I fell in<\/span> love with the REI CTY e2.1 the minute I noticed its sizzling lava body come out of the field in my storage. The racy purple coloration and an easy-to-step-through body screamed, \u201cExperience me now!\u201d There have been no obstacles to entry, like an app that I needed to obtain. All I wanted to do was flip the bike on and journey. (Observe: If you’re uncomfortable assembling the bike and dwell close to an REI, the shop will construct it and in addition provide one yr of free changes.)<\/p>\n

So I did. I pedaled throughout the town on a scenic drive, by busy intersections, down just a few steep residential streets to a biking path that led to a rocky seashore on the shoreline of Lake Superior. The bike\u2019s upright geometry, which had me much less hunched over than other e-bikes I\u2019ve tested<\/a>, made the world pop. I seen the scent of lilacs on the breeze and the good hues of inexperienced after a soggy spring, particulars I don\u2019t at all times catch after I\u2019m crouched over handlebars.<\/p>\n

On the seashore, I met my associate who was good and introduced a picnic. We ate cheese and crackers and sipped ros\u00e9 till the solar dipped low over the hills of the town. I purposely stayed out till the mosquitoes began buzzing so I may race the solar and my boyfriend in his automotive again to our home. It could have partially been the glass of ros\u00e9, or the fantastic thing about an early summer time night, however the 22-mile spherical journey journey on the CTY e2.1 made a Friday night time particularly enjoyable.<\/p>\n

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The CTY e2.1 is the improve to the entry-level CTY e1.1 ($1,299)<\/a>. I believe it is value the additional cash, particularly contemplating that it is nonetheless properly under $2,000 and in addition goes on sale very often. The battery capability of the CTY e2.1 is greater than ample. On that day, after a mile-long, 1,000-foot climb again up the steep hill to my home, I had 39 p.c of battery energy left to spare, after toggling by all 4 ranges of help all through an ambling, four-hour tour of the town.<\/p>\n
As an city commuter, the CTY e2.1 is a properly packaged machine for the worth. It’s a class 1 ebike<\/a> with a 250-watt Shimano E5000 motor, accompanied by a 36-volt, 418 watt-hour, lithium-ion battery that reinforces as much as 20 miles per hour, and a variety of roughly 60 miles in Eco Mode. The battery runs down your complete size of the sloping downtube and, per my scale, is roughly the identical weight as a sack of potatoes. However it’s nonetheless straightforward sufficient to take out with the flip of a key to cost it unbiased of the bike.<\/p>\n
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