That bike looks really nice. The price is justified for you since it can be a tax write off since it's for your business. And you can make that money back eventually making videos about it.
Such a clean well-built e-bike, having dual suspension helps. It's nice to see you coasting on the e-bike, despite I love your BMX videos. I'm a 55-year-old skool BMX rider from the 70's and 80's, nothing beats having a single-speed BMX. Around 6 months ago or so after seeing your BMX videos, I decided to invest in a ZOOZ Ultralight 750-watt electric BMX type of E-bike, takes me back to my old BMX biking days, love it so much, it is certainly a head-turner. If you get the chance, check out The Chimera electric BMX, such a powerhouse of an e-bike, it ain't available to buy here in Scotland, I'd definitely purchase one given the chance, it's certainly up your street. Thanks for taking the time to record, edit and upload your videos, love seeing around your local area. Take care :)
I am not sure if you ever gonna come back to San Francisco but I would be thrilled to watch a a video of you exploring the city and all the hills and descents on a e-bike or even bmx if you dare
lucky you to live were the weather is in your favour to do videos as this. here it is -3 celsius and a snowstorm blasting my face each time I head outside. keep up the great videos mate!
I think the bike has great capabilities...although the 10k price tag reminds me that competitors will be coming for these guys specifically. Simply to take the market on the more trail savvy high end customer. Searching for that lighter and more optimal option will always be desired by specific bike riders. I still think the sur ron is a great option for 4.5k and does literally all the work for you. But I do understand that weight difference is important to people who don't have the same strength as maybe a younger individual.
Nothing wrong with using this bike just to ride in downtown LA. I got me the Turbo Levo and use it mainly just to cruise and commute in comfort, and yes you do cover way longer distance on these and have fun while doing it.
Aye nice grab love to see you hit a bike park see yah jump it theres one in santa clarita sure theres a bunch more in the area. id also love to see some trail rides i know city is your thing but to see yah hit dirt would be interesting to see since the many years ive been tuning in ive never seen you ride dirt. Stay Safe out there mane.
Nice new ride… really following your dum example lol. As well as seeing you test it off road I would really like to see how it does heading up to the Hollywood sign… that’s a steep ride that combines off and on rode.
Its high end specs bike. The only thing that it would be better if it had flight attendant suspension and Bosch CX race motor. But difference is minimal. So its pretty much top end.
OMG I love your channel Im 51 XSk8r, I live in Santa Clarita and just got back into MTB'g and got myself a Chinese e-MTB and now I want something like yours, Ill have to finance but Love MTB'g so much and what a great time to be my age and E-bikes are perfect for the hills here in Santa Clarita. Hope to see some day here in LA. Look for the chubby old guy with a goatee ;-)
The bike that makes you feel great because you know the vehicle looks great. the gear changing when first heard i kept thinking it was the trouble whistling in the area to say oi come here lol. what other colours were available?
John I remember my first e-bike it was a Reise & Muller $11,500. I used it for like a year and ended up ditching the whole cargo bike bike thing and now I'm on a Trek Rail which I got for a steal $6K it was a special order that someone had backed out on. Currently getting it Sram up, definitely love the wireless and the shifting is way better then Shimano. Im gonna do a video over on my Channel once its finished.
Great bike and great review bro. I ride a Haibike 10.0 ($6K) with Yamaha around the city downtown streets of Chicago and it is an awesome handling bike. Has a RockShox Lyrik and Magura dual piston brakes. It is a great performer and has been a trouble free experience. I am also searching for a lighter version with a high powered motor as well. Ride safe!
Dude. I got the same bike from Airpark Bike Co in medium size. You must have picked up the large frame that they had left. This bike is well worth the money.
Heya John. Love the new video. Have a great analog Pivot for my mountain biking, but want an EMTB for my commute from west side to Olive and Venice where I work. Was told I was foolish to get that kind of bike for commuting. Now, I now I am doing the right thing!
Get the EMTB bro with no regrets. I have had mine for city/trails for about 5 years and it kicks ass. Powerful Yamaha mid-drive motor and I think has a similar ride as John's in this video. Ride Safe!
looked at one of these in my local bike shop, and when i seen it i was dissapointed with it, it looked huge, it stood next to a cube action team bosch powered e bike and the cube looked like a super light compared to it, reminds me of an early rocky mountain powerplay, thats just my views different taste in e bikes i suppose
Dude, finally you bought on eof those bikes. I was searchign for years for a youtuber who rides those kind of e bikes. I´m from Europe and Surrons are pretty much banned here so those E Bikes are the only thing we can get here to drive legal on the street.
Beautiful bike I just got a Jetson electric bike my pride and joy u are my inspiration. I also.have a mongoose BMX bike funny thing is I let my friend borrow it and they.chained to a bike rack and we can't get the combo to work.😅
nice bike! I went monster, 26x4, 1500w.. 88 pounds empty.I have gone 24miles round trip with freighted panniers. I keep speed limited to 30.(just for crossing bridges with no sidewalks). priceless. I even get recharged for free.
Good stuff man, I have been looking for an emtb that way people don't really stare at me hard when I ride through bike paths and sidewalks on my Sur Ron, however I want something that has 24 inch tires (I'm kind of short 5'7) and still light enough where I can bunny hop all over the place. I also want to be able to do an average of 30mph with a 100 mile range. Not sure if there is a thing yet, the Zooz what close, but I just don't think I will be able to really enjoy doing some random urban jumps around town and I think the rear motor makes it a bit unbalanced. I have been looking at Optibike, but ya that price hurts.
I'm like, I own a few e-bikes, but I've just ordered my first E-MTB Mountain bikes just shy of 5k it has shimano Sram nukeproof parts it's a Vitus E-Escarpe VR 290 it's arriving late because of yhe Christmas back log and I can't wait it does accept auto shift so I'll be fitting that to my bike as well and I'm looking forward to more videos from you Hicks, I only bought mine for urban riding a may be a little dirt 👍🏽💯
I was in the same boat as you. I wanted an e-MTB and then found out about Surrons in like 2019 or 2020. Ended up with one instead of an e-MTB. This year I purchased a performance e-gravel bike and it's effectively replaced the Surron. It doesn't have as much power, but it weighs less than a third of a Surron, it's way more agile, can pretty much take it anywhere you can take a bicycle and no one bats an eye, I get way more mileage out of a single charge, easier to work on and transport/store.
Bro you should put a Bafang motor on the BMX and stick a backpack battery on, That way you can have power with hardly any weight, I was thinking of getting a battery back pack myself for E-bike, I built mine myself though, All new parts just kept the older frame as I loves the frame lol.... I think though a throttle would make this bike a total game changer, The throttle will give you more kick while pedaling, I gets 36 mph so it is fast enough for the local streets, I only use the E-bike for commuting, I was going to buy an expensive E-bike, But I put my own together and now I am glad I did, I got all the parts I want on the bike and when you step back you do get that Damn what an amazing job feeling, lol.... Still though bikes like this is a sign of the times, I can honestly see in ten years time everyone but anyone will be on E-bikes.....
At 18:44 freeze the video and tell me what’s in the guy’s hand that stepped towards you. People who flex like that are absolute garbage. Thanks for the ride along bro. Keep grindin. 💯
Hi John I like the new E bike everytime I see you with a new bike I wish I was there riding with you because you have some really sick bikes and I would like to ride all of your bikes
Love the bike. Nice to see some silver hubs. Reminds me of some White Industries hubs I had on a titanium hardtail way back in 1994. Thanks for the video John Hicks!
A lot of people think walk mode is for walking the bike but it's actually for when you're riding the bike and your say on the sidewalk and need to go as slow as possible you hold the button and the bike propels you at a walking speed
You should get one of cameras that go on the back of a car it attaches to the trunk so can see the whole car just bolt it on the seat post it would make your video's way better
I can tell yo uas someone i the mtb scene for a decades that even though it was 10k, it was still good value. I used t o ride aNukeproof dirtjumper frame and it was cheap asf for how many hits it took. Its CRCs house brand, so youre generally good warranty wise and their QC is good. Nota ebike guy myeslf but i do ride a 10k mtb ...opposite of this though its a dialed ht xc bike a 2016 scott scale i built to 19.2lbs 96% carbon. Have fun bikes are never waste of money when it keeps you ON THAT SEAT
I don’t even like biking but been watching this channel for years now. Just like looking around the city 😊 thanks John
Same as me. It’s awesome to see the places he rides
@@spritegirl5386go ride around and explore! Driving doesn't unlock the whole map persay as riding
This is one of the best channels on RUclips 💯 Saving up to get this bike, thanks for the ride!!
That bike looks really nice. The price is justified for you since it can be a tax write off since it's for your business. And you can make that money back eventually making videos about it.
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Thanks for the idea man 👍
Such a clean well-built e-bike, having dual suspension helps. It's nice to see you coasting on the e-bike, despite I love your BMX videos. I'm a 55-year-old skool BMX rider from the 70's and 80's, nothing beats having a single-speed BMX. Around 6 months ago or so after seeing your BMX videos, I decided to invest in a ZOOZ Ultralight 750-watt electric BMX type of E-bike, takes me back to my old BMX biking days, love it so much, it is certainly a head-turner.
If you get the chance, check out The Chimera electric BMX, such a powerhouse of an e-bike, it ain't available to buy here in Scotland, I'd definitely purchase one given the chance, it's certainly up your street. Thanks for taking the time to record, edit and upload your videos, love seeing around your local area. Take care :)
I am not sure if you ever gonna come back to San Francisco but I would be thrilled to watch a a video of you exploring the city and all the hills and descents on a e-bike or even bmx if you dare
looks good. You'll need to invest in some tire inserts.
Can’t wait to see some trail videos 👌🏻
lucky you to live were the weather is in your favour to do videos as this. here it is -3 celsius and a snowstorm blasting my face each time I head outside. keep up the great videos mate!
I think the bike has great capabilities...although the 10k price tag reminds me that competitors will be coming for these guys specifically. Simply to take the market on the more trail savvy high end customer. Searching for that lighter and more optimal option will always be desired by specific bike riders. I still think the sur ron is a great option for 4.5k and does literally all the work for you. But I do understand that weight difference is important to people who don't have the same strength as maybe a younger individual.
coming for them??? They dont even need to. They arent any sort of competition at all, its a waste of money and thats it period
Yeah it's a bit steep guys and girls . Will leave that with your wallets and purses
4000 grand bracket perhaps 👍👍💕
Great Videos Matey !!
Thank you for the Tour of LA 💕
Christmas came early Hixs. Congratulations on your new bike. Ten thousand dollars, impressive!❤
Nothing wrong with using this bike just to ride in downtown LA. I got me the Turbo Levo and use it mainly just to cruise and commute in comfort, and yes you do cover way longer distance on these and have fun while doing it.
Finally MTB Content!! Love it
The clean cockpit is SO nice, need me that battery dropper as well next year, worth it for the looks IMO.
Aye nice grab love to see you hit a bike park see yah jump it theres one in santa clarita sure theres a bunch more in the area. id also love to see some trail rides i know city is your thing but to see yah hit dirt would be interesting to see since the many years ive been tuning in ive never seen you ride dirt.
Stay Safe out there mane.
as someone who grew up on BMX.....this thing just looks insane - the kind of bike we dreamt of
Nice new ride… really following your dum example lol. As well as seeing you test it off road I would really like to see how it does heading up to the Hollywood sign… that’s a steep ride that combines off and on rode.
Sick bike man, looking forward to you tackling some trails with that thing.
Its high end specs bike. The only thing that it would be better if it had flight attendant suspension and Bosch CX race motor. But difference is minimal. So its pretty much top end.
OMG I love your channel Im 51 XSk8r, I live in Santa Clarita and just got back into MTB'g and got myself a Chinese e-MTB and now I want something like yours, Ill have to finance but Love MTB'g so much and what a great time to be my age and E-bikes are perfect for the hills here in Santa Clarita. Hope to see some day here in LA. Look for the chubby old guy with a goatee ;-)
i've had a NUKEPROOF MEGA 29" for a few years and it's amazing, definately one of my favourite brands
Sick bike 🤙 look forward to more content with it!!
Dude it looks like Michelangelo did your tattoo really nice ⚡
The bike that makes you feel great because you know the vehicle looks great. the gear changing when first heard i kept thinking it was the trouble whistling in the area to say oi come here lol. what other colours were available?
John I remember my first e-bike it was a Reise & Muller $11,500. I used it for like a year and ended up ditching the whole cargo bike bike thing and now I'm on a Trek Rail which I got for a steal $6K it was a special order that someone had backed out on. Currently getting it Sram up, definitely love the wireless and the shifting is way better then Shimano. Im gonna do a video over on my Channel once its finished.
wish i could like the video multiple times, its too good
Congrats john hicks are your new whip
Dude them tattoos look freaken dope. Sick skills by the artist.
finally i loved the old big bike and missed big bike vids
Great bike and great review bro. I ride a Haibike 10.0 ($6K) with Yamaha around the city downtown streets of Chicago and it is an awesome handling bike. Has a RockShox Lyrik and Magura dual piston brakes. It is a great performer and has been a trouble free experience. I am also searching for a lighter version with a high powered motor as well. Ride safe!
Dude. I got the same bike from Airpark Bike Co in medium size. You must have picked up the large frame that they had left. This bike is well worth the money.
Heya John. Love the new video. Have a great analog Pivot for my mountain biking, but want an EMTB for my commute from west side to Olive and Venice where I work. Was told I was foolish to get that kind of bike for commuting. Now, I now I am doing the right thing!
Get the EMTB bro with no regrets. I have had mine for city/trails for about 5 years and it kicks ass. Powerful Yamaha mid-drive motor and I think has a similar ride as John's in this video. Ride Safe!
John with 1.35 million subscribers I think you can afford that bike, I bet you are racking in the cash, but you also deserve it. BTW nice bike!
BTW not dissing you, what is the top speed?
Nice. I was on the fence about buying a commercial enduro mountain bike but i did and i don't regret it at all
looked at one of these in my local bike shop, and when i seen it i was dissapointed with it, it looked huge, it stood next to a cube action team bosch powered e bike and the cube looked like a super light compared to it, reminds me of an early rocky mountain powerplay, thats just my views different taste in e bikes i suppose
take it to the dirt. makes more sense for a rig like that. You should get a bike with less travel if you riding on sidewalks
Dude, finally you bought on eof those bikes. I was searchign for years for a youtuber who rides those kind of e bikes. I´m from Europe and Surrons are pretty much banned here so those E Bikes are the only thing we can get here to drive legal on the street.
wish could see this riden on trails
New bike goofin!
Beautiful bike, man.
I think it’s time to see you in some dirt trails dude 😂💪 that machine is sick
As someone who raced downhill, I am so curious to try a e bike. Can't imagine the weight. But looks so fun. Just too expensive for me
Time to take it on the trails
i appreciate the honesty about the bmx lol
Beautiful bike I just got a Jetson electric bike my pride and joy u are my inspiration. I also.have a mongoose BMX bike funny thing is I let my friend borrow it and they.chained to a bike rack and we can't get the combo to work.😅
Every want has a will
nice bike! I went monster, 26x4, 1500w.. 88 pounds empty.I have gone 24miles round trip with freighted panniers. I keep speed limited to 30.(just for crossing bridges with no sidewalks). priceless. I even get recharged for free.
If you hit a stare hard with tubeless you will dent or cut your tire bead. If there's low tire pressure it could leak sealant.
Good stuff man, I have been looking for an emtb that way people don't really stare at me hard when I ride through bike paths and sidewalks on my Sur Ron, however I want something that has 24 inch tires (I'm kind of short 5'7) and still light enough where I can bunny hop all over the place. I also want to be able to do an average of 30mph with a 100 mile range. Not sure if there is a thing yet, the Zooz what close, but I just don't think I will be able to really enjoy doing some random urban jumps around town and I think the rear motor makes it a bit unbalanced. I have been looking at Optibike, but ya that price hurts.
I'm like, I own a few e-bikes, but I've just ordered my first E-MTB Mountain bikes just shy of 5k it has shimano Sram nukeproof parts it's a Vitus E-Escarpe VR 290 it's arriving late because of yhe Christmas back log and I can't wait it does accept auto shift so I'll be fitting that to my bike as well and I'm looking forward to more videos from you Hicks, I only bought mine for urban riding a may be a little dirt 👍🏽💯
I was in the same boat as you. I wanted an e-MTB and then found out about Surrons in like 2019 or 2020. Ended up with one instead of an e-MTB. This year I purchased a performance e-gravel bike and it's effectively replaced the Surron. It doesn't have as much power, but it weighs less than a third of a Surron, it's way more agile, can pretty much take it anywhere you can take a bicycle and no one bats an eye, I get way more mileage out of a single charge, easier to work on and transport/store.
Yo, 10g is alot but that's the perfect all around ebike, mountain/street , that bike chills over everything!! 🤣✌
Awesome new bike looks great!❤
My e mtb coming in a few days, this just got me hyped
I love how quiet it is. Crazy expensive tho.😮😂
Bro you should put a Bafang motor on the BMX and stick a backpack battery on, That way you can have power with hardly any weight, I was thinking of getting a battery back pack myself for E-bike, I built mine myself though, All new parts just kept the older frame as I loves the frame lol....
I think though a throttle would make this bike a total game changer, The throttle will give you more kick while pedaling, I gets 36 mph so it is fast enough for the local streets, I only use the E-bike for commuting, I was going to buy an expensive E-bike, But I put my own together and now I am glad I did, I got all the parts I want on the bike and when you step back you do get that Damn what an amazing job feeling, lol....
Still though bikes like this is a sign of the times, I can honestly see in ten years time everyone but anyone will be on E-bikes.....
Your tyres will come with puncher protection but you olso add tyre seel in there as well
this bike isAMAZING!!!!!
Not dumb at all. I have a $12,000 Santa Cruz Bullit E-mountain bike and I do three laps to the one I used to do. More is more.
my man! looks badass!
The tats are dope.
I just got mine on the 25th 5,475 but since it was the last day of Black Friday deals, I got 300 bucks off and only ended up spending 5,146.50
waiting on the day hicks come down to FL but he seems happy in LA lol
At 18:44 freeze the video and tell me what’s in the guy’s hand that stepped towards you. People who flex like that are absolute garbage. Thanks for the ride along bro. Keep grindin. 💯
6:55 lmao
18:26 Close call to That car and the pedestrian.
Hi John I like the new E bike everytime I see you with a new bike I wish I was there riding with you because you have some really sick bikes and I would like to ride all of your bikes
One love from London uk 🇬🇧👊🏼
Aye nice drive by 🥵
Sweet bike!! How many watts is it? What's the top speed out of the box?
looks sick man
Love the bike. Nice to see some silver hubs. Reminds me of some White Industries hubs I had on a titanium hardtail way back in 1994. Thanks for the video John Hicks!
That thing will never see the mountains, just like the dirt jumper never saw dirt jumps. 😅
Love to see it! Hopefully we see you out there in a bmx event happening in December 9th
A lot of people think walk mode is for walking the bike but it's actually for when you're riding the bike and your say on the sidewalk and need to go as slow as possible you hold the button and the bike propels you at a walking speed
If we ever cross while riding, you can try my Luna X2 enduro. ✌️👊
You should get one of cameras that go on the back of a car it attaches to the trunk so can see the whole car just bolt it on the seat post it would make your video's way better
10k is sic but so is that bike 🤟🔥
Got a trek rail 250w id go easy on them stairs shakes the crap out of the motor pal
lets see how many days you can go before your first service!!!!
Awesome bike 🎉
It’s a top rated bike with extras.....period. You need to ride some proper trails !
maybe do some awesome Cross-country tired on it and remove the enduro/trail tires. improve the street-rolling
I wonder if it is the same 'Nukeproof' that use to make mountain bike hubs in the 90's?
I do a lot of road cycling & you think that’s a lot !! The new 2024 diamondback is $15k
I can tell yo uas someone i the mtb scene for a decades that even though it was 10k, it was still good value. I used t o ride aNukeproof dirtjumper frame and it was cheap asf for how many hits it took. Its CRCs house brand, so youre generally good warranty wise and their QC is good. Nota ebike guy myeslf but i do ride a 10k mtb ...opposite of this though its a dialed ht xc bike a 2016 scott scale i built to 19.2lbs 96% carbon. Have fun bikes are never waste of money when it keeps you ON THAT SEAT
12:33 😂😂 "Butt Ram Ejection Seat"
🍑🐏⏏️🪑
NICE!!
That bike is expensive, but I want to see you take down some dirt trails Hicks, it will be ur new Hobbie
Their faces!😱😂
use your walk mode as you push it upstairs and it will climb itself.
Nice ride bro subbed 🫵
what happened at those stairs? 🤣
I may get an e-bike when I get to be 70 years old
Dang auto shift on a mtb is so sick this is pretty much the pinnacle of derailleur tech before you get into gearboxes
Lovely bike, I got offered this bike at a bargain price but turned it down as not sure what’s happening with nukeproof
You should go rip that thing on some single track trails!
Subscribed anyway wayxz! Sweet!!
As a MTB'er in debt nothing really under 3,000 is gonna be that great
Nukeproofs are solid bikes