Getting fit again on a Cyclotricity Stealth

[Steve Hall]

Since purchasing my first electric bike my fitness is slowly improving. The hills are still a challenge although I now find myself getting further up them before having to rest my legs. There is no way on this earth I would get up the hills without that bit of extra help.

I initially came to Pedelecs to see how the bikes worked, having read a good few threads from regular contributors there appears to be a great deal of brand name snobbery on Pedelecs, so I am starting this thread for those who want a bike that gets you from A to B without spending a vast amounts of money. I just want to tell people, No they dont have Bentley written on the frame, but neither does a Ford and just because they are cheaper, this doesn't mean they don't work well, these bikes really do work very well, the bike I have is great for me. £800 well spent and I can buy parts for the next three years and I doubt I will spend anywhere near £2.500 I must add I did test ride a £2.500 bike before my purchase and it was excellent, but no way near 3 and a quarter times better than the bike I am now riding.

I recently had the pleasure of purchasing from Cyclotricity. This man really does have a passion for business with excellent customer service. This is my first bike in 35 years, when back then I only had three gears and 24” wheels. A few weeks ago Doctors orders made me search the net for something I could get fit with, the Stealth is ideal, for when I am tired I can rest for a while with a throttle to help me along. This is superb, the bike arrived next day, was easy to fix together, only the front wheel and pedals. It looks awesome and rides really well. I emailed Rami a few times since my purchase and he always responds with good positive advice. He’s a top man with a top product and I am well pleased I found Cyclotricity.com

Post here with your views with regards to electric bikes on a budget.

 

[Artstu]

there appears to be a great deal of brand name snobbery on Pedelecs

I don't think that's the case at all. The more expensive bikes are better bikes, that's not to say you can't get by on a cheaper bike, the point you made in your post, I have to say it also reads like a sales pitch to me.

 

[Ettica]

Glad everything is positive for you and you are enjoying your bike.

We only have one car and I have been ferrying my wife around for 18 months because she lost her licence due to a medical condition. Well, she now has her licence back and not only does it give her independence and freedom back but it also frees me up to.
So much so that from Tuesday I have "got back on my bike" (the superb Batribike Breeze) and have been cycling to work and back 13 mile round trip with one very steep hill (Bank Brow) on the route. No problem.

I feel better already and miraculously my back problem which had plagued me for 3 weeks has almost disappeared! Goodness knows why, possibly increased blood flow?

Anyway, its great. Went a different way today down the canal towpath, just gorgeous.
One thing struck me as I was about to leave the main road to get on the towpath, 2 or three lycras whooshed past me in the opposite direction on their delicate road bikes and I suddenly realised that I never see them on the canal towpath, they are missing out on the beauty, peacefulness of the canal bank. ah well, I'm sure they get pleasure from other things.

 

[Ettica]

I don't think that's the case at all. The more expensive bikes are better bikes, that's not to say you can't get by on a cheaper bike,

"get by?" case in point right there

 

[Steve Hall]

I don't think that's the case at all. The more expensive bikes are better bikes, that's not to say you can't get by on a cheaper bike, the point you made in your post, I have to say it also reads like a sales pitch to me.

Sales pitch... Perhaps you missed the last line where I ask people to post with regards to electric bikes on a budget. That's any budget bike.. I bought that particular bike and I think it is worth noting so people know what I ride and where I got it. This post is about getting fit on a budget bike that helps unfit people out on the hills. People don't need to spend a fortune to do that, it's cheaper than a gym subscription.

 

[Artstu]

You didn't have a Raleigh Hustler did you?

 

[Steve Hall]

Could you try and be an adult and remove your silly posts. If you don't have anything positive to say about getting fit on a budget. Grow up and post somewhere else.

 

[flatbat]

Could you try and be an adult and remove your silly posts. If you don't have anything positive to say about getting fit on a budget. Grow up and post somewhere else.

Well said Steve. The thing is on this forum your opinion does not seem to count if you are a new member as you can't know anything or must be a troll or employed by the company whose bike you are reviewing. I have looked at the forum today for the first time in several weeks and things are still the same. Its almost a private members club. Enjoy your bike and getting fitter.

 

[Steve Hall]

Flatbat...Thank you for your valued input. I live in Leeds, I believe Cyclotricity are somewhere in the South, to make it clear to anyone who may be wondering. I do not work for them, nor have I had any dealings with them; other than my recent purchase. The service I received was excellent and the bike is just wonderful and people on here considering getting fit on a budget are equally welcome to know that they can do it if they want to put the effort in and they really do not need to spend thousands. I have no idea what this person with member name Artsu is about and I don’t really care, there is no room in my world for childish behaviour. Perhaps there’s room on this Forum for those who like silly childish behaviour but for me getting fit without spending thousands is an important enough subject to continue posting on this thread.

 

[Steve Hall]

I haven't yet rode the canal towpath, I bet its an excellent way to start getting fit again, set aside the odd set of locks on the way, there are no hills and at this time of the year I should imagine you will see little ducklings and other people enjoying the day whilst you cycle on your way. Its great news that your back problems improving, you might be right about the increased bloodflow and also you wont be breathing in any traffic pollution on the side of the canal. Just pure natural air.

Glad everything is positive for you and you are enjoying your bike.

We only have one car and I have been ferrying my wife around for 18 months because she lost her licence due to a medical condition. Well, she now has her licence back and not only does it give her independence and freedom back but it also frees me up to.
So much so that from Tuesday I have "got back on my bike" (the superb Batribike Breeze) and have been cycling to work and back 13 mile round trip with one very steep hill (Bank Brow) on the route. No problem.

I feel better already and miraculously my back problem which had plagued me for 3 weeks has almost disappeared! Goodness knows why, possibly increased blood flow?

Anyway, its great. Went a different way today down the canal towpath, just gorgeous.
One thing struck me as I was about to leave the main road to get on the towpath, 2 or three lycras whooshed past me in the opposite direction on their delicate road bikes and I suddenly realised that I never see them on the canal towpath, they are missing out on the beauty, peacefulness of the canal bank. ah well, I'm sure they get pleasure from other things.

 

[Artstu]

Could you try and be an adult and remove your silly posts. If you don't have anything positive to say about getting fit on a budget. Grow up and post somewhere else.

This is my first bike in 35 years, when back then I only had three gears and 24”

It was actually a serious post, I'll take the answer as a no then I had a Raleigh Hustler with 24" wheels and a 3-speed sturmey archer hub. So what bike did you have 35 years ago?

 

[Artstu]

. I have no idea what this person with member name Artsu is about and I don’t really care, there is no room in my world for childish behaviour. .

I simply expressed my opinion about how your first post read to me. I now realise you're a highly sensitive person who reads things and sees things that simply aren't there.

Please forgive me for assuming you might be about my age and having ridden a bicycle just like mine.

 

[Artstu]

Now I know this is off topic..... but you didn't go onto ride motorbikes did you? if you did and were similar to most of us (Now aged 47) you might have owned one of these? not far from you either.

 

[Steve Hall]

Now I know this is off topic..... but you didn't go onto ride motorbikes did you? if you did and were similar to most of us (Now aged 47) you might have owned one of these? not far from you either.

Since I spend most of my days in Court I don’t think I fall into the bracket of ‘a sensitive person’. If you hear the type of subjects that I hear day in and day out you would understand. I am not here to cause upset or harm to anyone, if your post was genuine then please accept my most sincere apologies and let’s be adults, put it behind us and move back on track with the subject matter. ‘Getting fit again on a budget bike’. Firstly to anser your questions... I built my first bikes out of my paper round money and trips to the local tip. You could say they were ‘bitsoff’ made from bits off every bike I could find. They worked out well, although on one of my made up bikes I couldn’t fit a front brake because the front wheel was far too small for the length of the forks, but it was fun to build and fun to ride. We had a local bike shop which was a lot different to the one’s we see today. No bikes for sale, just parts; the proprietor had a workshop in the back. I only went for brake blocks etc, anything major like a new frame meant a trip back to the local tip. The follow on years…No, I didn’t ride a motorbike; car was my only mode of transport. I don’t know where you live, but I can give you a clue to my location… In my next neighbouring town, we have the two now famous Olympic Gold Medallist Brownlee brothers. From time to time I see them cycling around, never spoken to them but the local baker shop assistant tells me they are both great lads to chat with, so one day I will no doubt find myself having a chat to them about my electric bike experience.

 

[Artstu]

Apology accepted Steve , and I must apologise for thinking your post was a sales pitch. I also saved my paper round money to buy my Raleigh.

I don't have the ability to write lengthy posts due to illness, so my short posts can be taken the wrong way sometimes.

I started cycling again with a cheap electric-bike after a few years with a chronic illness that had more or less confined me to the house, and I've made some very good progress despite still having the illness.

Mine was a Cyclomatic, cheap and cheerful, it did the job for a while, but I'd like a much better bike next time.

Good luck with your road to better health, but don't be surprised if you start craving a better bike in the future. I share the amazing feeling you get when you first ride an electric-bike, the go anywhere unstoppable enthusiasm they give you.

I'm in the south pennies, but have enjoyed a few very nice holidays in your part of the world.

 

[Steve Hall]

Apology accepted Steve , and I must apologise for thinking your post was a sales pitch. I also saved my paper round money to buy my Raleigh.

I don't have the ability to write lengthy posts due to illness, so my short posts can be taken the wrong way sometimes.

I started cycling again with a cheap electric-bike after a few years with a chronic illness that had more or less confined me to the house, and I've made some very good progress despite still having the illness.

Mine was a Cyclomatic, cheap and cheerful, it did the job for a while, but I'd like a much better bike next time.

Good luck with your road to better health, but don't be surprised if you start craving a better bike in the future. I share the amazing feeling you get when you first ride an electric-bike, the go anywhere unstoppable enthusiasm they give you.

I'm in the south pennies, but have enjoyed a few very nice holidays in your part of the world.

That’s a great post, the term ‘go anywhere unstoppable enthusiasm’ sums it all up to people who may just be a little concerned about giving this fitness again on an electric bike ago. Furthermore, your post also informs people that one day they may crave a better bike. So the ‘better bike people’ on here either selling them or enthusiasts will get to see people grow into their bikes. We must not forget that in many cases its human nature for some to join a Gym, go Swimming, or any other type of fitness hobby and get fed up after a few weeks leaving them with a monthly Gym subscription drifting from their bank account every month. To this type of person a jump into a £2500 electric bike is going to deter them from ever bothering. That’s why I bought my Cyclotricity, by the end of this summer, if I am confident that I will continue next year and my bike begins, due to any manufacturing defect, letting me down. I may consider that extra few thousand pounds. What bike did you upgrade to, or haven’t you yet bothered?

 

[Artstu]

I've been dithering for a couple of years now. On the one hand I manage OKish on a none powered bike, but that restricts how far and where I go.

I'd like a Bosch crank drive next, either a KTM or Rose

It is just the thought of spending over twice the amount my car cost to buy on a bicycle, I'll bite the bullet one day and do it.

No hill scared me when on the e-bike, I felt like I could go anywhere, I need that feeling again sometime this year.

 

[Steve Hall]

I've been dithering for a couple of years now. On the one hand I manage OKish on a none powered bike, but that restricts how far and where I go.

I'd like a Bosch crank drive next, either a KTM or Rose


It is just the thought of spending over twice the amount my car cost to buy on a bicycle, I'll bite the bullet one day and do it.

No hill scared me when on the e-bike, I felt like I could go anywhere, I need that feeling again sometime this year.

I just had a little look at your profile; I see you are more than a little interested in electric bikes. A member since 2009 in my eyes makes you an enthusiast. My wife specialises in Terminal illness so take it from me; in this world we are here today and gone tomorrow. You obviously enjoy this subject a great deal, so wait no longer. The summer is here, we have loads of cycling days ahead, it will be a good few months until it’s really cold again, so bite the bullet and buy the bike you really want, enjoy your life to the full.

 

[Taff]

I've been dithering for a couple of years now. On the one hand I manage OKish on a none powered bike, but that restricts how far and where I go.

I'd like a Bosch crank drive next, either a KTM or Rose

It is just the thought of spending over twice the amount my car cost to buy on a bicycle, I'll bite the bullet one day and do it.

No hill scared me when on the e-bike, I felt like I could go anywhere, I need that feeling again sometime this year.

Rose looks nice.

 

[Taff]

Ktm

I'm hoping to try a KTM this Saturday.