Expanding brand
Founders Bryan Child and Dave Andre wanted to create bikes that could stray far from the beaten path with minimal environmental impact — hence the original name, Backcountry e-bikes.
Based in Ogden, Utah — an underrated outdoor sports hotbed — 10-year-old Bakcou is an interesting brand.
Another unique advantage of the X22 is that you don’t have to go to a dealership to pick it up — they will actually ship you this thing in a box.
The brand quickly took off with fat-tire e-bikes aimed at hunters, who have long understood that the relatively low, light sounds and smells of electric bikes are much preferable to what gas bikes produce.
While its two new electric motorcycles — there’s also a larger, currently unavailable Puma X24 — can be used for hunting, the appeal is hardly limited to folks in that set.
It’s just a kickass electric dirtbike, which is probably why you’ll find nary a hunting image on the X22’s product page.
