u/BlightWyrm

Looking to buy two e-bikes for the wife and myself.
The traits I am looking for are:

1. Class 1/2/3 compliant. We would like to travel with the bikes and be street legal depending on where we go.
2. An off-road/unlimited mode. In a perfect world I’d just get a couple of surron-like bikes and call it a day, but street being street legal is more important, however I would still like to be able to cut loose when I can.
3. Full suspension. Front and rear.
4. Standard mountain bike tires. I don’t love fat tire bikes, but realize that in order to check the other boxes fat tires may be the only way to achieve it.

So far I have looked at the following bikes and have the some pros and cons for each:

Juiced Scrambler
-Pros: Has everything I’m looking for, except standard tires.
-Cons: Thumb throttle, I prefer twist.

Ride1Up Revv1 FS
-Pros: Twist throttle
-Cons: 93lbs.

GhostCat F4x
-Pros: Fastest. Most Surron like.
-Cons: >750w.

Ride1Up Vorsa Lite
-Pros: Most bike like. Lightest.
-Cons: No suspension.

Ariel Rider X-Class 60V Performance
-Pros: Dual battery set up.
-Cons: Ugliest on the list. 130lbs.

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