Hi,
First time post so thought I might use it to give some information rather than ask...
Just a quick review!
I'm by no means a cycling expert, in my 30's and go to the gym 5 days a week so I'm average age and fitness. I was looking for something I could either connect a trail gator or seat to for my son and not get tired on longer journeys. So after looking around at the different setups I finally settled for a bike with a hub motor and throttle, the Neo Xtrem! (The US Version)
I was looking for a particular look and setup and it's one of the few that has everything I like, Powerful, quiet, looks and throttle, then I found it's not easy to de-restrict (Yes I'm one of those ones!) never mind importing.
So anyway I then found out about the new Oxygen MTB off of D8veh and looked into that, it's basically ticked all the boxes I'm looking for so went for it.
This is the machine in question...
Throttle is on the right and a bit of a stretch unless you have a weird long thumb!
When it arrived it took less than 10 mins to fit the front wheel, battery and handlebars although there was a screw that needed tightened to allow the battery to slot on correctly but otherwise all looked good.
Before I even went out on it I de-restricted it (throttle as well) then tried it without any assist switched on just to get a feel of how it is as a bike.
It's as I expected, just like a normal mountain bike which when going up a hill can feel the extra weight slightly, the brakes are really good though, maybe even to good, the gears go up and down smoothly and seems well weighted. The suspension can be adjusted and locked, I'm still playing about with it but each persons opinion will be different on that. The only downside so far has got to be the seat, It's basically some kind of sex toy that's been stuck on a bike....
It looks good though! I replaced this with a not so good looking but comfy one.
THE POWER!!
So I did what most of us would secretly do and stuck it on full power at lever 6 and went for a ride up a hill, it is totally crazy!!! It just keeps accelerating up, I actually find myself thinking how to get to a place via the big hill.
When not on hills that power is just to high and you go to fast, even when your just turning the wheel it goes, so I usually keep it on power at level 1 or 2.
I seem to have 2 cruise speeds, my lazy slow one about 12 mph and my other around 18 mph, I'm happy it's de-restricted as it can help me if needed whereas some other bikes can't or cost extra to do.
One other note is when assist is on it almost makes the gears useless, I spend 90% of my time in top gear, I take off in it and go up hills in it, only once did I come down a couple for a wall, I think it was a wall it went up!
I tried the throttle and it's as expected, it took me to 14 mph up a slight incline which is not to bad, I actually haven't had the need to use it much cause you don't get tired at all.
I'm still to see the range I get as I've maybe only done 10 miles of which tbh the bike has done lots of and it's down to the 3rd LED of 4
Overall I'm really happy with this bike, it's cheaper than the ones I was looking at and looks good.
First time post so thought I might use it to give some information rather than ask...
Just a quick review!
I'm by no means a cycling expert, in my 30's and go to the gym 5 days a week so I'm average age and fitness. I was looking for something I could either connect a trail gator or seat to for my son and not get tired on longer journeys. So after looking around at the different setups I finally settled for a bike with a hub motor and throttle, the Neo Xtrem! (The US Version)
I was looking for a particular look and setup and it's one of the few that has everything I like, Powerful, quiet, looks and throttle, then I found it's not easy to de-restrict (Yes I'm one of those ones!) never mind importing.
So anyway I then found out about the new Oxygen MTB off of D8veh and looked into that, it's basically ticked all the boxes I'm looking for so went for it.
This is the machine in question...
Throttle is on the right and a bit of a stretch unless you have a weird long thumb!
When it arrived it took less than 10 mins to fit the front wheel, battery and handlebars although there was a screw that needed tightened to allow the battery to slot on correctly but otherwise all looked good.
Before I even went out on it I de-restricted it (throttle as well) then tried it without any assist switched on just to get a feel of how it is as a bike.
It's as I expected, just like a normal mountain bike which when going up a hill can feel the extra weight slightly, the brakes are really good though, maybe even to good, the gears go up and down smoothly and seems well weighted. The suspension can be adjusted and locked, I'm still playing about with it but each persons opinion will be different on that. The only downside so far has got to be the seat, It's basically some kind of sex toy that's been stuck on a bike....
It looks good though! I replaced this with a not so good looking but comfy one.
THE POWER!!
So I did what most of us would secretly do and stuck it on full power at lever 6 and went for a ride up a hill, it is totally crazy!!! It just keeps accelerating up, I actually find myself thinking how to get to a place via the big hill.
When not on hills that power is just to high and you go to fast, even when your just turning the wheel it goes, so I usually keep it on power at level 1 or 2.
I seem to have 2 cruise speeds, my lazy slow one about 12 mph and my other around 18 mph, I'm happy it's de-restricted as it can help me if needed whereas some other bikes can't or cost extra to do.
One other note is when assist is on it almost makes the gears useless, I spend 90% of my time in top gear, I take off in it and go up hills in it, only once did I come down a couple for a wall, I think it was a wall it went up!
I tried the throttle and it's as expected, it took me to 14 mph up a slight incline which is not to bad, I actually haven't had the need to use it much cause you don't get tired at all.
I'm still to see the range I get as I've maybe only done 10 miles of which tbh the bike has done lots of and it's down to the 3rd LED of 4
Overall I'm really happy with this bike, it's cheaper than the ones I was looking at and looks good.
