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One of Our Favorite Electric Bikes Is $500 Off Right Now

Looking for the most summery of ebikes? The Bluejay beach cruiser is about as summer as they come.

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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Save $500 off the sticker price of the Bluejay Premiere Lite, which I said was “one of the most charming ebikes I’ve ridden in the last six years” in my review earlier this spring. Bluejay Electric Bicycles is having a July Fourth sale from June 30 through July 7 and offering $500 off, which is the best deal I’ve seen on this ebike since May.

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When I called the Bluejay Premiere Lite the “classic car” of ebikes in my guide to the Best Ebikes, I wasn’t kidding. With its nostalgia-tinged beach cruiser lines, Bluejay packed a lot of new technology into the frame without giving away too much of a hint that it’s got an electric motor that’ll boost you to 20 MPH.

The frame is aluminum, in order........

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