Peter Godlewski, inventor of the 聽($3,299), has gotten used to the befuddled grins he gets from other riders when he rolls up on his ridiculous-looking e-trike, with its massive鈥攄are we say goofy?鈥4.8-inch front tires. 鈥淭his is not a bicycle,鈥 he tells them. 鈥淭his is an ATV.鈥
Our testing backs that up. Designed for rumbling over sand and snow, the 90-pound beast had us charging up steep hills like we were red-lining a monster truck. Cruis颅ing fire roads full of rocks and pumice in Mammoth Lakes, Califor颅nia, was pure fun. Those double fatties up front offer a trifecta of performance advantages, providing float on gravel and in powdery glades, making crashing almost impossible, and enabling enormous GS turns on Mammoth鈥檚 Main Street. On dry pavement, leaning into a 90-degree turn meant flying one front wheel off the ground.
We also had a blast cruising the boulevards of Los Angeles, where the 2,100-watt pedal-assist motor let us cruise at up to 28 miles per hour, making it easier to stay abreast of traffic. Ridiculous? Yes. Ridiculously entertaining? Hell yes.聽