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You Can Now Snag a Specialized Electric Bike for $2,000

26Nov

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You Can Now Snag a Specialized Electric Bike for $2,000

I've tested a lot of electric bikes at a wide variety of price points, but I'm never more excited than when Specialized launches another new ride. We've tried everything from the company's first electric cargo bike (9/10, WIRED Recommends) to the electric mountain bike (8/10, WIRED Recommends) to a versatile gravel bike that can do it all (8/10, WIRED Recommends).On paper, Specialized's bikes might not look all that great. They don't have throttles, and several models, including the Turbo Tero, have relatively modest 250-W motors to uphold European safety standards. However, it's very obvious when you're riding a bike that was designed by a bike company instead of a startup. The geometry is more comfortable, the components are purpose-driven rather than to check items off a list of specs,...

Lectric XP Trike Review: Cheap Three-Wheeled Ebike

My car was at the auto shop. It was officially about to get junked (yay!), but I had to be there to hand it off to the folks taking it away. That's more than a 15-mile roundtrip from my home in Brooklyn, so I figured it'd be a good test for the Lectric XP Trike, the company's new electric tricycle. I had to haul some stuff back home from the car anyway, and the rear basket was the perfect size to fit everything.I was right—the Trike handled the distance with barely a sweat. However, the trip was something I'd never experienced before. This is an electric bike designed for folks who may have a hard time balancing on a two-wheeler, or for anyone too afraid to practice on a normal bike because they're scared of falling (cough, my wife). But there were a few times when I did not feel all that...

Specialized Globe Haul ST Review: This Cargo Ebike Is an All-Around Winner

The first thing anyone familiar with ebikes will remark upon seeing the Globe Haul ST is its looks. Specialized has some of the most beautiful paint colors, but the Globe Haul ST is a sleek matte black. It looks like a step-through VanMoof, the bikes made by the pioneering ebike manufacturer that recently declared bankruptcy after booming during the Covid-19 pandemic.I’ve found the idea of a smart ebike to be overrated. During a brief test of a VanMoof, I had to keep tinkering with the app to keep it from beeping and chuckling at me when I or any of my family walked past it in our garage. VanMoof’s initial success, however, pointed to the fact that a lot of people were really attracted to a bike that didn't look overtly technical. If, in VanMoof's absence, you are still yearning for a min...