Trek Super Commuter+ 8S speeds up the ride to work with new practical e-bike

@Papi, oh WOW, you’re right. Its exactly the same as the Turbo. Its red! Can you please tell us all the other similarities to the Turbo? (deleted)

28mph and can even think to call it a bike? When I was a kid mopeds were governed at 25 mph.

The “loophole” is that these are unregistered mopeds that are getting to ride on bike paths and bike lanes by the clever marketing trick of being called “ebikes” rather than motorized vehicles. This will end eventually when they run over some cyclists and plow under pedestrians. Then even dumb city govts will realize “Hey these things are just mopeds with electric rather than gas engines, maybe they should be treated exactly the same way”.

@dave, I started list for you before I realized you were being sarcastic. I spent a lot of time on the list, so I’ll post it anyways. Also, name calling hurts, even if it’s preceded by #.

Samesies List: Specialized Turbo and Trek Super Commuter

1) Both bikes have battery integrated into downtube
2) Both bikes have just one waterbottle mounting location.
3) Both bikes have electric motors
4) Both bikes have left AND right grips
5) Neither bike is made by Moots, and that’s fine.
6) Each bike has more than 60 spokes. Did you know that some bikes only have like 6 spokes? Total. That’s not much.
7) Both bikes have a 28mph speed limit. Well, I guess you could pedal faster than that, but the motor only works to 28mph.
8) Neither bike has a front derailleur. That’s BS. I want ALL THE SPEEDS.
9) Two disc brakes per bike. Samesies.
10) Neither is a fixed gear. Sorry if you like fixed gears.
11) Both bikes have black rims. Black rims are cool.
12) Both come with kickstands. Kickstands that are probable inadequate for the weight of the bike, but that’s just speculation, so we’ll leave it at both have kickstands.
13) Both are targeted at consumers who think they want to ride a bike, but don’t want to pedal that hard, and still want to go fast. And also have five thousand extra dollars.
14) Each bike includes a battery charger. Can’t say that about a lot of bikes.
15) Black seatposts, saddles, stems. Samesies.
16) They both include pedals. That seems rare at a bike at this pricepoint.
17) Slick tires. Samesies
18) No suspension. Samesies.
19) Neither are currently being raced at the Giro d’Italia or Tour of California
20) Both have been featured on BikeRumor.

I’d love to own that thing. It would be awesome to cruise into the office at 28mph! Better than paying insurance and gas for a moto.

After enough eFreds get killed in traffic all bikes will be viewed as motor vehicles by the authorities and treated as such, requiring registration, insurance, lighting and helmets. A perfect example of “this is why we can’t have nice things”. Enjoy the Wild West while we have it, it won’t last. History has shown, once you put a motor on it the tax man want’s a cut, especially in the days of waning gas-tax revenue…and yes, I prefer the sport to be elitist and unwelcoming, cyclists only get away with stuff (in the US) because they’re a small minority of road traffic. If I had to obey every traffic signal, road sign, have lights/insurance/helmet and share a bike path with a million other cyclists I’d rather drive.