Worried your teen wants a Sur-Ron? These are the ebikes that are actually built to the rules — real bicycles with real speed limits, including one with a parent-controlled speed cap. Plus what to check before you buy.
Shopping for an ebike as a heavier rider used to mean squinting at spec sheets and hoping a 275 lb limit was close enough. Not anymore. We've pulled the verified payload capacity from every bike we've tested — 20 models from 330 lb to a class-leading 560 lb — organized by what you actually need the bike to do.
We have tested every commuter ebike on this list. Twelve picks from $548 to $3,999, with awards for best value, most comfortable, lightest and best mid-drive.
Moped-style ebikes look like motorcycles, and some of them legally are. We break down the 750W federal line, then rank the best of the category — from the street-legal Juiced Scrambler to Ariel Rider's dual-motor machines that don't qualify as ebikes at all.
When it comes to buying an ebike, there are lots of factors to consider, especially if it has been a...
