Velotric Summit 1: An affordable eMTB that keeps you on the mountain

I love riding bikes and with the opening of a new local MTB park I decided to purchase my own entry level eMTB, the Velotric Summit 1.

I'm a fan of Velotric's other e-bikes so I figured I would try its eMTB model and thankfully I purchased it a few days before the new tariffs kicked in so I bought it for $1,799 rather than $1,999. However, even after just one hour of trail riding I am hooked. It was a BLAST to fly down the trails and make little jumps. The new park is a joy to ride on and I felt very secure and safe on the Velotric Summit 1.

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00:00 Introduction
01:50 Unboxing and set up
05:13 Hardware and specs
10:30 Real world riding scenarios
14:40 Fun factor
16:50 Areas to improve
17:40 Pricing
19:00 Closing thoughts

[ebaake]

Velotric dropped a video recently showing how to swap to a suspension seat post. I would imagine a dropper post would be very similar to this. I just swapped out my handle bars to 60mm riser. I'm 5'11 and got the large size but TBH I feel like I should have got the regular. The reach is just a tad bit too far and the new handle bar helped a ton. Looking forward to any upgrades you might do a video on!

[ReconMan]

One of the reasons I upgraded the fork to an air fork was to drop some weight, she is heavy outta the box. I’m also converting the wheels to tubeless which should drop the weight a little more.

[ryanrodriguez]

Just ordered one myself. Worried it might look too much like an e-bike. I'm trying to fly under the radar. Planning to gradually upgrade it with common improvements over time: dropper post, upgraded forks, tubeless tires, better derailleur, crankset, and brakes.

[ts]

How much slack is there in the controls going to the handlebars? i.e.. How high could I raise the handlebars and not run out of reach with the cables and wiring?
On my hybrid bike, I’ve got a +5 handlebar and a +4 riser, making my handlebars, roughly, 9 inches higher than stock. I don’t expect to do that to this bike, but how high do you think I could raise the bars?
I figure if I had to, I could push the controls inboard a little bit on the bars and add slack to the wiring.

[palmsolo]

I was recently asked if I wanted help with my thumbnails and was sent the sample that you now see here. What do you all think? Should I change up my thumbnail approach?