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I have an Inboard (do not recommend for several reasons) and have been considering the Urb-E for a while, but also looking at the Lithim Cycle Super 73 bike. Wh

I have an Inboard (do not recommend for several reasons) and have been considering the Urb-E for a while, but also looking at the Lithim Cycle Super 73 bike. What do you like most and least about your Urb-E? I have gone to their store in Pasadena and test driven one - super fun. I’m still considering the bike for sheer practicality purposes, and also I feel like the Urb-E has a bit of this old-person walker look to it that I can’t shake off.

masklinn 8y ago
I've had a sport gt for a few months. Pros: it's fairly light, easy to carry around, with a small footprint (when folded & standing) and very quick to fold, makes it convenient for multi-modal involving public transport, or to use it one way and public transports the other for some reason Cons: on wet surface sends mud everywhere it should not — apparently they've just released fenders which I would strongly recommend if you're in a place where it ever rains; it's a bit bumpy especially on less-than-perfect surfaces (solid wheels and only steatpost suspension) My biggest issue is more of a disappointment: I was really interested in using it for grocery shopping (either going for groceries or getting them on my way back) but: * the cargo basket doesn't have handles (it does have handle mounts but not the handles going in there) making it a pain to carry detached from but alongside the urbe * which is not helped by the urb-e being way less convenient to carry by the handle when the basked is affixed (as it juts out from the middle and makes for way less walking legroom) * the basket's mount/release is absolute crap especially when loaded, the lock must be drawn back into the basket (and into the groceries usually those heavier & less flexible as it's towards the post) then lifted up and back from the bolt-holes and the support itself is annoying to remove, this makes urbe+basket way less convenient to fold/unfold/carry than the urbe alone, even more so as the support is affixed over the back handle if mounted in the back which… * is a requirement for "shopping cart" mode on the sport, if loaded with more than a few hundred grams the "standing" urb-e is not stable when using a front-mounted basket * the basket is very rigid, coupled with the sport gt's solid wheels groceries keep bumping and jumping around, damaging the heavier or more fragile items * it's an open wire basket, making it very much non water resistant (though see first cons my urbe isn't great at that anyway, at least unless and until I get the new fenders) * really inadapted to carrying french bread, there's no good way to carry a baguette or flute without it being damaged Some sort of closable bag (canvas on or suspended under a rigid frame) would have been much better, or a bike-ish post compatible with standard panniers. That would have limited the bumping and jumping, provided some protection against elements and avoided the possibility of items jumping out the bag entirely (either due to bumps or light stuff picked by wind gusts). I like my machine overall, but that cargo basket is just bad.

masklinn 8y ago

I've had a sport gt for a few months. Pros: it's fairly light, easy to carry around, with a small footprint (when folded & standing) and very quick to fold, makes it convenient for multi-modal involving public transport, or to use it one way and public transports the other for some reason Cons: on wet surface sends mud everywhere it should not — apparently they've just released fenders which I would strongly recommend if you're in a place where it ever rains; it's a bit bumpy especially on less-than-perfect surfaces (solid wheels and only steatpost suspension) My biggest issue is more of a disappointment: I was really interested in using it for grocery shopping (either going for groceries or getting them on my way back) but: * the cargo basket doesn't have handles (it does have handle mounts but not the handles going in there) making it a pain to carry detached from but alongside the urbe * which is not helped by the urb-e being way less convenient to carry by the handle when the basked is affixed (as it juts out from the middle and makes for way less walking legroom) * the basket's mount/release is absolute crap especially when loaded, the lock must be drawn back into the basket (and into the groceries usually those heavier & less flexible as it's towards the post) then lifted up and back from the bolt-holes and the support itself is annoying to remove, this makes urbe+basket way less convenient to fold/unfold/carry than the urbe alone, even more so as the support is affixed over the back handle if mounted in the back which… * is a requirement for "shopping cart" mode on the sport, if loaded with more than a few hundred grams the "standing" urb-e is not stable when using a front-mounted basket * the basket is very rigid, coupled with the sport gt's solid wheels groceries keep bumping and jumping around, damaging the heavier or more fragile items * it's an open wire basket, making it very much non water resistant (though see first cons my urbe isn't great at that anyway, at least unless and until I get the new fenders) * really inadapted to carrying french bread, there's no good way to carry a baguette or flute without it being damaged Some sort of closable bag (canvas on or suspended under a rigid frame) would have been much better, or a bike-ish post compatible with standard panniers. That would have limited the bumping and jumping, provided some protection against elements and avoided the possibility of items jumping out the bag entirely (either due to bumps or light stuff picked by wind gusts). I like my machine overall, but that cargo basket is just bad.