Eleglide T1 step-through
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What to say? It's a fairly standard Chinese ebike with fairly standard parts. It's fairly heavy by modern standards at 26kg.
Such bikes are relatively easy to fix when they go wrong. All the cycle parts are standard catalogue parts, but the electrical parts might be OEM only. The display is standard, but might have a special version software. The controller is probably Ananda, which is OEM. The motor is Ananda, which is OEM, but could be replaced by any motor. If you know what you're doing, any of the parts can be replaced with cheap off the shelf parts with a bit of jiggery pokery, but if you don't know about these things, I'd ask the question about who's going to fix it when it goes wrong.
For the price, do you need to worry about things going wrong? It's guaranteed for a year as long as you can figure out how to get it back to the supplier.
Such bikes are relatively easy to fix when they go wrong. All the cycle parts are standard catalogue parts, but the electrical parts might be OEM only. The display is standard, but might have a special version software. The controller is probably Ananda, which is OEM. The motor is Ananda, which is OEM, but could be replaced by any motor. If you know what you're doing, any of the parts can be replaced with cheap off the shelf parts with a bit of jiggery pokery, but if you don't know about these things, I'd ask the question about who's going to fix it when it goes wrong.
For the price, do you need to worry about things going wrong? It's guaranteed for a year as long as you can figure out how to get it back to the supplier.
I saw one chained to a bike-rack in town last week. It's been discussed here before so I had a closer look. I thought it looked pretty respectable for a sub-£1000 e-bike. As already mentioned though, you need to consider what you do if/when it goes wrong. I don't know anything about how Eleglide support their customers, so I'd likely opt for the Fiido C11 as PB suggests above.
I have a different Fiido bike, and whilst the bikes themselves are stocked and shipped from within the UK, they only offer "arms-length" parts and support from overseas with just a handful of UK shops to physically repair... but it works pretty well in my experience.
That's the issue when you buy from these Far Eastern suppliers directly: It's that lack of local hands-on repair and support that may be an issue, but does mean they can offer low prices/good value.
I have a different Fiido bike, and whilst the bikes themselves are stocked and shipped from within the UK, they only offer "arms-length" parts and support from overseas with just a handful of UK shops to physically repair... but it works pretty well in my experience.
That's the issue when you buy from these Far Eastern suppliers directly: It's that lack of local hands-on repair and support that may be an issue, but does mean they can offer low prices/good value.
From what I could tell the Fiido had a more powerful controller/motor and bigger battery and was lighter
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Halfords after warranty service is not that good really according to some comments.
500Wh you mean? If there is no pedal assist then either something is wrong, or battery is empty.
What is your budget and what do you look for?
If you shortlist one of their bikes, run it by us first. Some of them seem to have a lot of problems.
What it comes down to is the cheap Chinese bikes are pretty good and easy to fix as long as you have the capability to fix them. The cycle parts, like gears , brakes, wheels and tyres can be fixed by any bike shop that's willing to do it.
Next, are established brands with a dealer network, like Wisper. They cost quite a lot more, but you get good support for years after, which is what you pay for, and you need a dealer not too far from where you live.
Next, are fairly cheap bikes from chain stores, like Go Outdoors, Halfords and Decathlon. You can take the bike back to the shop you bought it from, but their knowledge and ability to get spares for your model is often lacking.
Finally, there are the typical bikes you get in a local electric bike shop that normally cost over £1500. Bosch and Yamaha systems are very good, but you can get problems when it comes to fixing some of the others, so do your research. Servicing and spare parts will be relatively expensive, with a decent MTB used for off-road picking up bills of over £1000, though a commuter bike is more likely to be a couple of hundred. The more expensive the bike, the more expensive the parts are to service it.
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It has a bottom bracket torque sensor - same as the Eleglide -
ETA getting contradictory info - from their site says cadence sensor
(doesn't really matter that much)
Fiido C11 city E-bike
FIIDO UK C11: Best Urban Commuter E-Bike under €900 - Premium Features: Hydraulic Brakes, Shimano 6-Speed, Removable Battery, Comfort & Safety Enhanced.
uk.fiido.com
Thanks for your kind comments. It’s my belief that anyone can buy and sell Ebikes cheap. The expensive bit is after sales service, which like Woosh we take very seriously.
A heads up we are giving 15% off Wayfarers over the weekend and if you twist my arm I’ll make that 20%!
All the best, David
Yes, they are Chinese.
Also poor warranty:
Warranty Policy
Eleglide provides an easy, reliable and efficient service for all products under our warranty. Please refer to the chart below for the warranty periods of various products and accessories.
eleglide.com
You get what you pay for.
Hopefully this is a stepping stone to me being able to use an ordinary bike again, if I can regain the muscles to not need the assistance of an electric bike and get my freedom back.
Thank you for all the advice.
Thank you for all the advice.
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