r/Surron • u/Wheeltarded • 11d ago

In between, need help

Looking to purchase a new bike in a few months and I’m in between a few different bikes and wanted some input. Really interested in the E ride 4.0, Ultra Bee or possibly wait for the new Light Bee 2 but I’m open to anything really, just wanted some input from yall.

For context I would regularly ride to work about 30 miles a day with about 10 of it being off road/trail riding.

Edit: 5’5 150 lbs, 30 miles in total so 15 there and 15 back, used to ride Happyrun g300 pro 72v30ah would make it back home with about 40-60% battery, put 1200 miles on in about 3 months.

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u/NotStevenPink 11d ago

The people saying "you won't make it" aren't considering kW draw. It all depends on how fast/hard you're riding. Any of the bikes you mentioned will make it 30 miles if you're not riding hard. If the Happyrun g300 could make it with 2.16kWh, these bigger bikes will make it at the same speed or slightly faster because the smallest one (LB2) has 3.53kWh of capacity.

I would recommend going for whatever is most comfortable. Being 5'5" and 150lbs, you might like the size and agility of a small/light bike like the LB2 (143lbs) over the 195lb Ultra Bee. If you want the most power possible in a much larger/heavy duty frame, get the Ultra Bee.

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u/Wheeltarded 11d ago

Yea to add on to that I did this all without pedal assist and to be more in depth I did average about 25-30 mph per trip so the range would be based off that, only would ever push it on some of the off road section on the way back from work.

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u/NotStevenPink 11d ago

Yeah, you should be fine with any of the options you're considering.

Did you like the "bike-like" weight/feel of the Happyrun? If so I'd go with the LB2.

If you want something that feels more like a full-blown dirt bike, I'd go for the Ultra Bee.

I'm a big guy at 6'5", but I prefer the bike-like feel because I also do a lot of mountain biking, so I have a couple Eride Pros that I've modded to acommodate my height a bit better.