First post! I have owned this bike for 4 years now and I never thought to take "proper" pictures of it. I love this bike so much so here goes!
Here's my custom Watt New York, I use it daily as a commuter. Despite the age the 378wh battery is still okay, with a small 250w rear hub motor and a magnetic rotation sensor, it's around 16kg without the locks (20kg with locks). It came with a cheap hard saddle, handlebars that were way too wide, very cheap mechanical disc brakes & levers, very slow tires & an even cheaper display that only had 5 LEDs that showed the battery and PAS levels.. But the frame and feel of the rims made me think of a fixie bike which I love a lot and have owned before.
So I decided to bite the bullet and customise it myself.
I immediately changed the handlebars to bullhorns, brooks c13 saddle to match the 'race bike" look, metallic & ceramic braking pads, a cheap rockbros rear light that has a " braking sensor" & for tires i went with continental gatorskins, i know they have higher rolling resistance compared to other " racing" tires, they are just indestructible at daily use and worth the watts lost as a commuter bike that needs to handle all the glass, grit and whatnot.
And finally this year I replaced the display with a cheap GD-01 that had way more settings to adjust than only 5 dots of leds and lastly I added the deda tt clipon bars, it really extends my range on long straights or winding roads and makes it more comfortable on longer commutes. With these upgrades it speeds up to 36km/h in seconds, which is more than fast enough for long winding roads, in urban areas I would never want to reach those speeds though. Despite the higher speed the bike's range still reaches 40km before i hit my 5km safety margin. I know, not a lot these days, but enough for me and pretty impressive for a battery this old.
It looks like an extremely ratchet looking track / fixie bike and purists look in disgust at my local bike shop, but i love it so much. It handles like a dream, accelerates like a demon and I'm very proud of it. 🥹