Hi,
I thought I would dip my toe into the Electric bikes forum to pick your brains on the "Gogo Best e bike"
My dad bought it last October to use and enjoy but he's sadly reluctantly come to the conclusion it's not for him .He bought it thinking the fat tyres would offer great stability over our atrocious roads and the powerful motor would help him tackle the steep hills here in Wales.Well he was right on those lines ,but as he's getting on a bit he finds the bike way to big for him to cock his leg over, plus he's got poor movement after his hip replacement a few years back.
All in all he doesn't feel confident or safe with it and wants a smaller step through frame ebike.
He's offered it to me for sale,so today I was allowed (which I feel privileged) to try it out.
I've never ridden an ebike before for any decent distance so with this opportunity I took it on decent road ride of 16 miles along the Welsh coast line and few decent climbs.
Being a keen road bike cyclist I wanted to know how a big heavy fat tyred ebike would compare to my light weight road bike..
I wasn't dressed up in my usual cycling gear but was wearing my jeans and thick jacket, I took to the road on this beast of a bike in the highest power setting available.
Well I was mightly impressed by it.Considering it only has 6 gears it flew along the road and averaged an eye watering 22mph along the 16 mile ride.The big fat 26" by 4" tyres just glided over every single pot hole the road threw at me.and it felt rock solid.The gears worked perfectly and the cable operated disc brakes were amazing compared to my rim brakes on my road bike.
When I got back I had grin on my face from ear to ear and never even broke a sweat along the way.
A couple things though that concern me was the battery range.
The battery was fully charged last November and although the bike has got no more than 60 miles of use under its belt the battery dropped from 100% to 30%.
Granted I used full power setting,but is this normal for a bike that states it should have a range of 60 miles according to the blurb.
Also when he bought the bike the battery wouldn't charge up, so Gogo best sent a replacement battery and never asked for the faulty one back.My dads no expert on e bike batteries but after doing a little Internet research he thinks this battery can be brought back to life as it's charge has dropped to low.I haven't a clue on this what so ever and would be interested to know what more informed folk think..
From the face of it I would like to have this bike.Yes it looks ridiculous, it's weighs an absolute ton but it certainly put a big smile on my face, and as my hips are gradually getting worse with age I'm thinking my road bike days are nearing there end.
Anybody ever heard or owned one of theses bikes.Id be very interested to hear from you if you have.
Anyway thanks for reading and hope you have a great week ahead.
I thought I would dip my toe into the Electric bikes forum to pick your brains on the "Gogo Best e bike"
My dad bought it last October to use and enjoy but he's sadly reluctantly come to the conclusion it's not for him .He bought it thinking the fat tyres would offer great stability over our atrocious roads and the powerful motor would help him tackle the steep hills here in Wales.Well he was right on those lines ,but as he's getting on a bit he finds the bike way to big for him to cock his leg over, plus he's got poor movement after his hip replacement a few years back.
All in all he doesn't feel confident or safe with it and wants a smaller step through frame ebike.
He's offered it to me for sale,so today I was allowed (which I feel privileged) to try it out.
I've never ridden an ebike before for any decent distance so with this opportunity I took it on decent road ride of 16 miles along the Welsh coast line and few decent climbs.
Being a keen road bike cyclist I wanted to know how a big heavy fat tyred ebike would compare to my light weight road bike..
I wasn't dressed up in my usual cycling gear but was wearing my jeans and thick jacket, I took to the road on this beast of a bike in the highest power setting available.
Well I was mightly impressed by it.Considering it only has 6 gears it flew along the road and averaged an eye watering 22mph along the 16 mile ride.The big fat 26" by 4" tyres just glided over every single pot hole the road threw at me.and it felt rock solid.The gears worked perfectly and the cable operated disc brakes were amazing compared to my rim brakes on my road bike.
When I got back I had grin on my face from ear to ear and never even broke a sweat along the way.
A couple things though that concern me was the battery range.
The battery was fully charged last November and although the bike has got no more than 60 miles of use under its belt the battery dropped from 100% to 30%.
Granted I used full power setting,but is this normal for a bike that states it should have a range of 60 miles according to the blurb.
Also when he bought the bike the battery wouldn't charge up, so Gogo best sent a replacement battery and never asked for the faulty one back.My dads no expert on e bike batteries but after doing a little Internet research he thinks this battery can be brought back to life as it's charge has dropped to low.I haven't a clue on this what so ever and would be interested to know what more informed folk think..
From the face of it I would like to have this bike.Yes it looks ridiculous, it's weighs an absolute ton but it certainly put a big smile on my face, and as my hips are gradually getting worse with age I'm thinking my road bike days are nearing there end.
Anybody ever heard or owned one of theses bikes.Id be very interested to hear from you if you have.
Anyway thanks for reading and hope you have a great week ahead.
