Big Sur 26″ Ebike

15 reviews

$1,999.00

Size – Fit for 5’11’’~6’5’’ Inseam 33’’
Description
Technical Specifications
*Ebike Range: Explained
Icons and text outlining features of an electric scooter: 750W motor, up to 60 miles range, 28+ MPH top speed, thumb throttle, horn and brake light for safety, and USB charging port.
YOUR SAFER ELECTRIC BIKE CHOICE

Fully UL2849 Certified

Infographic titled "The Five Big Sur Highlights" featuring a big saddle, big rotor, big headlight, big crankset, and big battery cells for improved bike performance and rider satisfaction.

Geometry and Fit

Image of an electric bicycle with highlighted dimensions and specifications. A chart beside it lists frame size, top tube length, reach, head tube length, and other measurements for medium and large sizes.
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Hub Motor and Battery

Powered by a 48V 15Ah battery using LG high-capacity cells, Big Sur’s 750W Bafang rear hub motor has the juice to take you just about anywhere.
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Torque Sensor

One of the latest e-bike innovations, a torque sensor sees how hard you pedal in real time and matches your input power using the motor. This leads to a safer and more intuitive ride, as well as conserving battery life.
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Full Color Backlit LCD Display

View essential stats at any time with a bright and daylight-ready full color screen. Choose between several different themes to see your speed, battery life, pedal assist level, and much more.
Close-up of the front wheel of a bicycle with a black fork, disc brake, and tire with a beige sidewall. The word "CHAOVANG" is printed on the side of the tire. A small part of the bike frame is visible.

26” x 4” Fat Tire

Big Sur’s puncture-resistant 26″ x 4″ tires can handle almost any terrain, giving you the confidence you need to push your own riding limits off-road.
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Suspension Fork

With up to 80mm of travel and adjustable preload and lockout settings, our suspension fork eats up everything in your path, assisted by Big Sur’s 4″ wide tires.
Rear view of a bicycle with a black rack, fat tire, and reflector, showing the chain mechanism and part of the white frame.

Fender & Rear Rack

An MIK HD rear rack comes standard, allowing for endless customization possibilities. Plus, fenders come pre-installed to ensure you’re protected from below while riding in any weather conditions.
Close-up of a black electric bicycle showing the front wheel, suspension fork, and part of the frame with "Big Sur" branding. The bike features wide tires with light brown sidewalls and a rear rack.

Flat Position Welding

We’ve taken great care and utilized some of the newest aluminum welding techniques available on our frame, which comes with a lifetime warranty. These techniques allow the frame to maintain its structural rigidity while also appearing flat and smooth.
Digital display showing a speed of 6.5 km/h, trip distance of 65.2 km, power usage of 134 watts, and battery level at 18%. Time is 14:36.

Walk Assist

Walk your bike alongside you, up a hill, or anywhere you need to with Walk Assist, which allows the bike to maintain a constant ~2-3mph based on your walking speed.

 
Close-up view of the pedal, chain, and rear wheel of a white bicycle, showcasing the mechanical components and tire.

Controller Compartment

Big Sur’s controller is mounted right near the pedals, allowing for easy access during repairs and maintenance. Plus, this mounting style allows the controller to utilize the entire frame as a heat sink, greatly improving safety and performance under load.

Review videos

Assembly Guide

Our dealers follow this official assembly guide to make sure your bike is ready to ride.

Big Sur vs. Aventon

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Ride Review

Big Sur looks great in person, and even better in motion. See where it can take you!

15 reviews for Big Sur 26″ Ebike

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Scott Reynolds

New Big Sur Owner I bought the 26” Big Sur for myself and bought my wife another brand e-bike and she’s already wanting to take mine away. For a large and heavy bike the Big Sur rides and shifts smoothly. We rode 20 miles this weekend and are looking forward to getting back out soon. I love the big seat, fat tires, and the speed of the bike is awesome. It’s possible that I trade my wife’s bike in for another Big Sur. Great job AIMA!

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helen Pattichides

JI Small Engine Repair - a SC dealer w/available stock and repair shop. A delight to find an owner run store that has inventory of all size & colors. They sell, warranty & offer parts/repair. They offer a Free test Drive!

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Customer

Great bike This is my first time on an e-bike and I am enjoying the experience. I have had some issues exercising and this has allowed me to start getting back in shape. For my height and weight I have added higher bars and seat suspension. Very comfortable ride. I am 6’2 268 pounds and I am getting close to 30 + miles before recharging. Just loving it so far.

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Frank

Big Sur I've owned the bike now for approximately 6 months and ridden it about 900 miles so far. Over all I love the bike, the handling, power, features and look! I'm 223 lbs and it carries me up off road hills no problem on pedal assist. The reason for four stars is I have to agree with a previous reviewers statement on battery life/distance. I used level 1 and 2 all pedal assist with no throttle on completly flat ground average speed 10-15 miles per hour which is minimal effort on the motor. I was able to squeeze out 41 miles. The last four or five miles was serious work on my part. So I would say it would go comfortably 35 miles. Aggressive riding with a mix of all levels and throttle takes me about 22-24 miles. I did this test just to see how far it would take me. Still love the bike though!!!

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Frank

Big Sur I've owned the bike now for approximately 6 months and ridden it about 900 miles so far. Over all I love the bike, the handling, power, features and look! I'm 223 lbs and it carries me up off road hills no problem on pedal assist. The reason for four stars is I have to agree with a previous reviewers statement on battery life/distance. I used level 1 and 2 all pedal assist with no throttle on completly flat ground average speed 10-15 miles per hour which is minimal effort on the motor. I was able to squeeze out 41 miles. The last four or five miles was serious work on my part. So I would say it would go comfortably 35 miles. Aggressive riding with a mix of all levels and throttle takes me about 22-24 miles. I did this test just to see how far it would take me. Still love the bike though!!!

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Frank

Big Sur I've owned the bike now for approximately 6 months and ridden it about 900 miles so far. Over all I love the bike, the handling, power, features and look! I'm 223 lbs and it carries me up off road hills no problem on pedal assist. The reason for four stars is I have to agree with a previous reviewers statement on battery life/distance. I used level 1 and 2 all pedal assist with no throttle on completly flat ground average speed 10-15 miles per hour which is minimal effort on the motor. I was able to squeeze out 41 miles. The last four or five miles was serious work on my part. So I would say it would go comfortably 35 miles. Aggressive riding with a mix of all levels and throttle takes me about 22-24 miles. I did this test just to see how far it would take me. Still love the bike though!!!

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David Spaulding

Great bike! Safe, stylish, powerful! Got this bike from a local dealer brand new. He had me try several other styles of e-bikes, but this one I loved the most. The price is well matched with the quality and comfort of the ride. It's sturdy, quick, stylish too. Even better it is CERTIFIED! Which means you sleep a bit easier without worrying if the battery will do unexpected "things". If you are looking for all these things which are most importantly, safety, then Amia is at a really good start and I wouldn't look past them. My very first ride in traffic today, I had people asking me at stoplights about my Big Sur. I can see this company really doing great things in the future with how well this product is engineered. Keep up with the great work, Amia! (FYI, I would print the UL certification in the manual. I flipped countless times through it last night and didn't find it until just now on the website. Pretty important, especially with something using an impressive power source.)

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Matthew Hadan

Test ride of Big Sur Awesome bike with so much power and easy to control. I loved my test ride.

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  1. C

    Fun ride but Lacking
    While I enjoy riding the bike, there are several things that could make it better.
    1. I have had the chain get stuck twice now between the gears and hub wheel when trying to adjust down to 1st gear. I have taken it in once to the dealer to have it adjusted but it occurred again. The 2nd time it was extremely difficult to get released in that I am considering carrying some type of tool to to grab the chain and provide me a better pulling point. I now try to prevent this by staying far away from 1st gear.
    2. An even bigger issue is the lack of adjustment on the torque sensor. I want to be able to adjust the amount of effort I apply for more exercise. To try to extend the range to the maximum, I use level 1 assist and monitor the wattage being used and try to keep it around 100 to 150 and/or the cadence to around 30 or so and/or speed between 10 and 12 mph while peddling. I find the bike too easy to pedal and don’t feel like I get to put in any effort on my part to contribute to extending the range. Today I rode for around 3 hours mostly at this easy rate along a bike route in Houston which is mostly flat although it was a ride along the Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou so did have some up and down movements on the trail. I would coast on the downward trails and coast when I found myself exceeding the above parameters until the return portion when I increased to level 2 and quicker cadence and speed up to around 17mph and ended up using around 70% of the battery.
    3. The bike manual is not complete and I believe has at least one error when discussing the screen view on how to adjust between ODO, trip distance, cadence, etc. The manual on page 28 says to hit an i (info) button to change between views but I think it should actually say hit the power button on the display. The display description on page 26 says item 5 is Time Indication. Is this meant to be the elapsed time of the trip, total time on the bike or just a clock. It says there is Bluetooth indicator on the display. What is the Bluetooth indicator for? Do not see any description of it’s use other than it is there. Some really cool app that will capture all kind of great ride statistics and map via a gps phone or other gps device? Don’t bet on it as I have not seen any Android Apps although I have to admit I did not check my iPad for apple apps. Should we expect an app that will work with the bike? The manual does not include a section for how to reset trip info on display.
    4. Found the info on how to reset the trip info on the display panel in the frequent questions section. Don’t understand why this was not include in or with the manual. Do not understand why this document is not located alongside the manuals for the bikes on the website. Shouldn’t be so difficult to find.

    Item 2 is the biggest issue to me. Need to be able to adjust the level of assist provided for the different assist levels to allow user to put in more effort while riding. Currently it is all or none with the assist levels just allowing a higher rate of speed.

    FYI… I use a QuikRStuff bike rack and ramp to move this heavy bike around. Expensive but seems to work quite well for me although there are a couple of pinch points and idiosyncrasies.

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  2. C

    Awesome bikes – better than Aventon!
    My wife and I picked up two of the Big Sur ebikes last week and have been absolutely loving them! We have ridden for at least a couple hours every night after work and the smiles never leave our faces.

    We were comparing with the Aventon Aventure 2 and feel like the Big Sur’s are more comfortable, equally powerful, look better (loves the tan sidewall tires) and the standard grips and saddle are much better from AIMA. The larger rear rack allowed us to put two large bags on the back that carry all the gear we need. They’re great bikes on or off road and turn heads everywhere we have been riding.

    Only one small issue so far – the front fender has two support bars that attach to the wheel and one of the bolts on my bike worked loose and fell off so now the support bar and fender are flopping around. Have not been able to find any AIMA parts online so hopefully somebody from the company reads this and lets me know how we can get a new bolt!

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  3. SH

    test drive
    First time test drove Big Sur. Very nice. Almost identical to Mokwheel except it has a weird ECO feature, have to pass 15mph to get into power mode. I did not see that on Big Sur. Will need to add a neck to bring the handle closer. I also need to know how it handle steep hills and what is the NM?

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  4. SS

    Main mode of transportation
    This bike has given our special needs son his independence back!! (We had the throttle disabled for safety reasons). He is a 6’4” large framed gentle giant who works 5 days a week and lives independently but does not drive. He loves the bike, feels it supports him well and we are so happy with the safety of this bike.

    Our only issue is getting enough storage for him to get his groceries home. We have a large back rack and saddle bags but are in need of a front rack to fit the Big Sur 26. Could you please recommend a large front rack for this bike. Thanks!!

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  5. SR

    New Big Sur Owner
    I bought the 26” Big Sur for myself and bought my wife another brand e-bike and she’s already wanting to take mine away. For a large and heavy bike the Big Sur rides and shifts smoothly. We rode 20 miles this weekend and are looking forward to getting back out soon. I love the big seat, fat tires, and the speed of the bike is awesome. It’s possible that I trade my wife’s bike in for another Big Sur. Great job AIMA!

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  6. HP

    JI Small Engine Repair – a SC dealer w/available stock and repair shop.
    A delight to find an owner run store that has inventory of all size & colors. They sell, warranty & offer parts/repair.

    They offer a Free test Drive!

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  7. K

    Love the bike but can’t find me one
    First time I seen this Ebike I been wanting one can’t seem to find it anywhere and when I check the website to buy it shows find a dealer but no dealer seems to have it, there’s no other ways to order online that I’ve found..why is it so hard to get one if the company wants to make money

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