We purchased a Giant FastRoad E+ EX Pro for me, and a Giant Liv Thrive E+ EX Pro for my wife last August. Can’t say enough about those ebikes and how they have performed, but this comment is for the Continental eRuban Plus Reflex 27.5 x 2.3 clincher tire. The Giant’s came with a smooth road surface tire that didn’t provide the versatility I was looking for on these bikes as we were heading out for a six week, cross country, national parks tour in a motor home last September and wanted to be able to ride and explore those parks and other places, regardless of terrain. The bikes have very “mountain bike” type of ride and handling, albeit non suspension, so I was depending on tires to help there. I’ve put about a thousand miles on them and have not had so much as one problem, flat or bad handling. I’ve ridden on pavement (full pressure at 55-60psi and anywhere from 10 to 50 miles on a ride) and they fly smoothly and handle sweet, even on wet roads and fast curves (these bikes are Class 3 pedelecs 28mph), and I like to ride in a “sporty” manner, so handling is important. I have also ridden on various single track mountain bike trails (reduced pressure 25-35psi) from the North Cascades, to Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Theodore Roosevelt, Acadia, Great Smokey Mtns.,and Yosemite National Parks. Some packed dirt, others gravel, some craggy rocky climbs and even one time for about five miles along the shell dunes seashore at Bridgeport, CT. In every situation the eRubans performed flawlessly. The Giant Fastroad bike has been called an SUV of bikes, to which I wholeheartedly agree, and the eRuban tires give it true SUV versatility, regardless of terrain.
