Help me choose an electric long-tail bike

[liam122]

Hi all! I want to buy an electric cargo bike. The main purpose of the purchase: often I need to transport things or bring children to kindergarten, but the price of gasoline, to put it mildly, upsets me. I want to try an alternative to a car and buy a cargo bike.

So far, my choice has fallen on a cargo bike https://ferlafamilybikes.com/products/ferla-cargo-bike-longtail (i want a long-tail bike, with rear loading).

I repeat the main criteria:
1. Electric
2. It is possible to transport things and passengers
3. The bike should be long-tail
4. Convenient bike storage
5. Comfortable commute

What do you think? Advise something from yourself, I want to see more options. Thank you!

[Talha]

I saw a friend recommend a Benno for transporting small children, a while back. I'll do some research on other options, but take a look at this. It's a benno boost E

[ichitan]

Research if parts are available if something fails, and how much the parts cost.

With some electric bikes, you can't get parts. With others the parts are very expensive.

Read what others who have bought bikes like this have said.

[liam122]

(03-28-2023, 09:17 PM)Talha Wrote:  I saw a friend recommend a Benno for transporting small children, a while back. I'll do some research on other options, but take a look at this. It's a benno boost E

Thanks for the option, I'll take a look at it.

(03-28-2023, 11:27 PM)ichitan Wrote:  Research if parts are available if something fails, and how much the parts cost.

With some electric bikes, you can't get parts. With others the parts are very expensive.

Read what others who have bought bikes like this have said.

Thanks for the helpful advice.

[_margoty_]

(03-28-2023, 09:14 AM)liam122 Wrote:  Hi all! I want to buy an electric cargo bike. The main purpose of the purchase: often I need to transport things or bring children to kindergarten, but the price of gasoline, to put it mildly, upsets me. I want to try an alternative to a car and buy a cargo bike.

So far, my choice has fallen on a cargo bike https://ferlafamilybikes.com/products/ferla-cargo-bike-longtail (i want a long-tail bike, with rear loading).

I repeat the main criteria:
1. Electric
2. It is possible to transport things and passengers
3. The bike should be long-tail
4. Convenient bike storage
5. Comfortable commute

What do you think? Advise something from yourself, I want to see more options. Thank you!

Hi there I recommend taking a look at some of the bikes here: https://www.bikeride.com/best-bikes/?fwp_type=cargo%2Celectric There are some pretty highly rated long-tailed cargo electric bikes there!

[ichitan]

(03-28-2023, 09:14 AM)liam122 Wrote:  Hi all! I want to buy an electric cargo bike. The main purpose of the purchase: often I need to transport things or bring children to kindergarten, but the price of gasoline, to put it mildly, upsets me. I want to try an alternative to a car and buy a cargo bike.

So far, my choice has fallen on a cargo bike https://ferlafamilybikes.com/products/ferla-cargo-bike-longtail (i want a long-tail bike, with rear loading).

I repeat the main criteria:
1. Electric
2. It is possible to transport things and passengers
3. The bike should be long-tail
4. Convenient bike storage
5. Comfortable commute

I don't know the precise details of your situation, but I have set up my mountain bike so it could do what you are talking about. I have made a large carrier rack for the back. It could carry 2 kindergarten children, or reasonable sized objects. I could attach a large crate for shopping.

If it turns out a large carrier rack on a mountain bike would do all you need, you may get an electric mountain bike cheaper than a cargo bike.

A mountain bike is smaller, and it is often easier to find a place to park it.

As I say, I don't know the precise details of your situation. This idea may not suit you.

[liam122]

(03-29-2023, 03:38 PM)_margoty_ Wrote:  

(03-28-2023, 09:14 AM)liam122 Wrote:  Hi all! I want to buy an electric cargo bike. The main purpose of the purchase: often I need to transport things or bring children to kindergarten, but the price of gasoline, to put it mildly, upsets me. I want to try an alternative to a car and buy a cargo bike.

So far, my choice has fallen on a cargo bike https://ferlafamilybikes.com/products/ferla-cargo-bike-longtail (i want a long-tail bike, with rear loading).

I repeat the main criteria:
1. Electric
2. It is possible to transport things and passengers
3. The bike should be long-tail
4. Convenient bike storage
5. Comfortable commute

What do you think? Advise something from yourself, I want to see more options. Thank you!

Hi there I recommend taking a look at some of the bikes here: https://www.bikeride.com/best-bikes/?fwp_type=cargo%2Celectric There are some pretty highly rated long-tailed cargo electric bikes there!

Hi, thanks for your help!

(03-31-2023, 07:37 AM)ichitan Wrote:  

(03-28-2023, 09:14 AM)liam122 Wrote:  Hi all! I want to buy an electric cargo bike. The main purpose of the purchase: often I need to transport things or bring children to kindergarten, but the price of gasoline, to put it mildly, upsets me. I want to try an alternative to a car and buy a cargo bike.

So far, my choice has fallen on a cargo bike https://ferlafamilybikes.com/products/ferla-cargo-bike-longtail (i want a long-tail bike, with rear loading).

I repeat the main criteria:
1. Electric
2. It is possible to transport things and passengers
3. The bike should be long-tail
4. Convenient bike storage
5. Comfortable commute

I don't know the precise details of your situation, but I have set up my mountain bike so it could do what you are talking about. I have made a large carrier rack for the back. It could carry 2 kindergarten children, or reasonable sized objects. I could attach a large crate for shopping.

If it turns out a large carrier rack on a mountain bike would do all you need, you may get an electric mountain bike cheaper than a cargo bike.

A mountain bike is smaller, and it is often easier to find a place to park it.

As I say, I don't know the precise details of your situation. This idea may not suit you.

Sounds interesting, can you show a photo?

[ichitan]

(04-03-2023, 09:24 AM)liam122 Wrote:  Sounds interesting, can you show a photo?

https://forums.bikeride.com/thread-8355.html

It is obviously an advantage if someone can make their own, or have a family member or friend, who can make it inexpensively. If you make your own, you can make it how you like. Look at ideas on the internet, and use some of them in your own design.