High Power Electric BMX Ride Video Los Angeles/Orange County

This is what a short (~12 mile) roundtrip commute on the Chimera High-Drive BMX looks like winding through urban traffic at 35mph. I took it from Koreatown, through downtown Los Angeles, to Fullerton in Orange County, and back.

About the bike: The bike weighs 34lbs including the 8.4ah battery. It's made of titanium and utilizes a new "High-Drive" motorization system (patent pending) that has a drastically better power-to-weight ratio than mid-drives and hub drives, is easily user-serviceable, and is also backwards compatible with standard bicycle parts (brakes, seats, cogs, bmx and mtb cranks, chainwheels, etc).

The top speed is 35mph. The various power settings merely alter the torque and battery range. The 2650 watt setting offers a surprising amount of acceleration/hill climbing ability, and gives roughly 13 miles of throttling range. The 1500 watt setting is still quite powerful, but increases the throttling range to 20 miles. In 3800 watt mode, the Chimera can nearly climb walls, but only gets about 8 miles of throttling range. Note, though, that this bike easily pedals, bunny hops, and steers just like a regular bicycle. So as you'll notice in the video, I often comfortably pedal it around like I would any other bmx. The bike is a true hybrid of lightweight bicycle and powerful motorcycle. Skatepark video coming soon.

@Mike Fede @Shea Nyquist