Find your e-bike fit
in 60 seconds.
Match your height, weight, budget, and use case to a recommended ride. We screen 8 popular US e-bikes against hard fit limits, then rank what's left.
// Disclosure
Stoke makes and sells the E3, so we benefit if you choose it.
General fit guidance — test-fit before purchase.
Specs verified 2026-04-25 from manufacturer pages.
Start with three hard limits — your height against the frame range, your weight against the rider cap, and the price ceilingyou won't cross. Anything that fails one of those is out, no matter how good it looks. From what's left, weigh use case (commute vs. cargo vs. off-road), motor type (mid-drive for hills, hub for flat), and weight (folding helps with stairs and transit). The chooser below runs that exact pipeline against 8 popular US e-bikes and shows you the ranking — plus every bike it rejected and why.
Tell us about you.
How the chooser ranks.
- 01Hard filters first.Height must fall inside the manufacturer's frame range, rider weight must be under the cap, the bike must match your folding choice, and the price must be under your budget ceiling. Failing any one of these excludes the bike — no scoring on a bike that doesn't fit.
- 02Then we score what's left on use-case match (40 pts), terrain — mid-drive bonus on hills, fat tire on off-road (25 pts), budget headroom (20 pts), and portability — lighter and folding bikes earn more (15 pts plus a folding bonus).
- 03We show you brackets, not raw scores.Best match / Good match / Stretch — because a 78 vs. an 82 isn't a meaningful difference for a bike you'll ride for years.
- 04Specs sourced 2026-04-25from each manufacturer's product page. When sources conflicted (rider height ranges in particular), we used the more conservative number. Where we picked a tighter range than the supplier, the card notes it.
Stoke makes and sells the E3 — listed alongside seven competitors here. The hard filters and scoring weights are the same for every bike, and the E3 will lose to better-fitting picks when the inputs ask for them. Read about Stoke.
Is moped-style right for your commute?
The chooser above runs the full algorithm with your inputs — this is the human-readable framework it uses for “commute” specifically. Moped-style isn't one-size-fits-all.
Moped-style fits
Short distance, ground-level posture, throttle for stop-and-go. The Stoke E3 (mid-drive, Class 2) handles this cleanly — and you don't care about lightweight if the commute is short.
Mid-drive matters
If the route has hills or you want efficient battery use, mid-drive (E3) wins over hub motors at the same price. Step-through frame helps for daily mount-and-dismount at this distance.
Look elsewhere
For long daily commute, a lightweight commuter (40–55 lb, drop-bar or flat-bar) is more practical than 68 lb of moped frame. Moped-style is not the right shape here.
The chooser above gives a personalized answer based on your specific height, weight, budget, and use case. This framework only covers the “commute” intent.
DoorDash / UberEats ROI:
e-bike vs gas scooter.
We don't publish a “best e-bike for DoorDash” ranking — we haven't shadowed gig riders, and we don't have a sourced national dataset to cite. What we can give you is the calculation framework + Stoke E3 specs to plug in.
- · Range: 40–80 mi per charge (depends on rider weight + terrain)
- · Charge time: ~5 hr (standard charger)
- · Max load: 264 lb (120 kg) — including rider + cargo
- · Battery cycles: 500 to 80% capacity (per supplier spec)
- · Class 2 (20 mph) — bike-path eligible in most US states
Inputs to estimate your own ROI (we don't fill these in for you):
- Your daily delivery miles on a peak day (not average — peak is where range matters most).
- Your local electricity rate per kWh (see your utility bill).
- Platform vehicle policy: DoorDash dasher requirements + UberEats vehicle requirements (varies by city).
- Comparable cost for gas scooter: gas + maintenance + insurance + registration.
- Battery replacement budget: $300–$700 every 3–5 years (see our lifespan guide).
We don't cite NHTSA / DOT “gig economy ROI data” — that specific dataset doesn't exist in a verifiable public form. Use the platform policy pages above + your own ride history for the actual numbers.
Stoke E3 — $999 mid-drive
If the chooser ranked the E3 in your top 3, configure it here. Free shipping, Class 2, 30-day returns. As of April 2026.
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