I've noticed that the Culver Mobility E-Trike I obtained last year can be quite a nice and interesting conversation piece. When it's operational that is.
Amish folks in our community certainly eyeball it as I cruise through their nearby countryside. Relevant questions folks sometimes ask are: "How far can I travel on the battery? How much do I need to pedal? How fast can it go? and How much weight can it reasonably carry?"
After the assembly person completed his work, one item he overlooked was strapping a front cable in tightly enough, which after a few weeks started frazzling against the front tire. This shortly knocked out the power-train. At first I attempted to repair this myself but soon realized that if I tried operating on it much more that I might void the warranty. So I called in an expert mobile repairman to assist.
Jim from Blacklist Bikes came out a few times diligently finagling around; however, we both realized that since the more complexity there is, the more chances for failure there are and it would work better if he took the e-trike to his warm shop and worked on it there along with consultation from his work partner.
Meanwhile, Culver Mobility, the Canadian manufacturer apparently went out of business, which caused us difficulty in finding the proper repair parts.
Since then the Trike has been running mostly fine, though the brakes require frequent adjustment.
I recommend for other folks looking to purchase one that they read the user reviews and look at Trade magazines such as Consumer Reports and then go out to test ride one at a local bike shop as well as consulting with the technicians there.
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