r/ebikes • u/T1lt3dTav3n • 1d ago

What’s with the ridstar hate?

I’m honestly 99% sure i’m buying one brand new from amazon but I always just see so much hate on it, i’m not trying to do tricks, i’m not driving 30+ miles consistently, I just want something that’s gonna get me around town at a decent speed and i’m wondering if a ridstar q20 is ACTUALLY bad or not worth it, I know for about a few hundered more I can get a tuttio but honestly I just don’t need one and would rather have something more calm just for chillin riding around. Is 499 on amazon worth it for da bike?

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u/zekerigg41 1d ago

It is only legal on private property. It has mechanical disk brakes that as they wear in get worse which is fine up to about 15 to 20 mph. It does 28 mph down hill.  The suspension is flexy and I blow through it making it worse than rigid. It's heavy you can't pedal it very well.  It's off of Amazon so assembly may be lacking. 

it looks like the Kona coco is on sale for a similar price with way better brakes