Range is more or less the same on any bike, regardless of what the sellers claim, i.e. a bike with a 400wh battery wil take you the same distance as another one with the same size battery and using the same power.
That’s what I’m looking at really good price, just wasn’t sure about it or try picking up a used Giant with the Yamaha system
I am still new to this but it looks good to me for the money, in fact I'm not sure I'd have bought what I did (Haibike) if I had seen that one lol
I appreciate this is an old post now, but I thought I’d comment anyway, since I actually bought a Raleigh Strada TSE and am still using it! I’ve done in excess of 3000 miles, and its generally performed excellently. The overall specification is what I wanted i.e A ‘hybrid’ eBike, mid-mount motor, 700c wheels, hydraulic disk brakes, active suspension, on/off road tyres. In my opinion, nice looking too! I was slightly concerned about the ‘unknown’ make of electric motor, the ‘TranzX’, but was conversely reassured by the ‘Raleigh‘ Brand. Has worked faultlessly, apart from two incidents of running out of power, once definitely my fault, the other unexplained but probably my fault again, and one occurrence of an ‘error code’ after I had washed it (not a good idea spraying water into the electrics) which went away once it had dried out. The main issue with a less popular make is that there’s very little information to be found, but eventually I found a list of error codes. I expect at some point the system will break, but don‘t they all? Mine is now nearly three years old, so well past the warranty. Also, this model has now been discontinued, so spare parts are probably a problem. But apart from those ‘theoretical’ worries, the bike has delivered exactly what I wanted: a mixture of road riding and off road fun, along paved, gravel and dirt paths and tracks, offering assistance when I need it making any hill a breeze, extending the distabce I can manage and speed I can achieve. In terms of the range possible, I typically do 20 miles on the highest setting without running out, so about 30-40 is realistic. But you don‘t need to be on ‘maximum‘ all the time, in fact no assistance is used downhill or when over 15mph, so with careful management I believe 60+ miles is easily achievable. And of course, you can switch the assistance off so you can always ‘get home’, it just takes longer and is more work! Overall, I throughly recommend this eBike for a mixture of ‘adventure‘ trail and road cycling.
It's nice to see confirmation about the long term reliability of this TranzX M16 drive system. The only problem with it seems to be that it doesn't have "Bosch" written on it, which likely explains why most will overlook it as a perfectly credible option.
As well as long-term reliability, I can confirm that the TranzX M16 motor provides good assistance from a standstill up to the limit of 15mph, and so I believe at least on a par with the competitors. And it’s very quiet, almost silent, something that I understand is not the case with Bosch motors, which I have also observed seem to have a much smaller drive Chain wheel, which must make the motor spin faster (presumably making a higher pitched noise) in effectively a lower gear. In fact, the noisiest thing about the Raleigh Strada is the stand, which unfortunately is not well riveted and rattles; I could take it off but its too useful.
I'm a big fan of the M16 (I have one too on an Ebco e-bike). Yes, it's much quieter than many of the Bosch's I've ridden, equal in power (55-62Nm), and still being made (which those of Bosch et al circa 2014 vintage aren't) That says a lot in my book.
Just to clarify, when I said the model has been discontinued, I meant the Raleigh Strada TSE bike, not the motor. Raleigh seem to be using other makes in their newer eBikes now, such as those from Shimano. But it‘s good to know the TranzX motor is still available.
I think you’re hit the “nail on the head” there, the problem is not the quality of the motor, which is excellent both in terms of its usability and reliability, but the lack of marketing which means that the ‘public demand’ is driven towards the more familiar makes.
I always thought that Green looked a bit too urgent, but if that's a recent pic your Strada it's still looking good after 7000 miles! And the M16 motor still appears on TranzX's website; 8 years in production must be some kind of mid-drive record. My own M16 still rides great/faultlessly too, although it hasn't done your kind of mileage.
