(Bell rings) - So let's talk about like
the top five accessories that people are looking
for when they come in for the Electric Bike and what
we would recommend for them. - [Man] Cool. Cool. - So to start out with, I'd say Seat. A lot of times the
manufacturers of Electric Bikes will skimp on the Seat,
the Pedals and the Grips. Those are the three areas
that you as an individual can personalize the bike. And that's kind of a hunt
sometimes, you know, of looking and finding and the average
Electric Bike Shop might not even have what you're looking for. You might know of a really
big bike shop that has a much wider spectrum of Seats to choose from. - [Mam] Yeah. - That you've already picked
out for your cruiser at home that you're comfortable on. I literally have people who
will take their bike from home and remove a Seat or their
Rack and install it on their Electric Bike because
they're comfortable with it. They've had it before
that's what they want, or they'll seek it out online. - [Man] Yeah. - And there's some online
purchases you can make for Handlebars for Grips, or maybe In Bars that swing
up like this, you know? - [Man] Oh yeah, like
Bullhorns, or whatever. - Yeah, Bullhorns, right. I've seen that recently. But let me show you like some average stuff that we would upgrade to. And a lot of times we'll
throw this stuff in at a discounted price, just to close that cell. - [Man] Sure. - So instead of the OEM
Seat, which might be a little bit hard for you, - [Man] Yeah. - We go with something like
this a.r.s. Classic with has gel, and I can ride 20 25 miles
on that seat without, you know, getting sore - [Man] When it's coming up of this cut, What's that all about? - You know, for your prostate and your, you know, a little bit more, What would you call that-- - [Man] Ventilation. - Near or not ventilation,
but it's obviously there's been a lot of time. And in the old days, you
never saw seats like this. And this is something that's
come around and it's even on the OEM Seat it's a
little bit cut out there and on bigger Seats, even the cruiser Seats, now
you'll see that cutout as well. - [Man] Interesting. So that's kind of an ergonomic thing. - It's exactly. Then next would be, some bikes don't come with a Bell. - [Man] Ah, yeah. - Bell horn added on to the Handlebar. And I'm on your left because
you're on Electric Bikes, you're gonna be passing a
lot of people more likely. - [Man] Yeah. - Pass to the left,
don't pass on the right. (man Chuckles] - [Man] And that's way friendlier than, hey you! - Yeah, and you know
actually that's a good point you wanna put out if you get too loud of a horn, sometimes people get, you know,
a little pissed about that, you know, the discreet,
you know, use common sense. I'm coming up, that's
plenty for somebody to hear. And as you passing by you use, you know, common sense discretion, when
you're on your Electric Bike, be friendly. We all wanna share the
trail together, you know. - [Man] Right. - Okay, now for the commuter,
you know, the guys riding to work, he's going 12 15 miles a day. We put a Rack on there and the Rack, I like this setup here myself. This is by Topeak. - [Man] Yeah, Topeak Racks. - And it's real sanitary,
there's no straps, there's no bungee cords. There's no Velcro involved
with this kind of a rack system because the Trunk has a rail system on it. - [Man] Yeah. - And the rail system just
slides right on there. And once you line that up, if I can line it up with-- - [Man] There we go. - So just sliding all the way forward and it clips. - [Man] That's cool. - Done deal. Now there's a Trunk Bag, I kind of relate this
to like a Tank Bag on a motorcycle, and I've been riding
motorcycles my whole life. Really small and compact like this but if you've gotta carry extra gear, you open up your little side compartments, (speaks foreign language) - [Man] That is cool. - And it's a nice, big
cavernous Saddlebags. We were down in San
Diego over the holidays and all four of us we had these setup on our Electric Bikes. I was actually carrying
a spare battery and one of these Saddlebags. - [Man] But how're the
chargers 'cause a lot of them have, you know-- - There's a lot of room
for the charger in here. - [Man] Yeah, and top off-- - You can put your picnic in
here, your wine, our cheese. - [Man] Yeah. - You know, whatever you
wanna put it in there and off you go on your little-- - [Man] Oh Sam.
(chuckles) - Adventure.
- [Man] Awesome. - Right. - [Man] And I love that
this rack in particular, it's using what I consider
standard gauge tubing. So if you didn't have this
particular bag, which is a little bit more expensive
these Topeaks, you know, it's quality stuff, but you know, it's we're talking about
- Dollars. - [Man] Yeah, quite-- - And the Racks, probably about 45. - [Man] But this Rack is cool
'cause as we're gonna show this is a Disc Brake setup on this bike. And the attachment parts have
to be a little different. See how they create clearance
for the Disc Brake over on that other side? - [Sam] It's gonna fit
just well like that. - [Man] Yeah, that's great and look at the Pannier blockers on the side so even if you didn't get this bag, you could easily clip on
other Panniers and then they're not gonna hit
the Spokes or Wheel when you're riding, when you're turning. I like that, that's a good one. - And in today's age, I
mean, we go to Interbike and there's so many different options that you can choose. - [Man] Yeah. - And pick from if you're
in a more wet climate, you might want to go with
something that's a little bit more waterproof. And there's different price
points you can go with as well. As you're pointing out
on the back someplace to mount your child like
right there as well. - [Man] Or even there's a
little strappy one right here that you can clip it into.
- Sure. - [Man] And a bottle holder,
oh man that is key 'cause I'm always like, a lot of
Electric Bikes don't have anywhere to put your bottle cage 'cause
the battery takes up all that space. So getting a bag like that or you know, something, maybe a Camelback sometimes you can wear. - And then also in that Saddle Bag, you could carry around some type of a little tool kit. - [Man] Ah yeah. - In a bag like this, I
like to put my tool kit in a separate bag that keeps it
from maybe punching a hole in the bag and the Trunk
Bag or anything else you're carrying in there. That keeps it more sanitary,
you can put your patches in here, maybe a little co2. I also like to carry my Tyre Pump. - [Man] And pump thing. - In the back as well. Sometimes you can mount
a pump packed somewhere on the frame. - [Man] It it had a Bottle Cage Bosses. - And then the most common
question that's asked is Locks, you know, What kind of Locks What
do I do for a Lock? Any Lock can be broken in my opinion. And it's a very high theft
item on Electric Bike, we've had a lot of customers come in, I literally had people buy Electric Bikes, load them up, go home and go inside the
house to unlock the garage door and by the time they came back out, the bike was gone. - [Man] Jeewes! - Terrible, absolutely terrible. I Had a guy just a couple
weeks ago he went to church on a Sunday morning, the battery and charger inside the house charging the
bike was in the garage, they pried open the garage
door and stole his bike. - [Man] That sucks. - Yeah, that's a third one. So you know Locks can go anywhere from $20 to $175 this is a nice Lock here from eBay, - [Man] Yeah. - It has the links on it. - [Man] Is that like kind
of a chain or like kind of a like folds flat, but then it's somewhat flexible. - It's got these big like, six eight inch bars or links
that are all linked out and it's you know, not as
big as say a cable like this. But - [Man] Oh men, put it around your neck. - again, your cables, you're adding a lot of weight to your bike. So, what how much? That's a tough question to answer you know for the individual. And I think beyond the Lock, we should also recommend
that there is Bike Insurance that you can buy. - [Man] Oh, yeah, that's right. There's like Spoke Insurance
and Bell Assurance. - Yap. So I highly recommend
that and I can attest to three customers who
had gotten that insurance that I recommended to 'em
that had their bikes stolen within the first year of ownership. They showed the receipt
of what they paid for it and that insurance company
gave them no depreciation whatsoever, exactly what they paid
for the bike and all three of those customers came back in and bought it was almost like a stepping stone. (man laughs) They bought a $2000 bike
and then they end up getting a 3000 $4000 bike with
the insurance money. So insurance unlock steps
that you can take to insure. And we just had a customer in two days ago, somebody stole her Seat. And so her Seat Post and Seat were gone. I see people run little
locks little chains up and around the Seat and through the frame. - [Man] Yeah. - To keep that from being stolen. Anytime you got a quick release, let's say it's just attempted item, they can just open up your quick release and there goes your Seat. - [Man] And it depends on
where you're at but you know, people just take it for fun. - Absolutely, I think it was nine times out of 10 if you
just do a little tiny deterrent, it's like oh, well I can't
take that one and move on to the next. - [Man] Or if you wire up
the battery to shock anyone who touches your bike that is
that's the optimal solution. It's a huge liability
though, Sam so I'm not sure I recommend it. - I've never heard of that one. - [Man] In the future, we'll see it. That's cool and I've
got a call out this is the ICB three dash 2015 model. The fact that they have these little, you know threaded Bosses on the Seats Stay it's all set up to add a Rack and I think they've even got it set up
so you can wire in lights if you want to if you
work with your local shop, but not every bike has that. - That's true. And then you've gotta look at the lights and I personally like you know, there's there's so many
lights to choose from. And again, I have customers
come in and say hey, I found a great Light online. And I got it for like 19.95, and in some cases, it's as good as a Light
that costs 100 $150. So there's deals out there
that are needed to be had, you just got to do your due
diligence and look around and see what's available out there. - [Man] I don't know
if these ones offer it but I especially like
the ones that have sort of USB charger. - Absolutely that's what this has here. And I use these personally
on my own bikes. And it's nice at the end of
the day, and in some instances, some of the newer bikes
actually have a USB port on the battery. - [Man] Yes. - So you can Charge lights
right off your house battery from your bike. - [Man] That's kind of cool. We know we're just looking
at one of these EG bikes a minute ago I was reviewing this one,
as EG Oahu and Maui and see they do have like a little
USB port right here on them on the battery. So that's kind of cool you know, you could end up with
extra wires or whatever but it's the sort of thing
where light lasts a long time but then they can drop off in
power and so you could pull over and top them off
or something you know, because it's illegal
to ride without lights in a lot of places and could mean safety. - That port also will charge
up your phone, your iPad, other devices when you're
stranded out there on the trail. - [Man] Yeah. - And you need that emergency
call to call somebody up and come get me-- - [Man] We were saying that
we were doing the other overview a minute ago
on maintenance and stuff and you were like hey, you know it's important to
have a pump and a patch kit and all this but a cell
phone is important. - Absolutely. - [Man] Being able to power
your cell phone is also kind of cool. - Absolutely. And and more and more
bikes have that option. - [Man] That's very cool. Okay, any last minute you know additions, other things that people-- - You know what a lot of people
do is a lot of people come in and they're concerned
with that flat Tyre again. So what do I do to avoid a flat Tyre? Do I put the liquid nails in there? Do I put the slime in there? Do I put the Mr. Tuffy liner in there? - [Man] Yeah. - There's so many different
options you can do with that. And in some cases, you can just get a better Tyre - [Man] Yeah Kevlar Line like-- - Like something that
has a liner already built in the Tyre as an option, maybe when you go to change
the Tyres or in some cases, some people want it right to begin with, they'll upgrade and pay that
extra money to get a little bit better quality Tyre. You're gonna understand
the manufacturer is trying to keep the price point
at a certain level. And that's why they have
the Seat and the Pedal and the Grips that are on there. They leave you the end user
the ability to go and change that stuff out and
upgrade to what you want. - [Man] Yeah. - Right? - [Man] Yeah. That's why I call those
out a lot of times on my reviews when they do upgrade it, because a lot of times
it's a more expensive bike, but little things like on the Dash, we've got this aluminum alloy Chain Guide, and that's doubles as a Bash
Guard and sort of a Pant Guard. - Absolutely. - [Man] You know that's
the kind of thing that's it's a nice to have for
sure, or those extra Bosses that let you add a Rack really
efficiently or a nice display that swivels a little
bit and the Brake Levers with like a rubber coating, those little things they
do add up but in a lot of cases, you can also
upgrade them yourself. - Absolutely. - [Man] That's awesome. Sam thank you so much again,
here in Myrons Extreme machines in Fullerton, California. There's just a real diverse
set of bikes here and of accessories and you're
always out there actually testing stuff. And I feel like you give a
pretty unbiased perspective on this and I appreciate it. So thank you so much Sam. - Thanks for coming by Cor - [Cor] Yeah, ride Save, later.
