![]() ![]() You can only get this controller with a Luna bike, and it makes the BBSHD go from a ho-hum drive unit to a ‘holy crap this is awesome’ drive unit. I’ve ridden the BBSHD extensively and I can tell you that you would be absolutely insane to buy this ebike (or any Luna ebike) without getting the Ludicrous controller option. ![]() Without the Ludicrous, it is 1500W peak motor and about 1000W with the PAS on the highest assist level. With the Ludicrous option, this ebike will put out 2500W peak and about 1500W all day long without melting down. I’m quite certain that this is to try to dodge any liability that Lunacycle might get into for selling an ebike that is way above the 750 Watt limit for the USA. The irony here is that the Giant Roam (available here for $2489 w/out the extra $250 Ludicrous controller) is sold ‘for offroad use only’. If there is anything on the market like this I haven’t heard about it. I liked it so much I decided I was even going to write an article about it, which is saying a lot for any crappy skinny-tired road bike. I grabbed Kyle’s stock Ludicrous Giant Roam with 2-inch road tires and took it out for a spin and I found that I really enjoyed it. ![]() I wasn’t even thinking of testing the Roam since it is more of a skinny tired road bike and not a trail bike. Kyle and I talk quite a bit about ebikes when I’m there and I recently asked him what his favorite ebike was and he said “my personal Giant Roam”. I’m the polar opposite and I try to make my bikes look as Fugly as possible to deter any bike thieves or women who might accidentally think it would be a good idea to breed with me. Kyle is a little obsessive about detail when building ebikes and he likes to make them look super clean, running cables inside the frame whenever he can and keeping the rat’s nest of cables down to a minimum. I really like Kyle, the head bike builder at Lunacycle, he is funny, tall, good-looking and most importantly he laughs at my jokes even when I’m really not funny. That’s right, I got my grubby potato chip fingers all over your ebike and rode it up a bunch of stairs and jumped some curbs before that bike was shipped to you. When I go to the Lunacycle factory I make it a point to ride every ebike I can get my hands on (including one that they were probably building just for you). ![]()
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