SWFT BMX E-Bike: CleanTechnica Tested

A number of days in the past, I had an opportunity to trip the brand new 20″ SWFT BMX e-bike. It’s my son’s bike, and given each my and his personal connections within the e-mobility world, I’m certain he didn’t pay for it. Nonetheless, it’s price noting that this isn’t technically a paid overview — nevertheless it would possibly learn like one, in case you don’t have adequate context.

So, right here’s some context.

Pizza & Intercourse

For these of you that haven’t been following my posts over the previous few years: I’ve ridden a lot of bikes. “Bikes,” on this case, covers each bicycles and bikes. Now, a few of these bikes I’ve actually appreciated, and a few I haven’t, however bikes are, for probably the most half, sort of like pizza and intercourse, in that having actually mediocre pizza and intercourse remains to be fairly good.

This isn’t a narrative about mediocre pizza and intercourse, although. That’s as a result of, each as soon as in a fantastic whereas, you possibly can have actually unimaginable, mind-blowing, knee-buckling, life-altering pizza (and, in case you’re fortunate, intercourse), and it’s so good that it makes you begin taking a look at all the opposite pizza and intercourse you’ve have in a brand new context.

After driving the SWFT BMX E-bike, I believe it is perhaps time to start out taking a look at my different bikes in a brand new context.

“Most e-bikes really feel like mopeds with pedals, and so they’re slightly too heavy to make them comfy whereas pedaling with out help,” defined my oldest boy, Hobbes, once I texted him to ask what he considered his personal bike. “The SWFT simply seems like a traditional bike. It weighs lower than 40 lb, so it’s straightforward to select up and get into the Jeep.” (He drives a classic TJ Wrangler. –Ed.)

My telephone saved buzzing. “You’ll be able to trip it up and down curbs like every other BMX. The factor is tremendous maneuverable, which is sensible for a BMX bike, nevertheless it’s appreciated nonetheless.”

“Once more, the load and smaller dimension assist right here,” he continues, “it navigates tight areas simply, and is gentle sufficient that you could take drops with out feeling such as you’re going to interrupt one thing. The seat’s a bit uncomfortable, however you’re standing lots of the time (once more: it’s a BMX bike), so it’s positive.”

Certainly, it’s.

Previously, I’ve written about that “e-bike smile” that folks get the primary time they trip an e-bike, and about Serial 1’s model supervisor, Aaron Frank, who as soon as mentioned that e-bikes, “take the ‘suck’ out of biking.” As for me, I have a tendency to clarify the enchantment of e-bikes when it comes to childhood – driving an e-bike is rather like you bear in mind driving a motorbike as a child. You don’t bear in mind getting drained, or feeling winded and sore the subsequent day. You solely bear in mind the fun of freedom, the wind in your hair, and the enjoyable.

That was at all times simply barely bulls**t, although, as a result of I by no means actually rode a motorbike as a child. I used to be in my teenagers once I first actually began driving, and the bike I rode wasn’t a mountain bike or a cruiser and even one of many roadies I’d ultimately fall for. It was a 20″ Huffy Freestyle Professional, straight out of the Sears catalog.

The SWFT BMX? This e-bike seems like my childhood — and I’m approach too smitten with it to say something goal. Fortunately, Hobbes is a midway first rate author, and his thumbs are good for not less than 80 or 90 wpm by textual content.

“The SWFT appears unimaginable, too,” he writes. “I really like the clear matte black paint job, and I’m particularly a fan of the in-frame entrance headlight, which helps the look.”

He goes on, “It’s obtained a 350W rear hub motor, which isn’t a lot, however good for 20 MPH on stage floor (I managed to get it as much as round 24). The bike additionally accelerates easily, partly as a result of the bike has such low mass.”

To sum it up, Hobbes wrote, “All in all, this bike is superb. Possibly not comfy sufficient for an every-day commuter bike,  however the fun-factor positively makes up for it.”

I couldn’t agree extra.

Take a look at the brand new SWFT BMX e-bike for your self within the firm’s promo video under, then tell us in case you have any fond BMX recollections within the feedback part on the backside of the web page.

SWFT BMW E-Bike Skatepark

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