Wait, is JackRabbit about to unveil a two-person e-bike?

Guys, I think JackRabbit has a two-person e-bike coming, errr… electric scooter? I’m not really sure what you call this thing, but it looks wild.

I recently took a short break from riding and writing e-bikes all day to doomscroll social media, which basically just feeds me more bike content all day. And what popped up in my feed other than this peculiar thing?

Sure, it’s obscured by a surfboard mount, but there’s no getting around the fact that it looks like this shiny new silver JackRabbit isn’t quite as mini as we’re used to from the famously “micro and proud” micro e-bike maker. And there’s one other detail that’s also apparent if you look closely.

It’s a two-seater.

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I think this video was meant to be something of a teaser from JackRabbit, but it might as well be a near-unveiling.

In other parts of the same teaser video, almost the entire bike is visible. From those other shots, we can see that it’s still not quite an e-bike in the traditional “comes with pedals” sense.

Instead, JackRabbit’s somehow simultaneously chunky yet tiny folding footpegs are still visible. The wide handlebars also appear to have JackRabbit’s unique 90º turning handlebar lock, which allows the bars to spin sideways when parked. You can even see it in use in the images below.

On JackRabbit’s smaller models, that trick makes the entire bike just 7″ (17 cm) wide, making it easy to store behind a couch or under a dorm bed. Here, it’s unclear if it will be quite as narrow, but it should still make this a conveniently stowable ride.

It’s hard to tell, but it looks like the wheels might be larger than JackRabbit’s standard 20″ size, helping give it the “full-sized bike” qualifier that JackRabbit claims in the teaser video. The perspective is confusing, as the front wheel looks closer to 24″ or 26″, yet the rear wheel still disappears behind that surfboard. Could this be the first mullet JackRabbit? (Not to be confused with a JackRabbit mullet, which is a hairstyle that would pair well with what is likely the most free-spirited of all the e-bike brands out there.)

There may also be different saddle options, since we can clearly see what looks to be a conventional bicycle saddle in some images and a longer, stretched-out, banana seat-style saddle in the other shots.

We can also see two of JackRabbit’s “Rangebuster” batteries in the frame, a larger capacity pack developed by the company with a claimed 24 miles (39 km) range per battery, meaning this model might have a range of nearly 50 miles (80 km).

But there’s a lot we still don’t know. Will it get the powerfully torquey motor from the JackRabbit XG Pro? Will there be a pedal option? Will my wife agree to ride this thing with me? These are yet questions without answers, people.

One thing is for sure, though. JackRabbit says all will be revealed soon. “Everything you know about JackRabbit is changing on 8/12,” writes the company. (That’s next week, for any Europeans in the room.)

I don’t know about you, but I’m suddenly very much looking forward to Tuesday.

Electrek’s Take

I don’t know what to make of this, but I’m excited. I’ve been a JackRabbit fan since before the OG was even the OG. It’s just such a fun and free-spirited brand.

If the e-bike market was high school, JackRabbit would be that quirky, non-conformist kid that everyone kind of wondered about but who was obviously having more fun than anyone else. It’s the e-bike that just puts its hands over its ears and goes “La la la la…” when you try to tell ’em that it’s not actually an e-bike.

It’s weird. It’s wild. But it works. And being a JackRabbit fan is a hill I’m prepared to die on – though admittedly, you’d be well advised to tackle that hill on one of the Pro models instead of the OG2 for the extra power and torque.

My wife might give me a funny look every time I whip out my JackRabbit, but I still love riding it. And so it’s with that level of excitement and curiosity that I wonder what the brand that refuses to be defined is up to with this new “full-sized bike” reveal they’ve got coming. The ability to carry two riders sounds great, especially since the thing still looks so small and portable.

Of course, the over-priced elephant in the room is that JackRabbit’s Achilles heel is its pricing. These things aren’t cheap. The entry-level OG2 model only starts at $1,249, and the flagship XG Pro is almost double that. Granted, it’s an awesome bike, and one that I was able to use to tow a kayak down the road for miles, then put on top of that kayak and paddle through the Gulf of Mexico for miles (something of which I don’t know of any other e-bike that can do). But that makes me wonder what yet a bigger and presumably more impressive JackRabbit will cost.

But hey, I’m so here for this!

If you want to see the full teaser video, check it out below.