Wildest eBike I’ve seen in a While 

The law of diminishing returns has met the boy who cried wolf with batteries. Every week a new "game changing" battery is "in the final stages of developement" in some college lab or R&D dept. somewhere will "in the near future revolutionize" electric transportion..color me skeptical. I won't say never...but I'm afraid 10 years will come & pass with no significantly more energy dense battery in general distribution at a cost at or below what we have today.

Exactly, just because it has a front bubble it won't do anything to keep you warm or cool. Americans have become used to heaters, air conditioning, electronics, 60+ mph, isolation from the climate to give up the comforts of automobiles. Small electric vehicles will for the forseeable future be toys in places with moderate climates for short trips by young & retired people.

Totally agree that most off-the-shelf ebikes don't offer as much bang for your buck as something a crafty person can make in their shop. What we have strived to offer is something way more bespoke and high quality. All titanium. Top quality parts (Magura brakes, Kenda tires, Sun rims, ASI BAC850 controller, etc), fully thermally potted battery capable of 90 amps, etc. Built here in the U.S. We've encountered some pretty sick homemade builds but so far nothing can come close to the power-to-weight ratio we offer. We'd love to encounter a homemade build this fast and light though!

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@@davidj.jorgensen4828 yeah, sorry spellcheck got me and I’m too poor to pay attention

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Sadly, in this day and age, that's a compliment @@chimerabmx

true, but they make heavy sacrifices to get there and those batteries are very low quality. Just the reality of todays prices

​@@NPLVenturesthe Walfisk is made with good I believe pouch cells not 21700 or 18650s and I believe controller is pretty big in amps like 45a or more the bike goes over 45mph on 48v. I will have one son we can ride one day together I'm in south Jersey

That thing is crazy for 2400

@@logan.7 yea I live the look. I hope to have one soon and I will definitely review it long term

Do you have any idea how much titanium parts cost to produce? The base line cost of this bike would be well over 2K to start with, probably more. Watch the video on how the bike is made, it's pure art.

​@@Nismo-gy3wzThank you for this.

I'm surprised this round has lasted as long as it has, even reaching over 8 billion, aren't you?

@@SmokeyTreats Yes, but at the same time, all of us are busy bees, keeping the balls in the air, the best that we can..The day is coming when enough balls hit the ground, that ends the game once again..Except we are the pinnacle of this kind of civilization, and maybe all civilization, as the planet couldn't possibly facilitate, accommodate or tolerate another like ours..It just won't be possible..Our real currency is time, and it's fleeting..

Happy to race an Estrapz any day of the week. It's a nifty looking bike but aluminum can't hold up to the abuse of bmx. As for the 35mph top speed - that's just out of the box. What do you think would happen if you modded it?

​@@chimerabmx most pro riders use aluminum so i dont know what youre getting at. of course your bike is superior. but the price is insanely high and i wouldnt want to put 4kw on an 8ah battery out of the box at the price either. plus the ezstraps has WAY more space in the middle for a larger battery. if i do wipe out on a chimera why would i want to replace a titanium frame when aluminum is soo much more cost effective? effectively what youve made is a huge liability. its why i dont own a titanum frame or a carbon frame and never will. a one time wipe for a bank account. It's cool that youve made a sophisticated bike but its missing practicality, has an excess of moving parts and failure points. I do like the modular design of the drive chain though so that is a plus compared to a bafang or truckrun mid drive. Would have been a better bike if there was more battery space and was constructed out of aluminum

@topelite666 @topelite666 We'll have to agree to disagree on most points. First, there's not a single pro freestyle bmx rider we know of who uses aluminum or carbon fiber. It simply can't hold up to the abuse. Meanwhile, the titanium prototype is almost four years old now and has been thrashed in a way that would have destroyed aluminum or carbon, including being backflipped off motocross ramps by X-Games Gold Medalist Ryan Williams and Dusty Wyggle, and slammed at the skate park (see our RU-vid for videos of all this). Still runs great. Second, we wouldn't put a larger battery on the bike no matter what it's made of. There are countless electric "bicycles" on the market that offer lots of range by sacrificing power or by being so heavy that they're impractical to pedal without pedal assist. We're one of the only brands who sacrifices battery Ah to offer a vehicle that pedals like a bicycle without any pedal assist at all, but throttles like a motorcycle when you need it, going zero to 35mph in just a few seconds, and climbing 32% inclines throttle-only (check our RU-vid). That might not be practical for your needs, but it clearly fills an important segment of the market given our order volumes. Third, our High-Drive design (patent pending) actually has no more moving parts than any mid-drive, but is more mechanically efficient and way easier to work on. Lastly, the price point is not solely caused by the titanium frameset but rather overall build and part quality. We manufacture the all steel gear transmission and inrunner motor. Magura brakes, Kenda tires, Sun rims, ASI controller, etc. All hand assembled here in the U.S. The Estrapz and other off the shelf entirely Chinese made bikes are nifty, and bargain bikes like that are good for getting more people on two wheels. But comparing them to the Chimera is like comparing a top of the line Mustang to a Kia.