It's not difficult to find evidence of Raleigh using low end factories in places like Bangladesh so I'm not sure what your reply is all about and why you defend Accell. Pretty sure they even supplied models to Walmart too which were pretty cheap and nasty. Accell give the impression of being higher status than they are. They buy in frames from companies like fuji-ta in China and assemble the bikes in Europe like Haibike but its important to understand that is final assembly not manufacturing the component parts. Even Bosch ebike motors come from China although admittedly they are fully designed by Bosch. You only have to look on the fuji-ta manufacturer's site to see ebike frames identical or near identical to Haibike models. Some higher end bikes especially ebikes get assembled in Europe but most lower end models are fully imported. This is pretty much the norm for most of the European and US brands that sell at mass market prices sadly. My point is that Raleigh gets the low end cheap factories where as other brands get higher end factories in Taiwan and mainland China, Raleigh as a brand is treated like garbage with zero respect for its heritage and customers are exploited with overpricing for fairly low end bikes in my opinion. I've seen Raleigh bikes in local bike shops with slightly rough welds visually and scuffs on the seat post as the internal seat tube has not been properly machined smooth, typical of such lower end factories in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc. I've not seen it myself but I've seen comments where frame alignment has been a little poor, nothing terrible but again signs of a lower end factory with quality a little below the average for the industry. It just feels exploitative to me.
What can I say, I’m very happy with it. Can’t compare it to any other E Bike because this is my first one, but it met my expectations. Smooth ride, enough torque to get me up the hills, motor is not loud and good battery life. Bike feels very sturdy and it’s a pleasure to ride it.
