CCyclotricity Revolver and battery range with current standard battery

[Andrew Brown]

I have been considering one of these. The advantage seems to be a inexpensive introduction for casual local use. What I have noted is that the Revolver was until recently supplied with what was described as a 9amp hour battery and now is supplied with what is said to be a 7 amp hour battery which one cyclotricity sales person has told me is nearer 8 than 7 They also offer the bike for 150 pounds extra to supply a battery with double that capacity.

I wonder does anyone here have one with the 7 ah battery ? How have they found that to be on range . I presume that although cyclotricity would want people to snap up the chance of the bigger range battery they would be unlikely to fit a battery that would annoy users from the off for its lack of range.

Of course any other insights into ownership and expectations would be appreciated.

I have tried two e bikes so far ( not purchased any yet) One was the gtech which has no gears and no handlebar controls so didnt like it, and the Carrerra Crossfire e which i did like but has a reputation for cut outs which owners seem too ready to tolerate and Halfords not ready to acknowledge publicly. The Revolver is some 4 KG or more lighter in weight which is advantageous too. Cyclotricity do seem to provide good customer service and I have not found much in the way of negative remarks online about their products which is encoiuraging

 

[RobF]

Forum member Andy Bluenose had no end of bother with his.

That was commuting, which is hard on any bike, but it broke down far more often than should be expected.

Put another way, the bike earned the nickname Cycloatrocity.

 

[Andrew Brown]

Forum member Andy Bluenose had no end of bother with his.

That was commuting, which is hard on any bike, but it broke down far more often than should be expected.

Put another way, the bike earned the nickname Cycloatrocity.

Thank you But what sort of issues did you experience ?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Cyclotricity are not bad bikes. They're the only electric bike that is built in Britain, though I don't know how much is built here. It's all standard stuff, so dead easy to fix if anything needs fixing, unlike the Halfords bikes, which can only be fixed by them.

I didn't know about the smaller battery. maybe they've gone down to 30 cells to save weight. If you add the £150 for a spare battery, that's still only £800 for say 13Ah. You could easily carry the spare if you need to go a long way. How far you can go depends on only you and your rides, but average would be about 25 miles per battery.

 

[Andrew Brown]

Cyclotricity are not bad bikes. They're the only electric bike that is built in Britain, though I don't know how much is built here. It's all standard stuff, so dead easy to fix if anything needs fixing, unlike the Halfords bikes, which can only be fixed by them.

I didn't know about the smaller battery. maybe they've gone down to 30 cells to save weight. If you add the £150 for a spare battery, that's still only £800 for say 13Ah. You could easily carry the spare if you need to go a long way. How far you can go depends on only you and your rides, but average would be about 25 miles per battery.

Thank you, in fact its not an extra battery for the extra 150 its just they supply the bike new with a higher capacity battery and so the owner would not have a spare. That said they do supply batteries for 250 for 9 amp hour and I think about the same for 11 amp hour rack battery. The Crossfire e batteries are sold by Halfords for 400 and so Cyclotricstuff seems more affordable.

 

[RobF]

Thank you But what sort of issues did you experience ?

Andy detailed his experiences in various threads, of which this is one.

Note the word 'more' in the thread title, never good to read when it precedes the word 'problems'.

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/more-cyclotricity-problems.27403/

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Thank you, in fact its not an extra battery for the extra 150 its just they supply the bike new with a higher capacity battery and so the owner would not have a spare. That said they do supply batteries for 250 for 9 amp hour and I think about the same for 11 amp hour rack battery. The Crossfire e batteries are sold by Halfords for 400 and so Cyclotricstuff seems more affordable.

The battery is standard, so you can buy your own. According to their website, the choice is 9Ah (8.8?) and 14Ah. You can buy those batteries on Aliexpress quite cheaply, or anywhere else.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=bottle+battery&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR5.TRC0.A0.H0.X36v+bottle+battery.TRS0&_nkw=36v+bottle+battery&_sacat=0

 

[Andrew Brown]

[QUOTE="d8veh, post: 395830, member: 4366" The battery is standard, so you can buy your own. According to their website, the choice is 9Ah (8.8?) and 14Ah. You can buy those batteries on Aliexpress quite cheaply, or anywhere else.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=bottle+battery&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR5.TRC0.A0.H0.X36v+bottle+battery.TRS0&_nkw=36v+bottle+battery&_sacat=0[/QUOTE] Thank you, thats really useful to know

 

[Andrew Brown]

Andy detailed his experiences in various threads, of which this is one.

Note the word 'more' in the thread title, never good to read when it precedes the word 'problems'.

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/more-cyclotricity-problems.27403/

Dear me That sounds most unpleasant but I suppose at least the battery was still under warranty. -