I had not used a pedal assist Ebike and so I wasn’t sure just how much effort would be required from me as the rider. It’s not that I am a lazy person, it’s more that I was considering how I planned to use this bike. In my mind, I was envisioning a cold November evening having hunted all day and facing a ride back to camp with all of my gear. I’m by no means a diehard mountain bike rider, but I did find this bike to be very similar to entry level TREK that I used to have. This class 1 electric bike assists up to 20 mph. The bike has both front and rear brakes and front suspension forks. It also has a flush-mounted front battery and a charger, and it charges in approximately 4 hours and runs for about 20 miles. This bike has 6 different speeds and an LED display which makes it easy to read and change speeds. The bike didn’t even come with an Ellen key which is ridiculous and the instruction manual was so vague and didn’t give any clear directions on how to assemble the bike. I took the bicycle in to BigW Bundaberg for them to look at. I was called today by a Guy from there and he told me that I damaged the frame and they will not fix or replace the bicycle. It's not for sale just yet, but Bas van Steenbergen has been shredding his proto-production Hyper DH sled for the past couple of months, and he's down in Queenstown putting it through the wringer. But don’t expect to climb a mountain with these. But it’s definitely going to eat into your rationed time. Unlike if you cycle indoors, and maybe using an app like Zwift, where you can start in a couple of minutes with literally no prior planning or thought. The bike was about 85% assembled out of the box. All that was required on my end was installing the handlebars, pedals, and battery. The trouble with ATVs is of course the amount of noise they make when you are using them. With that in mind, we started looking at alternative travel methods that would have a little bit more stealth for our early morning approaches to our tree stands. All of the Hyper E-ride electric bikes are under $800, they are great ebikes for the money. My friend got one and he is pissed about the quality. Seat tube interior is uneven, seat post slipped down to bottle boss from day 1. When he tried to shim it the seat tube cracked. Good news is he found that the headtube is tapered despite what most online reviews said otherwise. You have to click on Pro Shop to see the slightly nicer bikes they make. Also the video on Tom Van Steenbergen's page under team is pretty interesting. I've been avoiding adding any more $$$ to the Walton empire. But good for Eric Carter and Hyper bikes...the bike industry still needs price correction. I know they ride Hyper DJs and BMX (they were all here in Bentonville for a Walmart/hyper deal at one of our pump tracks a year or so ago) but they may have a deal with Giant for MTB. I posted a bike for sale last year and when I took the photos, I left it in the granny gear . I got criticized because of the length of chain on the bike. People who claimed to work in bike stores, or manage bike stores were saying it was too short. I sized it EXACTLY how shimano tech's tell people to size the chain.