XtraCycle EdgeRunner: The Pickup Truck of Electric Bikes

It's increasingly difficult

getting around a city in a car

so more and more people are turning to bikes.

But here's the thing about bikes,

sometimes you need to carry a lot of stuff,

groceries or your family.

That's where this comes in.

It's called, the EdgeRunner 10E

and it's made by a company called, Xtracycle.

It costs $5,749 and it's an electric bike

made to carry a lot of stuff.

We're going to find out exactly how much stuff

starting with that keg right there.

(metal clasps clicking)

This honestly looks like it was made to hold a keg,

like it's perfect.

(laughs)

Hold on.

[Man With Beard] (grunts) Okay.

[David] There we go.

I don't trust this thing at all.

(metal crashing)

Okay, so this bike and really probably any bike,

is not a way to lug a keg.

We figured maybe people would be easier.

Oh Jesus.

(laughs)

The box motor on the EdgeRunner is state-of-the-art.

It's designed to augment your pedaling.

Its four modes of power don't do the work for you,

they just make every one of your pedal strokes

much more powerful.

The bike is designed to hold up to 400 pounds,

including you.

And with racks on the front and back

that are totally customizable,

it means that whether you have a bunch of groceries

or a bunch of people on board,

you're going to have whatever you need.

So if you're riding by yourself,

you can mostly use Eco mode which is the lowest mode

and that just gives you an extra boost every time you pedal.

The whole point is that you keep pedaling all the time.

Once you keep a consistent pace of pedaling,

you change the help that you get over time as you go,

which is great as opposed to your average electric bike

which either does all the work for you

or doesn't do any work for you.

But this kind of cool, it takes awhile to get going

and takes a pretty good steady push to really get moving,

but once you're moving, it's fine.

I think they're terrified behind me,

but I'm doing fine.

So there are self-driving cars and hoverboards

all trying to make navigating our daily lives simpler,

but the easiest family vehicle I've seen so far

might be this one,

just a big bike with a big motor.

(cheering) This is better.

[Passenger] We're cruising.

[David] Yeah, man.