{"id":1199501,"date":"2023-11-04T07:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T11:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1199501"},"modified":"2023-11-04T07:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T11:08:41","slug":"hitting-the-trails-with-a-low-priced-e-mountain-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1199501","title":{"rendered":"Hitting the trails with a low-priced e-mountain bike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> The Apex, SWFT’s take on a very affordable e-mountain bike. (credit: John Timmer)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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The subject of this review, SWFT’s new Apex mountain bike<\/a>, pulls together threads from two bikes we’ve looked at previously. One of those threads came courtesy of SWFT, which introduced itself to the world with the Volt<\/a>, an exercise in trying to get e-bike prices down to the point where they weren’t competing with a decent used car. While the Volt wasn’t a great bike, it was perfectly functional and offered a decent ride at a sub-$1,000 price. Now, SWFT is trying to work that same magic with a mountain bike.<\/p>\n

The second thread came courtesy of the Specialized e-mountain bike<\/a> we looked at earlier this year. In that review, I suggested that if you wanted to drop less than three or four thousand dollars on even a non-electrified mountain bike, you would sacrifice quality and features.<\/p>\n

The Apex raises the stakes of that sacrifice by keeping dual suspensions, throwing in an electric assist, and targeting the price below $2,200. The sacrifices involved are pretty noticeable and are made worse by a couple of questionable design decisions. While the bike can be fun to point at a trail, it doesn’t work especially well as a mountain bike, though a lot of its issues would be easy to correct if SWFT decided to come out with a 2.0 version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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