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Hope this is the correct group.
Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line Thanks |
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Johnnie Scott wrote:
Hope this is the correct group. Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line Thanks Giant Lafree/Twist is by all accounts the best one. You can find a buyer's guide on most makes of electric bike at http://www.atob.org.uk -- Tony "I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon |
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in message , Johnnie Scott
') wrote: Hope this is the correct group. Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line Ginat LaFree (may now be known as Giant Twist) is widely considered to be the best (about £850). They do work, and are actually rideable. However, I'm pretty sceptical of the benefits of electric-assist bikes. Most are much too heavy to be at all easy or pleasant to ride once the battery has run out, as sooner or later it will. I strongly suspect that most users would find a light 700c wheeled hybrid with high pressure slick tyres a lot less work overall than an electric assist. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; Friends don't send friends HTML formatted emails. |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , Johnnie Scott ') wrote: Hope this is the correct group. Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line http://www.atob.org.uk/Electric_price_tag.html http://www.atob.org.uk/Electric_Buyers'_Guide.html Ginat LaFree (may now be known as Giant Twist) is widely considered to be the best (about £850). They do work, and are actually rideable. However, I'm pretty sceptical of the benefits of electric-assist bikes. Most are much too heavy to be at all easy or pleasant to ride once the battery has run out, as sooner or later it will. I strongly suspect that most users would find a light 700c wheeled hybrid with high pressure slick tyres a lot less work overall than an electric assist. I'm vaguely considering one for (some) commuting. On a pleasant day, it would be a waste of money since I can pedal faster than it could provide any legal assistance. On a cold wet day with a strong headwind, or a day when I'm recovering from a cold or something, it has more appeal, and might pay for itself if it meant I was less likely to just take the car on such a day. Since the commute is the same distance every day, there's no reason the battery should run out until it needs replacing (which it will one day, but it shouldn't happen soon or often). (I do see people pootling along gently on very heavy electric bikes with limited range, and they seem quite happy with them. They might be pointless for anyone who considers themself a cyclist, but if the users would otherwise be driving the half-mile to the shops they have to be a good thing.) |
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I've got a Lafree twist, the cheapest one with no suspension and it's mainly
used by my father in law who is 78 and he loves it. I'm a "proper" cyclist and never the less I think it's a great machine and really enjoy riding it. Do not take too much notice of those who say it's better to pedal as "everyone to their own" is a much better point of view. It's a good machine and if you want electric assistance it will not disappoint you. SW "Johnnie Scott" wrote in message ... Hope this is the correct group. Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line Thanks |
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Johnnie Scott wrote:
Hope this is the correct group. Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line I have test ridden some of the cheaper electric bikes and they were pretty shoddy chinese imports with clumsy engineering and heavy components, so as expected were not great rides. Cheap low pressure tyres and heavy lumps of metal giving a slow and difficult pedal. But (as previously said) by all accounts the GIANT machines are in different class. ie. they have the kind of engineering you would expect from a 'GIANT' type bike. And as previously mentioned AtoB have them all reviewed. And as with any bike a test ride is a must really. |
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Johnnie Scott wrote:
Looking to buy an electric bike. Any info on which one to get and best prices on line http://kinetics.org.uk/html/electric_bikes.shtml is a good place to start. Ben may not be the cheapest place on the planet but he knows his stuff and delivers value. As suggested elsewhere here, test ride whatever you shortlist rather than just buy it on the strength of good price and a few lines of text. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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I've got an electric mountain bike which has a claimed range of 20
miles (my commute is 10 each way so I can't verify this yet as I charge the bike again at work before the return journey). I can comfortably cruise at 20-25 mph on mine without breaking a sweat - which is the reason I purchased it as we do not have showers at work. It appears I can travel an extra approx 5-10mph faster than other riders I come across on my commute who are riding hybrids for the same effort. My bike is more geared towards pedal assist rather than twist and go and it is for this reason why it more resembles a normal bike in looks and weight. If the motor is switched off I can still ride it normally which I suspect maybe difficult on some of the more heavier and powerful models. |
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