The Bike:
Ex demo bought from Fudges with 3miles on the clock.
2x batteries
lock
plus all other standard features
Cost=4000 GBP
My history:
Many thousands of miles commuting in London, on normal bikes and ebike.
First ebike bought early 2016, was ok for the first couple of years but has been unreliable recently so am forced into buying another. I wanted a full suspension bike so choice was limited, these seem to have a fairly good rep and tick all other boxes; mud guards. panier, lights etc.
Initial Impressions after very few miles:
+It's incredibly comfortable.
+Gearing is brilliant; will go very fast and very slow.
+It's very quiet (other than the creak detailed below)
+Handles brilliantly and feels very safe at speed
-Can only charge one battery at a time unless on the bike, a pain when the bike doesn't live indoors.
-It's giving me a blister on the inside of my thumb from moving the nuvinci shifter
-Very heavy
-Creaking which I think maybe coming from the saddle (hopefully needs tightening)
-second battery is pretty pointless, it's having it attached to the frame as opposed to carrying a spare in your luggage on a single battery bike. I'll use a single battery 99% of the time, using 2 batteries means you have to carry 2 batteries when you leave it and lock it up and they're very heavy!
Obviously this review is meaningless with such little use but the miles will pile on at circa 100 miles a week.
Updates will come quite quickly at first, then at big milestones.
Cheers all
Ex demo bought from Fudges with 3miles on the clock.
2x batteries
lock
plus all other standard features
Cost=4000 GBP
My history:
Many thousands of miles commuting in London, on normal bikes and ebike.
First ebike bought early 2016, was ok for the first couple of years but has been unreliable recently so am forced into buying another. I wanted a full suspension bike so choice was limited, these seem to have a fairly good rep and tick all other boxes; mud guards. panier, lights etc.
Initial Impressions after very few miles:
+It's incredibly comfortable.
+Gearing is brilliant; will go very fast and very slow.
+It's very quiet (other than the creak detailed below)
+Handles brilliantly and feels very safe at speed
-Can only charge one battery at a time unless on the bike, a pain when the bike doesn't live indoors.
-It's giving me a blister on the inside of my thumb from moving the nuvinci shifter
-Very heavy
-Creaking which I think maybe coming from the saddle (hopefully needs tightening)
-second battery is pretty pointless, it's having it attached to the frame as opposed to carrying a spare in your luggage on a single battery bike. I'll use a single battery 99% of the time, using 2 batteries means you have to carry 2 batteries when you leave it and lock it up and they're very heavy!
Obviously this review is meaningless with such little use but the miles will pile on at circa 100 miles a week.
Updates will come quite quickly at first, then at big milestones.
Cheers all