paint becomes slippery as ice. Glass shards stick to your wet tire instead of immediately falling off, so they get dug deeper and deeper into your tire every rotation, increasing the odd you pop a tube and an unexpected blowout during a sharp turn or braking event can take you down.
There's a reason motorcycle riders wear what they wear, but I'm guessing if you rode a motorcycle, you would do it in jeans.
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