Been on a few test rides now and here is my brief summery in the order that I tried them.
I had never ridden an electric bike before but have lots of experiance of normal bikes however I am 6ft 3" so mountain bike postions make my back and wrists hurt after a while.
Powercyle windsor suprised how much it actually pulled and has adjustable front stem but no lights and extra bits ,small frame feel obviously a budget bike in comparison to the others but if it was sprayed a better colour it would not be that far from the rest.
Whispa 905 city s smooth powerfull very bad ridding position to much like a mountain bike hunched forward no good when you are 6f3" though it was sugested that a different sort of handlebar could be fitted small frame feel.
Raleigh dover felt totally different not as imediate power,this was the only one I took out for a longer ride as it was hard to judge on a small run around have to say I was not that impressed but it was the closest to a normal bike and would get me fit but did not seem worth the money .
Smarta GT not as smooth as the wispa 905 but almost the same in every other way execpt it came with an adjustable handle bar stem so would be more comfortable without modification but still had the small frame feel.
Metro a to b amazing power and boost button was fun but very heavy and did not seem like much of a bike don't think it would get you fit owning one of these to tempting to use power.Did not feel like a small bike felt like a motorbike.not very practicle for paniers etc.
Whispa 706 this was very powerfull ,comfortable seemed better than the raleigh in every way had a big safe feel about it ,can't think of anything bad to report.
Izip urban I was amazed it was light nimble fast and sporty feeling, only tried it for comparison stakes but it sudenly threw up another dimension only bad things were no mud guards or rack as standard but it had non of the small frame feel of most of the bikes and was very light.
Overall the last three are my favorites and probably in that order to with the Ato B then the 706 (though I would want the 906 ) then the izip .
Now it just a case of convincing my wife it would be a good idea and passing the finance criteria then if I go Ato B remembering to pedal to get fit or if its the 906 remembering it costs almost as much as the Ato B but is a bit more practicle and if I end up with the izip it would need mudguards stright away and probably have no resale value but could travel much better and be stored away better so more potential in those areas.
This is just report on haw the bikes felt to ride and not a coment on the individual quality of componants etc .
So it's fun factor AtoB , practicality 906 or different factor izip urban.
I had never ridden an electric bike before but have lots of experiance of normal bikes however I am 6ft 3" so mountain bike postions make my back and wrists hurt after a while.
Powercyle windsor suprised how much it actually pulled and has adjustable front stem but no lights and extra bits ,small frame feel obviously a budget bike in comparison to the others but if it was sprayed a better colour it would not be that far from the rest.
Whispa 905 city s smooth powerfull very bad ridding position to much like a mountain bike hunched forward no good when you are 6f3" though it was sugested that a different sort of handlebar could be fitted small frame feel.
Raleigh dover felt totally different not as imediate power,this was the only one I took out for a longer ride as it was hard to judge on a small run around have to say I was not that impressed but it was the closest to a normal bike and would get me fit but did not seem worth the money .
Smarta GT not as smooth as the wispa 905 but almost the same in every other way execpt it came with an adjustable handle bar stem so would be more comfortable without modification but still had the small frame feel.
Metro a to b amazing power and boost button was fun but very heavy and did not seem like much of a bike don't think it would get you fit owning one of these to tempting to use power.Did not feel like a small bike felt like a motorbike.not very practicle for paniers etc.
Whispa 706 this was very powerfull ,comfortable seemed better than the raleigh in every way had a big safe feel about it ,can't think of anything bad to report.
Izip urban I was amazed it was light nimble fast and sporty feeling, only tried it for comparison stakes but it sudenly threw up another dimension only bad things were no mud guards or rack as standard but it had non of the small frame feel of most of the bikes and was very light.
Overall the last three are my favorites and probably in that order to with the Ato B then the 706 (though I would want the 906 ) then the izip .
Now it just a case of convincing my wife it would be a good idea and passing the finance criteria then if I go Ato B remembering to pedal to get fit or if its the 906 remembering it costs almost as much as the Ato B but is a bit more practicle and if I end up with the izip it would need mudguards stright away and probably have no resale value but could travel much better and be stored away better so more potential in those areas.
This is just report on haw the bikes felt to ride and not a coment on the individual quality of componants etc .
So it's fun factor AtoB , practicality 906 or different factor izip urban.
