Carrera

[STEVEMANFA]

Looks like halfords have a new carrera Vulcan out at £1000

 

[brightonebikes]

With a 'Human Electro Synergy Components' hub motor. Yum!

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Are they any good ?

 

[redcup1999]

So basically it looks like the Crossfire-e, but with an MTB frame / wheels.

I got a refund for my Crossfire-e in the end - the HESC system is great when it works, but the electrics would cut out on a regular basis.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

That don't sound to good

 

[brightonebikes]

Limited to the 250W on the vast majority of UK off road, my personal opinion is go mid drive over hub all day long.
That said, this is being delivered on a budget and will satisfy some for a while, and give more access to catch the eMTB bug.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Yep I agree with what you say, the bike is not for me, I have a mate that wants a bike and his budget is about £1500 and I don't think there are a lot of crank drive bikes about at this money.

 

[egroover]

Reckon it'll sell, especially when they do their 10% off everything flash sales, add british cycling membership discount on top, so looking at £800 ish. I have the crossfire-e and would happily buy a MTB version. Can put up with the odd cut-out issue, no biggy

 

[STEVEMANFA]

I think you are right, it will sell well at the £800 mark, what is the cut out issue with the bike?

 

[egroover]

I think you are right, it will sell well at the £800 mark, what is the cut out issue with the bike?

It would appear some crossfire-e users get occasional cut-out of the power, normally resolved by removing the battery for a few seconds, I've had it about a dozen times in 1600 miles, hasn't put me off the bike one bit, great bit of kit for the money

 

[LeighPing]

Looks like halfords have a new carrera Vulcan out at £1000

I'd like to think that the new Carrera would not have the same issues as the old one. I think that it's a nice looking e-MTB and I'll be keeping an eye out for them locally this summer.

 

[redcup1999]

It would appear some crossfire-e users get occasional cut-out of the power, normally resolved by removing the battery for a few seconds, I've had it about a dozen times in 1600 miles, hasn't put me off the bike one bit, great bit of kit for the money

I had the cutout 9 times in about 600 miles - not too bad, but I thought it was unacceptable in what was my primary mode of transport to get to work.

Shame as it really is a fantastic bike to ride - I really hope the MTB version doesn't have similar issues.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

I have a mate that may buy one so let's hope they don't have the same fault

 

[egroover]

Ready to buy now

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/electric-bikes/carrera-vulcan-electric-mountain-bike?cm_re=ebikes-_-mountain-_-vulcan

 

[footpump]

local Halfords Watford have the Vulcan mtb, this I was told superceeds the previous Carrera ebike.

nice looking bike has front suspension with lockout, 11,4 ah Panasonic cells
50nm rear hub hydrolic disks 23,5kg seems to have single front chainring,

the lcd display can be removed (it slides out)

think £1000 is fair , if the battery was 13ah I would be very interested but have 3 ebikes and no room.

do not know how many assist levels or if it can be deristricted.

if they do a special offer easter? might still be tempted

 

[STEVEMANFA]

And don't forget 10% off if you join British cycle club at only £22 a year

 

[redcup1999]

And up to another 15% off if you have access to a corporate gift card scheme.

 

[STEVEMANFA]

Wow if we keep going they will have to pay us to ride them away.

 

[egroover]

Hope they keep the crossfire-e bike, it's quite different, more hybrid than this one, plus there's no step through frame style (ladies) in this new bike.
However, this is a great looking bike, and if Halfords do the 20% off all bike promo they did last summer, plus the BC discount, it's a lotta bike for £700 ish

 

[PingCrosby]

Hi all, just bought myself the carrera vulcan ebike on the 6th of April and loving it, can confirm it has the cutout problem though, I've done 100 miles and it's happened twice, first time it happened I hadn't even got out of the Halfords car park after buying it lol. Told them about the problem and they said to bring it back in if it persists (which I think it will), it's not putting me off the bike though and I sort of was expecting it to happen from all the reviews I'd read about the crossfire. Cracking bike though and hopefully suntour will sort this minor glitch out. Just waiting for my Marathon Plus MTB's to arrive as I commute to work a lot and have done some trails up eston hills near where I live and this thing eats up hills....love it