Just had a chance to ride my dad's new 905SE City S from Valley Scooters. Aside from the dealer forgetting to tighten the pedals and the rack being way off-centre its seemed setup ok.
So, i had chance to ride it back to back to my Aurora, which is of course an illegal 350w bike. The Wisper has the off-road button installed too, and for testing purposes i used off-road mode. Worth noting that in legal mode it sat at exactly 15.5mph according to the speedo, on throttle.
Off-road mode saw it hit about 18mph on throttle, and i couldnt be certain of power modes as they didnt seem to work the same as the Aurora. On the Wisper the throttle overrides the pedal assist setting. EG, whether you're in low, medium or high the throttle is always on high. With the Aurora the throttle is dependant on the assist mode, so 12/15/20mph.
The Wisper is punchy, much mroe so than the Cyclamatic my dad sold to buy the Wisper. a side by side test with my dad on the Wisper and me on the Aurora showed its to be *slightly* slower to accelerate, and *slightly* less torquey up hills. In both cases i'd say it was within 5% of the Aurora, and even on speed only 2mph slower on throttle with both bikes in high.
So, what is my opinion of the Wisper? Is it worth the £1550 my dad paid for it? Yes, undoubtedly.
Does it outperform the Aurora? No, but its not far behind, clearly, "legal" is a very grey area...
Does it ride better than the Aurora... in some ways, it feels smoother, and the forks are definitely better, but its one of those long eBikes which isnt nimble through gates and such.
Would i consider one myself? No, its simply too small for a six footer.
Aside from the size issue would i consider it? Possibly, it is better quality than the Aurora, but not hugely so. The Wisper has 40% more watt-hours in the battery. The Aurora has better performance, and is £550 cheaper, so the questing becomes, is the Wisper £550 better?
My answer so far is no, but its early days yet, i'll try and ride it some more. It is a very nice bike, and if i'd bought it myself i wouldnt regret it.
Things i like about the Wisper...
Nice DX type pedals. Very good front light, reasonable rear one, both running from the battery. The battery being LiPo is nice and light despite being 14ah. It doesnt have the adjustable stem shown in the catalogue, which i think is an advantage, i dont 100% trust adjustable stems. The accident if one failed doesnt bear thinking about! I plan to change the one on the Aurora when i swap the forks out.
So, i had chance to ride it back to back to my Aurora, which is of course an illegal 350w bike. The Wisper has the off-road button installed too, and for testing purposes i used off-road mode. Worth noting that in legal mode it sat at exactly 15.5mph according to the speedo, on throttle.
Off-road mode saw it hit about 18mph on throttle, and i couldnt be certain of power modes as they didnt seem to work the same as the Aurora. On the Wisper the throttle overrides the pedal assist setting. EG, whether you're in low, medium or high the throttle is always on high. With the Aurora the throttle is dependant on the assist mode, so 12/15/20mph.
The Wisper is punchy, much mroe so than the Cyclamatic my dad sold to buy the Wisper. a side by side test with my dad on the Wisper and me on the Aurora showed its to be *slightly* slower to accelerate, and *slightly* less torquey up hills. In both cases i'd say it was within 5% of the Aurora, and even on speed only 2mph slower on throttle with both bikes in high.
So, what is my opinion of the Wisper? Is it worth the £1550 my dad paid for it? Yes, undoubtedly.
Does it outperform the Aurora? No, but its not far behind, clearly, "legal" is a very grey area...
Does it ride better than the Aurora... in some ways, it feels smoother, and the forks are definitely better, but its one of those long eBikes which isnt nimble through gates and such.
Would i consider one myself? No, its simply too small for a six footer.
Aside from the size issue would i consider it? Possibly, it is better quality than the Aurora, but not hugely so. The Wisper has 40% more watt-hours in the battery. The Aurora has better performance, and is £550 cheaper, so the questing becomes, is the Wisper £550 better?
My answer so far is no, but its early days yet, i'll try and ride it some more. It is a very nice bike, and if i'd bought it myself i wouldnt regret it.
Things i like about the Wisper...
Nice DX type pedals. Very good front light, reasonable rear one, both running from the battery. The battery being LiPo is nice and light despite being 14ah. It doesnt have the adjustable stem shown in the catalogue, which i think is an advantage, i dont 100% trust adjustable stems. The accident if one failed doesnt bear thinking about! I plan to change the one on the Aurora when i swap the forks out.
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