Seattle E-Bike: Welcome, new WSB sponsor

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Today we’re welcoming Seattle E-Bike as a new WSB sponsor. New sponsors are offered the opportunity to tell you about their businesses, and here’s what Seattle E-Bike would like you to know:

Owner Brian Nordwall and Manager Alex Dunn both live in West Seattle,
so they understand the nightmarish commutes that are ahead. They sell e-bikes that average from 20 mph to 28 mph if pedaled at the highest assist settings. Just pedal over the Low Bridge bikeway, and you can make it from the Junction to Downtown in 25 minutes, 4 to 6 times faster than the experts estimate it will take by car once the lockdown is completely over. Seattle E-Bike will also deliver your bike to you for free, if you live in West Seattle, for now, during regular business hours. Once things slow to a crawl, they plan on having late-night deliveries, once a week.

NEWSFLASH: Seattle E-Bike has been having the biggest sale in its history. It ends April 30th. 12% off. Never before, never again. Come in or call in a non-refundable 30% deposit by April 30 to lock in those unprecedented savings.

There is more! As long as the high bridge remains closed – which SDOT says is at least until 2022 – anyone from West Seattle or White Center making a $2500 purchase will receive, absolutely free, the only Bike Helmet designed for E-Bike riders, rated at 25 mph, while all other helmets are rated to 15 mph. Regularly $149.99; for us, $0.00 with qualifying purchase.

Seattle E-Bike has a tremendous selection. While the traffic is still light, Alex and Brian invite you to stop in, and test-ride any E-Bike you think you want to purchase. To increase E-Bike utility, Seattle E-Bike sells a wide variety of bags that attach to bikes, as well as trailers to carry children, dogs, or cargo. You will quickly understand why everyone loves their E-Bike, and why hundreds of their customers have sold at least one of their cars.

Seattle E-Bike is at 220 S. Jackson, and online at electricbikeseattle.com.

We thank Seattle E-Bike for sponsoring independent, community-collaborative neighborhood news via WSB; find our current sponsor team listed in directory format here, and find info on joining the team by going here.

4thGenWestSide April 27, 2020 (1:00 pm)

Awesome! Love knowing they are WS locals. Will def be reaching out to them.

Kathy April 27, 2020 (1:16 pm)

Dear bike riders, especially e-bike riders (I am one of you), Please do not ride 28 or even 20 mph on the trails that are meant for all users, not just people biking. That includes the Spokane Street Bridge Trail, the loop under the bridge and the trail across Harbor Island. And as bike traffic may start to grow on the Spokane Street Bridge, please don’t forget to audibly call out that you are passing on the left or ring a bell for the sake of everyone’s safety. Thank you.

Seattle E-Bike April 29, 2020 (11:35 am)

Kathy, people rare ride 28 mph unless there is no one around, and usually on the streets. They buy 28 mph bikes for the power to take them up 35th Ave SW, and 15, instead of 11. That said, we sell more 20 mph bikes than 28 mph.
- Chemist April 29, 2020 (12:07 pm)
  
  At ~47 min into this meeting, seattle parks’ guy says they recorded a pedal bike going 26 mph and a modified ebike going 28 mph during their spot-monitoring of the multi-use trais that had a 15 mph speed limit.http://www.seattlechannel.org/parksBoard/?videoid=x108499
- Tsurly April 29, 2020 (5:47 pm)
  
  BS based on my observations riding downtown everyday year round.

Arbor Heights April 27, 2020 (1:41 pm)

Is there a code needed to get the discount?

Benjamin April 27, 2020 (1:46 pm)

I was wondering who would be the first bike seller to take advantage! That said, adding more inexperienced riders going 28 MPH on the trails with be interesting….

Wendell April 27, 2020 (2:31 pm)

I was just reading about this last night.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal lawsuit filed in February by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and three other conservation groups challenges the government’s decision to allow electric bicycles on nonmotorized trails in the National Park System. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires meetings to be publicized in the Federal Register and open to the public, neither of which occurred, the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit charges the Interior Department, National Park Service, former Park Service Deputy Director P. Daniel Smith and current Park Service Deputy Director David Vela with ignoring a number of laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, to push through e-bike access. The groups behind the lawsuit want the e-bikes restricted to approved motorized trails.
- adam April 27, 2020 (10:47 pm)
  
  This has nothing to do with the subject at hand.

Wendell April 27, 2020 (2:26 pm)

Any scooter that’s rated to travel over 30mph requires an endorsement. A 28mph rating on an E-bike means no endorsement required. 2mph below the mandated 30mph speed threshold is a smart way around the licensing department. I don’t have any prejudice against E-bikes, but do wonder if emergency rooms will see an increase in visitors that are unable to handle the weight to gyroscopic ratios from their newly purchased mobility.

Brian Nordwall April 28, 2020 (8:20 pm)

Walter, that is one reason that we are giving away the worlds only high speed rated bike helmet. 45 kph by the Dutch government, v 25 kph for all others. I go to Eurobike in Germany every year. For the first 6 years, I met with Abus Executives every year to urge them to build a high speed helmet. 2 years ago, they did, and Seattle E-Bike got the very first box of 12. Even regular bikers should use them, I see people all the time going 20 plus down hills. They are pricey, at $149.99. But a built in powerful rear light, and a compartment the has a pop out rain cover. Great fit.Best of all, flash a West Seattle or White Center ID, buy a good E-Bike from us and get this great helmet for free. Yes you still have to be careful, go slow where needed, and practice. But we have your brain covered. Literally.

Leelee April 27, 2020 (6:55 pm)

Wow! Everybody get your e-bike before we all have to go back to work— and familiarize yourself with your commute!!

Alki April 27, 2020 (7:27 pm)

THIS IS SO SMART – yay to them offering a great product and being smart enough to advertise here. I like it!

commuter April 27, 2020 (8:26 pm)

I’m probably in the minority here, but the thing I’ve missed most during the shutdown has been my daily commute. And even with the high bridge shut down, I’m excited to get back to work so I can start commuting again. It’s a great opportunity for some daily fresh air and light exercise. I’m looking forward to seeing more neighbors out on the bike path. But for those that invest in an e-bike, just remember to give a friendly ding before you pass us old analog bikers!

ACG April 27, 2020 (8:31 pm)

Smart to offer these!! But, how are they, as a retail establishment, open for business for people to “stop in” and shop?

chemist April 27, 2020 (10:44 pm)

Their blog post explains that bike shops are essential services for about a month now.Seattle E-Bike is open and ready to fix your bike or E-Bike or tune it into the best shape. To keep the repair process as efficient as possible, we ask that you limit service drop-offs to 12 noon to 1 pm, and 1:30 to 4 pm. Our door is locked. But we are there. Knock, and if that fails, call the shop at 206-344-8000. An employee will come out, work out a service plan with you, and bring your (E) bike inside. For your safety and our employees’, your bike will immediately be disinfected.
Go gull April 27, 2020 (10:59 pm)

Bike shops are deemed essential, as they support essential transportation and exercise needs for many people. They have to adhere to social distancing guidelines, just like other essential businesses.

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2020/03/23/bike-repair-deemed-an-essential-service-during-statewide-stay-home-order/
bolo April 28, 2020 (11:58 am)

Bike shops are open, much like your auto mechanic, new car lots, and other transportation device businesses.

Azimuth April 27, 2020 (10:27 pm)

E-bikes are great! But if you can go 28 on the flats you should probably be riding on the streets, not on trails if they are getting busy as Kathy says. Heck, with SDOT’s love of 25 mph roads around here it shouldn’t be a problem to ride the speed limit…

Seattle E-Bike May 4, 2020 (10:43 pm)

There are not always good bike paths. In fact that is more often the case than not. If you are having to deal with those 4000 lb. moving steel things called cars, you will feel much more comfortable on an E-Bike. You are allowed to “hold your lane” on any bike under Washington law. But pedal along in the center of a lane at 12 mph, and see how it feels. Some jerk in a car is 3 feet from your rear wheel, and when they pass you, you see their door handles glide under your knuckles. Not fun. At all.If you are moving at 20 to 28 in the center of a lane, you find you are much less likely to get tailgated, or suffer those close scary passes. If you have to compete with cars, and we all do, its good to have electric assist.
- Seattle E-Bike May 4, 2020 (10:56 pm)
  
  One other way E-Bikes are safer on the streets: You are stopped at a light. Technically you are supposed to stay behind the car in front of you. Light turns green, cars rev up, you pedal like mad to try and keep up, feel in danger because you don’t have 200 horsepower. Often, you will elect to pull up next to the front car and wait. Light turns green. If you want to stay on the side, its hard to figure out where the side is, you are crossing an intersection, often a 4 lane intersection, no lines. Not fun at all.But E-Bikes, which have only 1/3 to 1 horsepower, are electric. All the torque is there immediately. They accelerate very fast, especially the critical 0 -15 mph. You can usually keep up with the traffic flow, or even get ahead of it at the light, go through the intersection without a car next to you, , then pick your lane again. Or you can stay behind the car in front of you and go with the flow, stress free. Try it, you will be amazed. Its funner, faster and safer.

george babaloo April 28, 2020 (8:13 pm)

Most people with 28 mph bikes don’t go that fast. All e-bikes are equipped with a pedestrian bell. Advise using it when ever close to a slow bike or a pedestrian. 28 mph also means there is power to climb steep hills at a decent speed. Lord knows West Seattle has them. The water tower on Myrtle and 35th is the highest point in the City, 600 vertical feet above the low bridge. But 20 mph bikes are great too, and cheaper.

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