Here’s How To Expertly Browse Upway’s E-Bikes

With over 200 brands on Upway, the brand filter is one of the fastest ways to cut a huge selection down to exactly what you're looking for. For example, if you already know you want a Trek, Specialized, or Aventon, this filter narrows the catalog to that manufacturer. It's the most direct way to browse if you've already ridden a brand before and know you like how it fits or rides, or if you're comparing used prices against a specific model you've seen.

It's also useful the other way around. If you're loyal to a certain motor system, Bosch or Brose, for example, filtering by the brands that commonly use it narrows things down faster than checking each bike's spec sheet individually. If you're still deciding which brand suits you, our electric bike buying guide rounds up brand-specific guides in one place.

Every bike on Upway is used, but "used" covers a wide range, from a bike ridden a handful of times to one with a few thousand miles on it. The condition filter, along with a few sub-filters, lets you decide how much wear you're comfortable with:

• Year
• Mileage
• Bike location (which Upway showroom it's coming from)

If you want something closest to new, filtering for recent model years and lower mileage will bring up bikes that have barely been ridden, usually at a smaller discount than older, higher-mileage bikes. If price is the priority over having the newest possible bike, opening up the year range and mileage cap will show you significantly cheaper options.

Whatever condition or mileage you filter for, every bike goes through the same process before it's listed. Upway's team of mechanics inspects, refurbishes, and certifies each one with a 50-point check, and it comes with a 1-year warranty regardless of age or mileage. So a higher-mileage bike further down the condition filter isn't a bigger gamble than a nearly new one; it's just been ridden more before you get it.

The category filter splits bikes into City/Hybrid, Mountain, Folding, Road, and Cargo, which is the fastest way to rule out bikes that were never going to suit your riding anyway. A folding bike lives on a completely different part of the site than a full-suspension mountain bike, so this filter saves you from scrolling past dozens of irrelevant listings. Sub-filters here include:

• Frame type (closed frame or open/step-through)
• Wheel size
• Bike weight

This is most useful if you're shopping for a specific use case instead of a specific brand. Someone commuting a few miles into an office doesn't need to see cargo bikes built for transporting kids, and someone shopping for trail riding doesn't need folding city bikes cluttering the results.

Under the electrical assistance section, you can filter by pedal assist only or pedal assist plus a throttle, alongside a few more specific sub-filters:

• Motor position (mid-drive, rear hub, or front hub)
• Motor brand
• Motor torque (in Nm ranges)
• Safety certification (UL certified only)

This difference between pedal-assist and throttle is quite important due to which class a bike falls under. Pedal-assist-only bikes are typically Class 1, capped at 20mph with no throttle. Pedal-assist-plus-throttle bikes are typically Class 2, also capped at 20mph but with the option to get moving without pedaling at all. Class 3 bikes push the pedal-assist speed higher, up to 28mph, and are covered separately under max speed.

Max speed filters bikes by their top assisted speed, generally either 20mph or 28mph. This is directly relevant to which class a bike falls under, and the class determines where you're legally allowed to ride it.

A 20mph bike is generally welcome on shared paths and bike lanes everywhere a regular bicycle is. A 28mph bike, typically a Class 3 e-Bike, often faces more restrictions on shared-use paths and trails, so if you know you'll be riding somewhere with those limits, filtering down to 20mph bikes avoids picking a bike you later can't legally ride where you planned to.

Battery and range filters let you narrow things down well beyond just capacity:

• Battery capacity (in Wh ranges)
• Battery location (frame, rear rack, or seat post)
• Battery removability (removable or non-removable)

Battery location affects weight distribution and how easy the battery is to reach for charging. Removability is the useful one if you live somewhere without easy access to an outlet near the bike itself, like an apartment on an upper floor, since a removable battery lets you carry just the battery inside instead of the whole bike.

Drivetrain filters cover how power gets to the rear wheel, split into a few sub-filters:

• Transmission (chain, belt, or drive shaft)
• Shifting (derailleur, internal gear hub, or automatic)

A belt drive needs far less maintenance than a chain but usually costs more to repair if something does go wrong, and an internal gear hub or automatic shifting drivetrain is a good pick if you'd rather not think about gear changes at all.

A handful of smaller filters round out the sidebar, useful once you've narrowed things down with the bigger ones above:

• Your height (for frame size recommendations)
• Rack compatibility and position (front, rear, or both)
• Child seat compatibility
• Color
• Price, current sales, and rebate eligibility

Browse the full electric bike selection, the used electric bikes collection, or check the current sale collection if price is your main filter, to put these tools to use.