Step Through Ebikes are NOT for Girls - 5 Things To Know
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0:00 What is your first impression about this?
0:18 The Biktrix Stunner X
0:33 Why have step through bikes been advertised for women in the past?
3:32 #1 Reason it was created
3:38 #2 - Personal health conditions
4:12 #3 - We are all built differently
4:31 #4 - Becoming more popular for commuting
6:05 #5 - Great for a lot of people's needs and riding styles - Sport
Do you have a step through bike?
Yup. And waiting for my Crusader.
I have a Saber on order.
No I do not have a step through bike but I should. I think that is one of the biggest advantages of having one leg. It's way easier without my fake leg to get my leg over the seat especially if there's stuff on my back rack. I remember a long time ago I had a 3-speed men's bike. They are notorious for slipping going up hills. It may have been way less painful on your gonads if you had a girls bike LOL. I wonder if there were electric bikes before there were motorized bikes? There are some conflicting stories. I was reading the first electric bike was in 1897. And it had a Bosch motor. But the battery wore out really fast. And that is why they stopped making them. But you probably know way more than I about the history of bicycles
Yes, I have a Biktrix Stunner. Similar to the Stunner X, but has a 5 speed Sturmey-Archer internally geared hub (IGH)
Love the step thru and the IGH.
You stop and realize you need to down shift to gear 1. No problem just shift to gear 1.
I have a Yukon Step Thru. I love it.
Great explanation. I am a disabled senior so the only regular bike I have is a step through. For the reasons you stated I cannot sling my leg over the seat and if I tried I would fall down. Believe me I know this for a fact. They are all bicycles, ride what fits you.
Me too at 60 my beaten up body doesn’t work like that anymore. My step through has changed my life 100%. Couch vs ride my bike. I choose to ride.
Its made for ME! An old guy with bad knees and short legs.
Me too
I’m 57 years old and I don’t give a hoot what other cyclists think got a RR5❤️ and looking forward to getting the RR5 step thru
I got one and I'm a short young guy. Like u said it's easier when ur handling a bunch of stuff on the back. When I'm out hunting I might have a tree stand on the back. It's easier to maneuver in big heavy winter hunting clothes too. Not to many ppl I Kno can maneuver around real well with hunting bibs on designed for a Michigan winter.
Completely agree in my 60 years, in the last few years I have torn my hamstring, had a hip replacement and broken my hip. I was tired of getting old and settling into my couch after work , thanks to my step through E-bike I have put over 1550 miles on since October of 2020, not only losing weight but getting out enjoying life again here in San Luis Obispo. I did forget to mention that I’m a 37 year master mechanic and if somebody wants to say I’m riding a girls bike that’s okay but I never hear it from another bike rider we’re to busy having fun riding around. Thanks for the great video.
That is so great to hear John R! We love to see you're getting out there!
I went with a step thru ebike mostly for the lower center of gravity. At 6'4" it makes a huge difference having the battery and frame in a lower position.
My 700c road bike was incredibly top heavy with me on it. It's just a dust collector now.
Awesome! Glad it's more comfortable for you.
Just like to say I've never thought of a step through as a ladies bike, its just another frame design, like you said shorter people have different needs for example my wife is 5ft 1inch tall and only able to lift a leg a short way, Her bike is a fat tyre step through,
but before buying it I had to check the frame lowest point was no higher than 14 inches other wise she couldn't get on it. And of course at 70 yrs old
How cool. 70. I’m 60 and enjoy every minute on my step through
love your u tube videos! i really like the way you explain everything you talk about. i have leo scoliosis, a step through frame is the only frame i can ride anymore. i'm 71 years old & have been riding since 1958. keep up the great videos!
Another informative video. Thanks Kyle for taking the time to produce these videos. I have an idea for live cast videos. How about a pure Q&A format where we can ask you questions that we have, of course keep the questions about e-bikes, accessories, riding etc.
That's a great idea!
I am 72 and my new bike is a step-thru is much safe for me.
Bikes are like airplanes, it is the take off and landing that is difficult.
Exactly, Jeff!
Yay…can’t go wrong w/ offering a step-thru version of popular bikes! 👏 Even frame flex is mitigated w/ mods to step-thrus, such as in Tern’s offerings, also allowing for carrying about double the mass of most cargo bikes.
Your videos are awesome, very informative. I personally have a Rad Mission 1 bike (Love it) and at 6"4' tall have no issues and I'm 65 yrs old. But I must wonder, will I be able to easily lift my leg over the bike rack and seat when I'm 70+ as I often pick up a bag of groceries every day at the market. We are looking to get an Ebike for my wife soon and I think a step thru will be in order, but not because she's a woman.....she's 12 years younger than me and we may have to trade bikes when I go to the market....LOL... in any case, I truly enjoy all of your short video clips...most informative young man. Thank you...Mike and Rhonda in Cali
I like a top bar because I can have a top bar bag and a triangle bag with bottle holder in my commuter. If I were not a pack rat though I would get a step through. I may get a folding electric in the future and a step through makes sense for my uses for that.
Glad to see the stigma of the girls bike disappearing. For me personally it’s always been a question of frame strength. I caught the mountain bike big in the early 90s and was told by my local shop owner that those type frames weren’t strong enough for hard off-road use. Lots of advances since then. Maybe you could do a comparison?
For me, I need to drawn by looks and style of the bike whether its a step through or standard.For the most part the e standard frame just appeals to me more,but there are a few great looking step through’s out there now on the market.
Love this! As I’m getting back into biking and more specifically commuter biking this video really helped me decide on a step-through. I’ll be carrying cargo and I’m a bit iffy on my right knee. And yeah there is that stigma but then I’m now like so what? It’ll work for me and that’s what counts.
My last mistake was a conventional looking 29 inch mountain bike; just slightly too tall for me, and almost always ends in me almost falling over trying to get on it or off it. If I was 20 years younger, might not be as much of a problem. The problem with marriage is that when you buy something that is wrong, like it or not, the wife seems to think I should still use it for the next 20 years.
Went with a 20 inch step thru e-bike this time. Looks more like a motorcycle than anything. However, at least I can get on and off without some form of last minute gymnastics. At my age, I really just don't give a $h!+ what others think.
LOL!!! "... the wife seems to think I should still use it for the next 20 years."
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step thru and swept back handlebars is for me
I got myself the Biktrix Juggernaut Ultra Duo Step-Thru (what they call version 2 now on the website, with the 2 colour paint job), and have gotten positive comments about it from Harley riders, dudes with the complete typical look of black leather and giant beards. Still close enough to a bicycle that I don't get grouched at on local mixed use paths, but sturdy like a tank.
The step through design is far more practical, since you can load up a rear rack without needing to be a gymnast. Being a guy with bad knees and back, and spent the last 10 years in an office job, my days of being mistaken as a gymnast are long gone (wishful thinking)... Unless you're doing the extreme stuff like bowling down mountains at break neck speeds, everyone should consider the step through design first.
my next bike is gonna be step through...im 50
thx, very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Go to Amsterdam! People in skirts,dresses,and kilts everywhere
With E-bikes being slightly on the heavier side and we all like our hefty racks on them....why not unless your are jumping huge gaps. Besides if you haven't noticed by now Girls are cool and many rule! : )
I just learned something new back in my day when I was a kid growing up I had a woman's adult bike it was pretty easy to get on and off it's just like the one in the video that you're showing but it bother me none cuz I didn't have Fancy by sight some people did was neighbor growing up they had all kinds of cool bikes back in the day until I dig it dirt bike and I kept moving up the ladder on different bikes as I got older so that's what that is it's a step through now I know keep up the good video
Thank you for sharing and for watching!
@@Area13ebikes I wish they had different color bikes besides I think you said three different colors I wish they had more than just one or two or three colors like I said and I wish that all e-bikes will have the battery on the side instead of the bottom or the top and I also wish that I could have one but I don't have the money right now to get one it'd be easy for me to ride I'm 5'5" that's how tall I am what different size e-bikes do you have I do kind of like that red one I wish they make better back brake lights in turn single Ray can actually see and brake lights and turn signals for now I like the red one I wish I had that one with the bike rack on the back and the one on the front too just as well I wish they were twister shifters that would be cool but right now keep up the good work on your videos and make sure you tell everybody please wear a helmet it can save your life
Step-through bikes are good for food delivery as they enable you to get off quickly, especially helpful if you're making multiple deliveries
The downside for me, and the reason I didn't choose that option for the E-bike I've just bought, was that having the traditional frame means I can store items underneath, such as a frame bag. As I'm planning to go away bikepacking for a few days, I need the extra storage space
I chose the high step because I wanted the space inside the triangle to store things, plus I'm pretty tall and can swing my leg over
I'm a man, 67, I have a step through ebike, with 2 black office size garbage containers mounted on the rear rack, low center of gravity. I carry my tennis gear, or groceries or beer or whatever, locks, etc. No back pack for me. My frame is held together with tendons and muscles, my aluminum frame bike is welded and can carry heavy weight all day long with a complaint.
step thru makes life easier
Thank you for making this video.I love marketing but it has hurt people who believe that “gender specific” products aren’t as gender specific as it seems
Not a girls bike…. Have my e- step thru 4” fat tires 57 male & Love it!
I have a step through ebike. 73 years old with some physical problems, and I can not swing my leg over the seat. I used to ride a Mountain bike but that was last ridden about 25 years ago.
I love the research you did. Very interesting. Now I want a girls... I mean a step through e-bike. Thanks!
Interesting information to know.
Thanks for watching!
I have one and don’t even have any low step middle bar. So much easier getting on one.
ST bikes are however, smaller. For someone 6'4" and older as well it's frustrating to find a bike with good specs only to discover that the geometry of the ST is too small. So far the Surface 604 brand is the only one that I have found that has comparable geometry between styles for taller riders.
I always assumed it was for elderly people. But I like it cause I don't like lifting my leg lol bad knee
Then Pantaloons were invented?
I wish I would have gotten a step through because now it’s my only way of transportation so it’s tricky when I go load up my bike front /rear rack and a backpack full of groceries for me to get on without dropping everything 😔
Have you checked out e bike search dot com
@@Area13ebikes yes but one ebikes aren’t cheap and there aren’t any around where I am
Does anyone know where I can buy a cruise control system for my ebike. Thank you
With regular bikes, unless you are quite tall, you have to make the bike lean on one side to be able to touch the ground. Ebikes are a lot heavier however and I have seen men drop their bikes to the ground.
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I was surprised that you didn't mention wobble, frame flex, torsion, or whatever they call it these days.
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I have a Step-through Lectric XP 3.0. Don't want to go back to a "man's" bike. So practical to hope on and off and feels safer in general.
could you find a controller for the aventon adventure, 30 mph just isnt enough for me.
is there such thing as a step through full suspension bike?
Ironically, I just looked at blue frame Biktrix Stunner X yesterday evening and thought I could see myself with one. My Step Through perceptions have shifted.
Nice!
Step thru bikes are also easier if you have to do a quick emergency stop and need to get on your 2 feet quickly without hitting your nuts especially if your a shorter person.
As a kid I always found it backwards cause no girls I rode with rode in skirts. I mean men have their parts on the outside and i can tell you from experience that that bar is painful lol. Always thought guys bikes should be step through.
You need to come to Copenhagen in the summer plenty of women in dresses on bikes.
Yes they are.
SIGN me up for a Blackbird Step through!
i have a 500w rear hub motor...i also have a 1000w motor and controller in the shed...im worried about breaking into the new bike and just wanted to know what parts i might need for the conversion...ty so much for your channel dude!
This isn't the video to ask this question on.
@@jrambo7495 sorry Rambo...didnt know you were the cops
@@xclbr2655 since when do cops have common sense? You're way off buddy.
Yep . I like the step through cargo.
Well Kyle, based on the comments, you have kicked a hornet's nest with this video. Apparently, the stigma is still strong.
My wife and sister-in-law both have step-through bikes and like having the option on mounting and dismounting. My sister-in-law does wear a skirt to cover her bicycle shorts. Not everyone looks good in spandex.
I wish sixthreezero bikes would learn this lesson
I injured my knee and not that tall. So, step through bike is best for me.
Step through is a far superior design for the average rider. If you're a competition rider, the "men's" bike will add more stability in some taxing situations. But for 99% of the situations, I'll stick with the step through. It's just more practical. Besides....I like having my nards away from the crossbar. But that's just me. I'm sure many will disagree.
My first ebike was a step through design and coming from a conventional triangular frame was the best thing ever. I have never had anyone audibly call it a girls bike. I had some punk come up to me and deride the fact I was riding a 20" bike. But the advantages in city traffic where vehicles and pedestrians are intermingled at intersections I have found the smaller step through bike so easy to manoeuvre Compared to a 26" (the max size for my height). Let's call the step through what they are - a unisex bike, which BTW makes them genderless inline with much of the times we live and our use of vocabulary. In Oz fishermen are now fishers, firemen = fire fighters; just a couple of examples of how we are removing gender where it is not required or appropriate.
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I will have you know Kyle, that not only do I have a step through bike. I also still ride my step through trike, with skirts and dresses on. And here is another little tied bit of information Kyle, skirts was not originally limited to use by just women. There was a time when skirts, or as they are also known Kilts was also worn by men. And are still worn by men in many countries, just not typically the United States unless you have either Scottish ancestry or are from a culture where skirts are still worn by men such as in many Pacific island cultures. So no the step through bike was not originally designed for use by just women, but for both genders who wore skirts.
Everyone knows that! Where have you been??
Not bad at all
i know a bit off title...sorry
Every time I see a "girl's bike" it is under a female cyclist who is passing me.
Never underestimate a female cyclist and her bike, whatever frame style.
Girl power! Women cyclists are amazing
They for girls can't add as much stuff because there less frame to add stuff on guys want heavy bikes. Loaded with everything and maximum power.☺️
It's not the center bar that determines the gender the bike is for. It's the pedals. Anyone knows that Gees!
Girls bike!
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45 years of conditioning have given me the knowledge that a step through is a woman's bike.
End of story.
good for people with, conditions, me likey.
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Yes they are, silly. Sigh.
I think that the original men’s bikes were designed by castrated eunuchs who didn’t have to worry about putting both feet on the ground at a stop signs.
Women have always been able to cross gender boundaries. This alone doesn't justify a neutrality in a product.
Women could wear breeches, but men couldn't wear dresses. So a bike that's created for something that explicitly excludes men, must be intended for women.
The fact that in our modern times, men are allowed to wear dresses, doesn't change a dress's i̲n̲t̲e̲n̲d̲e̲d̲ gender.
Thank you! A regular, old fashioned man!! So tired of these gender neutral loving losers! It's a girl's bike for Christ's sake!!
Only women deserve to comfortably get on & off bikes so those are girls bikes;)
I'm 54 now and and can still ride my hard tails but definitely see a lower step through in my future.
Nice try but no girl bikes for me..😂
Since when did bikes have a gender. Can anything be more ridiculously silly? Who is so loony as to approach such a nonimportant and irrelevant idea/belief in this day and time? I'm embarrassed as a human being that this could even possibly be an issue.
I disagree
Weak argument. It's still a girls bike.
Still living in your mommas basement?
So tired of these gender neutral, wusses!! IT'S A GIRL'S BIKE!!!!! It will always be a girl's bike!! Stop blending genders!!!
Yeah ok. Just tell us you ride a girls bike and be done with it.
Yes they are, that is the classic "girls bike" design, nothing has changed.
Yes they are.
They have always been and always will be girl's bikes!!