I love my Cytronex

[Stumpi]

Can I just say I love my Cytronex

I've had the bike just over a week and passed the 100 mile mark today. I'm an amputee(below right leg) and the hills local to me always bothered me and sometimes stopped me for cycling. But with my new bike my cycling has a new lease of life. No more crawling up hills in bottom gear at 4-5 mph lungs burning, thighs aching, knee aching and HRM beeping as my heartrate heads into the max zone. I'm able to keep a constant pace and cadence putting the same amount of effort in no matter what the terrain. For me this is a healtlhy way to cycle
Sorry I just needed to share that with people who would understand

Stumpi

 

[eddieo]

Bless you!....Enjoy

 

[Pete]

Semi seriously, they should be provided on the NHS for people like you stumpi. I wonder how much costly physio and other NHS time it would save. Many times the cost of an e bike would be my guess.
The same should apply to commuters, instead of the penny pinching ride to work scheme. I am retired so I have no axe to grind on this issue, but I feel it is the usual type of govt. thing to enable them to say how wonderful they are without really spending, or doing, very much at all.
Anyway, very well done to you.

Pete

 

[HarryB]

....but I feel it is the usual type of govt. thing to enable them to say how wonderful they are without really spending, or doing, very much at all..

Pete

100% with you on this. They all talk about encouraging cycling but very little is spent improving life for us compared to countries like Belgium, Netherlands etc. We have had 10 years of this in London but the roads on my route are much the same save for a few advanced stop lines here and there (and you can usually do a diy job if there aren't any). It is amazing how dangerous the roads can be made for cyclist with a few well placed islands forcing traffic into your path. Cannot see anything improving in the current financial situation either.

Apart from that I still love the cytronex (but it could do with a lot more power for the hills).

 

[eTim]

Nice one Stumpi - I thought about making a post like this soon after I got mine, but I thought all the praise I would give to the Cytronex might be sounding a bit too crass. So I would like to join you in saying I love my Cytronex also.

I think this is one of those bikes that can suit a wide range of people and abilities and can suit different types of terrain and usage you are going to put it to. I am an average fit man in his 40's, not yet bike conditioned but have no disabilities and have questioned myself as to why I would buy an ebike when I am perfectly capable of riding a non ebike. Well todays ride just about summed it up, beautiful Hampshire countryside, alot of rolling hills, a couple of long slogs and a couple of killers, my effort and cadence stayed about the same throughout the whole ride, enough to give me a sweat and a work out, but not enough to make me collapse in a heap and be useless for anything else for the rest of the day AND I want to go out again tomorrow. In fact I could ride this bike for hours and hours (if I had enough batteries). I passed another cyclist in the opposite direction as I met the brow of a steep hill, he was a Lycra and looked to be struggling near the top and I was glad I didn't need to put that much effort in as it would mean less enjoyment and a shorter ride probably (maybe one day I'll be fit enough to do it on a non ebike).

And when the battery ran out (only had one with me today) I could bob along at normal bike speeds (because this is still a normal bike).

I have the 190 motor and there is plenty of power in the battery on my steepest hills (with leg assist of course), especially now that the batteries are conditioned.

In the 3 weeks I have been riding, my fitness has improved, which means that more leg assist is available making the battery last longer making for longer, enjoyable rides.

Yes, I love my Cytronex too

 

[daniel.weck]

Nice story, Stumpi.
Low-powered e-bikes are empowering ! (punt intended )
Seriously, I tripled my cycling mileage since I started e-biking ! I never use my e-bike like a moped: I still cycle, puff and sweat, but the strain up the hills is much reduced which enables much longer trips and it means I can use the bicycle more often for heavy-loaded utility trips (my car has become my second mean of transport). Let's hope that one day, roads will be safer, decent bikes/e-bikes will be cheaper, as it will make us all fitter and happier.

 

[Mark/Cytronex]

Very satisfying to read your post Stumpi (and Tim). Let's hope the weather stays good for a while now so we can all enjoy our bikes.

We just finished building another Super Six which has a rather silly speed motor on it. Someone I know used this bike yesterday on a hilly 8 mile route. Result was (apparently) a record speed of 21.5mph average with one 3% hill climbed at 23mph!

 

[jerrysimon]

I am using my S/H Cytronex Trek 7300 most week days now unless it freezing cold or pouring with rain.

This weather makes your bike filthy. Mine looks nothing like this any more when I gave it a really good clean when the summer was ending

Mark do you still use the same controller as the one shown ?

Regards

Jerry

 

[eTim]

I washed mine today, the controller had salt crystals all over it as I'd been out a week ago with salt on the roads (the controller looks like Jerry's), the rest of the bike just had mud and crud.

Now thinking I should give it the ACF50 treatment for the winter and probably not wash it again until spring (maybe ACF50 and light washes until spring).

Mark - what motor is fitted to the Super Six ? If only I had the money...

 

[Stumpi]

I washed mine today, the controller had salt crystals all over it as I'd been out a week ago with salt on the roads (the controller looks like Jerry's), the rest of the bike just had mud and crud.

Now thinking I should give it the ACF50 treatment for the winter and probably not wash it again until spring (maybe ACF50 and light washes until spring).

Mark - what motor is fitted to the Super Six ? If only I had the money...

I've used ACF50 on my motorcycles for the past two winters with good results come spring.

I always give the Cytronex a light wash after each use but I guess a coating of ACF50 on the controller won't hurt.

I was keen to get out today but its below freezing here and the roads have lots of patches of ice etc so I gave it a miss

I like the sound of the quick motors but I only really use the low power setting with my standard motor. In fact if they did a lower speed motor again which extended the range a little(if thats how it works) that would suit me for the hills

Stumpi

 

[daniel.weck]

ACF50...good idea. I normally use it for car components, but why not !

 

[Barnowl]

Can I just say I love my Cytronex

Sorry I just needed to share that with people who would understand

Stumpi

Yeah I can understand that.

 

[Pedalo]

Can I just say I love my Cytronex

I've had the bike just over a week and passed the 100 mile mark today. I'm an amputee(below right leg) and the hills local to me always bothered me and sometimes stopped me for cycling. But with my new bike my cycling has a new lease of life. No more crawling up hills in bottom gear at 4-5 mph lungs burning, thighs aching, knee aching and HRM beeping as my heartrate heads into the max zone. I'm able to keep a constant pace and cadence putting the same amount of effort in no matter what the terrain. For me this is a healtlhy way to cycle
Sorry I just needed to share that with people who would understand

Stumpi

Welcome to the forum Stumpi (love the name!)

I understand completely and I think the Cytronex system is great too! It provides just the right level of assistance for me. I use mine for the dual purpose of commuting to work and getting fitter. I didn't wan't a bike that would get me all the way to and home from work without pedalling at all because that wouldn't have done anything for my fitness level at all. I do pedal mine all the way and even a 1 in 9 hill is perfectly manageable without having to get out of the saddle and I do this at about 9mph.
In just 2 months I can now fit into size 34 trousers again whereas before I was beginning to struggle to get into a size 36!

I also considered the crank drive systems (Kalkhoff/E-motion) as they also require you to pedal a bit and get great reviews. I was ultimately put off because I like to pedal at high cadence and as I understand it the assist of the crank drive systems tails off as you pedal faster. It just seems a bit strange the idea of pedalling slowly to best get up a hill. Unfortunately I never got to try one but I'll probably do the due diligance thing and make a point of trying one out to compare before getting my next bike. I do expect my next bike will also be a Cytronex though!

 

[tagray]

Totally agree. My cytronex is now my default mode of transport, so much so that nobody in the family asks if I need the car any longer when they take it out! I lost weight and am much fitter (climbed Kilimanjaro this year!). Loved the bike so much I bought a second - now I have a winter Cytronex and customised one that Mark built for me that stays in the garage when there is salt on the road. The stuff made a big mess of the wheels and I had to have one re-rimmed. The new salt preparation with very fine particles is good stuff for the treasurer at City Hall and me as a rate-payer as it goes much further but its murder on wheels with rim brakes.

Trevor

 

[HarryB]

Totally agree. My cytronex is now my default mode of transport, so much so that nobody in the family asks if I need the car any longer when they take it out! I lost weight and am much fitter (climbed Kilimanjaro this year!). Loved the bike so much I bought a second - now I have a winter Cytronex and customised one that Mark built for me that stays in the garage when there is salt on the road. The stuff made a big mess of the wheels and I had to have one re-rimmed. The new salt preparation with very fine particles is good stuff for the treasurer at City Hall and me as a rate-payer as it goes much further but its murder on wheels with rim brakes.

Trevor

Can you give more details about the Cytronix that Mark built for you please?