Hi All,
I have hovered over the forums these last few months since I ordered a Cyclotricity 1000w stealth, and I wanted to post once I had some experiene with the bike.
Just to summarize, I am a 45 yr old male and have not ridden a bike for 20+ yrs and knew literally nothing about bikes (only know a little more now.). I bought this bike for an occasional cycle to work, so I give an honest opinion underneath.
I would like to list positives and negatives, but I only have mostly negatives listed in list below:
1) Firstly, lenghthy delay for the bike to arrive form ERirder.co.uk. Disappointing to wait 2 months for the bike, excuses were Covid, so mechanics not available to build the bike to production. Not an issue with the bike, just delivery. But makes me question the attention to detail?
2) Bike arrives, all intact (as far as I can tell, seems well packaged). As part of the order I upgraded to hydraulic disk brakes and this was the 48v/12amh model. After seeing the bike for the first time, I initially disliked the tyres. They were 29"x2.10 but cheap rubber and easy to puncture. I guess they are fine as road tyres, but as I would like to go offroad, my first choice was to replace these with Schwalbe tyres.
3) Be careful if you change to "knobbly tyres" as I did, then you may find grinding on the back. I changed intitially to Schwalve 2.2 tyres, but due to the rubbing on the rear forks it was not a goer. Am back now to Schwalbe 2.1 tyres on the rear, and there is just enough space on the rear forks to avoid catching. SO basic alert, the frame is narrow.
4) To me the bike is riddled with cheap parts! On my 2nd outing on the bike, the chain snapped! Thankfully the motor got me home. Looking at the chain the brand is "best chain", so I assume somee cheap Chinese import. I replaced with an officicial Shimano chain. ( Should note the company I bought it from,"Electric Rider", offered to cover the cost if I took it to Halfords etc, but I decided to sort on my own to avoid delays.
5)The default Shimano Tourney derailleur may suit some, but I found it clunky, and have since replaced this. Major issue I had was I found a problem with the rear mech hangar being slightly bent. Not good! I have ordered a replacment ( again should have reported this, but delays etc, etc.).
6)Having replaced the derailleur above for a higher end derailleur, the chain started to keep dropping offf the front chain ring. It seems a combination on the chain having somehow distorted and the chain ring itsef being **** poor has caused this extended issue. The chain ring supplied with the bike is cheap and wears easily!! Replaced chainring with a narrow wide variant, and all good.
In Summary:
This bike (in my opinion) is built in the cheapest fashion, with the cheapest parts, with errors occurring during build ( ie, my back wheel not aligned properly. Blame Coivid or not for these mechanical issues?)
If you like glossy black and white paint, you will love the appearenc of this bike. I had to wrap it.
I have had to replace most items on this bike to make it a "better bike"
1) Chain ring - Please change this to a "narrow-wide" ring. The existing ring is heavy andcrap!
2) Change what you can, I replaced the handlebars and seat post to reduce weight. You will appreciate the weightloss
3) Change the tyres you get, if you ordered the base version. They are cheap tyres and will puncture.
This bike is a cheap frame and cheap components,
I have unlocked the bike to its full 1000w capacity recenlty, and there is joy in riding in this mode (not fror long distances) I love it!
But since I have had to replace most components, I couldn't recommend this bike. Buy the bike, but expect to pay way more in improvements to make it a "great" bike to have fun with.
I have hovered over the forums these last few months since I ordered a Cyclotricity 1000w stealth, and I wanted to post once I had some experiene with the bike.
Just to summarize, I am a 45 yr old male and have not ridden a bike for 20+ yrs and knew literally nothing about bikes (only know a little more now.). I bought this bike for an occasional cycle to work, so I give an honest opinion underneath.
I would like to list positives and negatives, but I only have mostly negatives listed in list below:
1) Firstly, lenghthy delay for the bike to arrive form ERirder.co.uk. Disappointing to wait 2 months for the bike, excuses were Covid, so mechanics not available to build the bike to production. Not an issue with the bike, just delivery. But makes me question the attention to detail?
2) Bike arrives, all intact (as far as I can tell, seems well packaged). As part of the order I upgraded to hydraulic disk brakes and this was the 48v/12amh model. After seeing the bike for the first time, I initially disliked the tyres. They were 29"x2.10 but cheap rubber and easy to puncture. I guess they are fine as road tyres, but as I would like to go offroad, my first choice was to replace these with Schwalbe tyres.
3) Be careful if you change to "knobbly tyres" as I did, then you may find grinding on the back. I changed intitially to Schwalve 2.2 tyres, but due to the rubbing on the rear forks it was not a goer. Am back now to Schwalbe 2.1 tyres on the rear, and there is just enough space on the rear forks to avoid catching. SO basic alert, the frame is narrow.
4) To me the bike is riddled with cheap parts! On my 2nd outing on the bike, the chain snapped! Thankfully the motor got me home. Looking at the chain the brand is "best chain", so I assume somee cheap Chinese import. I replaced with an officicial Shimano chain. ( Should note the company I bought it from,"Electric Rider", offered to cover the cost if I took it to Halfords etc, but I decided to sort on my own to avoid delays.
5)The default Shimano Tourney derailleur may suit some, but I found it clunky, and have since replaced this. Major issue I had was I found a problem with the rear mech hangar being slightly bent. Not good! I have ordered a replacment ( again should have reported this, but delays etc, etc.).
6)Having replaced the derailleur above for a higher end derailleur, the chain started to keep dropping offf the front chain ring. It seems a combination on the chain having somehow distorted and the chain ring itsef being **** poor has caused this extended issue. The chain ring supplied with the bike is cheap and wears easily!! Replaced chainring with a narrow wide variant, and all good.
In Summary:
This bike (in my opinion) is built in the cheapest fashion, with the cheapest parts, with errors occurring during build ( ie, my back wheel not aligned properly. Blame Coivid or not for these mechanical issues?)
If you like glossy black and white paint, you will love the appearenc of this bike. I had to wrap it.
I have had to replace most items on this bike to make it a "better bike"
1) Chain ring - Please change this to a "narrow-wide" ring. The existing ring is heavy andcrap!
2) Change what you can, I replaced the handlebars and seat post to reduce weight. You will appreciate the weightloss
3) Change the tyres you get, if you ordered the base version. They are cheap tyres and will puncture.
This bike is a cheap frame and cheap components,
I have unlocked the bike to its full 1000w capacity recenlty, and there is joy in riding in this mode (not fror long distances) I love it!
But since I have had to replace most components, I couldn't recommend this bike. Buy the bike, but expect to pay way more in improvements to make it a "great" bike to have fun with.
