Blix Vika+ evaluate: A strong ebike that folds and matches nearly wherever

An electric bike with slight unusual proportions on a grassy lawn in front of a fenced garden.

Enlarge / The 2021 Blix Vika+ foldable ebike, as posed in a neighbor’s fancypants backyard. Thanks, neighbor. (credit score: Sam Machkovech)

Because the ebike universe explodes with choices and types all vying for a bit of the burgeoning market, I preserve coming again to an organization that I’ve preferred however hardly ever heard a lot about: Blix. My first brush with the California e-bike producer got here in 2018 after I was supplied a check journey of its then-$1,599 Vika folding ebike mannequin. I loved my time with the Vika, however as a comparatively new ebike tester, I opted to not write up a novice evaluate.

Since then, nonetheless, Ars’ bike-savviest staffers have been testing and reviewing numerous high-quality e-bikes. In my case, I’ve had a couple of e-bike checks come and go, generally with automobiles not fairly meriting Ars protection. Most just lately I reviewed the good-looking VanMoof X3 in 2020, and I each appreciated its greatest features and questioned why it did not match some potential ebike use circumstances.

When the time got here for me to purchase a brand new bike this yr, I opted for an ebike, largely as a result of I need the liberty to journey farther in a single day with out feeling worn out or sweaty—particularly in a hilly metropolis like Seattle. I quickly circled again to Blix—that was a superb bike at a superb worth, I stored considering, and I discovered a used Blix cruiser (the 2018 Aveny) for a fair higher worth. It turned my each day rider on the outset of this summer season.

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