Endeavour Impulse S11 Alfine

[103Alex1]

Spotted this on 50cycles website... I think if I was choosing a bike today to replace car this is the one I'd go for :

http://www.50cycles.com/electric-bikes/endeavour-sport-fast/endeavour_impulse_s11_alfine.html

Pretty much got it all. Much cheaper than some of the Bosch bikes in that category too.

 

[superDove]

It's got a chain tensioner, is that because of that hub or because of the crank drive?

 

[103Alex1]

It'll be due to the power delivery combined with the hub gears. I've always thought even the lower powered version should have had a chain tensioner with the Alfine hub, but dealer of course INSISTS that's ridiculous and it's perfectly OK. Experience says otherwise.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I think if I was choosing a bike today to replace car this is the one I'd go for :

It looks like a nice bike. I'd like one, but at £3000, you could buy a nice low mileage Corsa plus your running costs for several years, or you could get a nice used Suzuki GSXR 1000 and do 180 mph. Is there a comparison between a Kalkhoff bicycle and this, which is £500 cheaper:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GSXR1000-K1-02-FULL-CARBON-STREETFIGHTER-DRY-NITROS-/141206797236?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item20e094bbb4

 

[103Alex1]

It looks like a nice bike. I'd like one, but at £3000, you could buy a nice low mileage Corsa plus your running costs for several years, or you could get a nice used Suzuki GSXR 1000 and do 180 mph. Is there a comparison between a Kalkhoff bicycle and this, which is £500 cheaper:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GSXR1000-K1-02-FULL-CARBON-STREETFIGHTER-DRY-NITROS-/141206797236?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item20e094bbb4

One's new and the other's 15 years old souped-up conversion with an astronomic insurance cost

Also the low-mileage Corsa will probably cost you a grand a year in garage bills (!)

I'm comparing against going petrol-free for all your travelling needs. Basically where I was 18 months ago when I bought the Kalkhoff. I'm motoring again now so it wouldn;t suit my current needs - but at only £300 more than my Agattu was in 2012 it's a good deal. Comparatively anyway !!

 

[tillson]

One's new and the other's 15 years old souped-up conversion with an astronomic insurance cost

Also the low-mileage Corsa will probably cost you a grand a year in garage bills (!)

I'm comparing against going petrol-free for all your travelling needs. Basically where I was 18 months ago when I bought the Kalkhoff. I'm motoring again now so it wouldn;t suit my current needs - but at only £300 more than my Agattu was in 2012 it's a good deal. Comparatively anyway !!

But you are forgetting the cost of getting the Kalkhoff through some form of SVA test, insurance, registration costs, VEL (if there is a charge), a motorbike helmet and licensing. By the time you have added all that lot onto the cost of the bike, it brings it closer to the car running cost.

 

[103Alex1]

But you are forgetting the cost of getting the Kalkhoff through some form of SVA test, insurance, registration costs, VEL (if there is a charge), a motorbike helmet and licensing. By the time you have added all that lot onto the cost of the bike, it brings it closer to the car running cost.

I think most people will in practice just take "indefinitely extended credit" for that lot ....

 

[superDove]

17Ah 36 volt, with that set up where the motor is assisting at high speed as well, in hilly country (hills are my only reason for assist), realistic mileage?

I think to replace a car I'd have to have a folder as well so I can take advantage of public transport. That's my plan at the moment anyway.

 

[Jonah]

On full power, depending on the weight you / the bike is carrying I would guess between 30 and 50 miles would be realistic.

 

[patpatbut]

Do you have a brompton superDove?

Pat

 

[superDove]

Aye! A red sram m6l (red kite) and a black m3r (Buzzard). (When the Red m6l has the 2 speed wheel its called kestrel). Both vanilla at present.