Gtech sport ebike or carrera vengeance or subway ebike

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Leemi1982

Active Member
Hi thinking of getting a ebike as have knee problem.
Any one used the gtech sport ebike if so any good.

Other option is halford carrera vengeance. Or carrera subway
 

Andy_R

Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
Location
County Durham
Go for Scott if it's in your price range.
 

Andy_R

Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
Location
County Durham
I would personally steer away (pun intended) from Gtech as it is very basic (V brakes, single speed)
 
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Deleted member 26715

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Hi thinking of getting a ebike as have knee problem.
Do not think you have to come up with an excuse to have an ebike, buy/own one because you want one, I have a Cube but at £1600 for the base model above your budget but I can recommend them.
 

keithmac

Guru
I would personally steer away (pun intended) from Gtech as it is very basic (V brakes, single speed)

Been an ideal commuter for me, no maintenance apart from some brake pads in 4 years/ 6,000 + miles, doesn't get cleaned much either.

Just treated it to a set of pedals.

Does exactly what I wanted (no fuss work transport).
 

gbb

Legendary Member
Location
Peterborough
Assuming the Gtech is effectively a single speed and v brakes, my personal view is...v brakes have been around for eons and are quite capable when set up correctly, shouldnt be a big deal. No gears ?, again, no big deal unless you run out of battery, then ebikes tend to be very heavy and gears can make life tolerable with no motor power. Perhaps the Gtech is light, perhaps if the terrain is flat, gears aren't really a big deal either.

My Carrera / Suntour powered bike has been generally very good, plenty of oomph, a few too many of the inevitable cut outs the Suntour ststem seems to suffer from but then, it hasn't happened in ages on mine and when it does, it's just press the power button and away you go.
That's the only niggle, mines done nearly 3000 miles, battery is starting to lose mileage achievable now, it seems to need charging more often but that's probably true of most batteries unless to go up a price bracket.

In essesnse, the Carrera pluses..
Well made
Really good hydralic disc brakes.
Quite a meaty powerful motor.
Quite well priced if you get it on one of their specials (I paid £1k for mine over two years ago, normal price then was £1.2k)

Minuses.
Do suffer from occasional power dropouts, but just press the on button and away you go.
I gather the newer versions have a less robust battery charger connector.
Heavy, really quite heavy.


I've been really pleased with mine, no real regrets.
 

gbb

Legendary Member
Location
Peterborough
Been an ideal commuter for me, no maintenance apart from some brake pads in 4 years/ 6,000 + miles, doesn't get cleaned much either.

Just treated it to a set of pedals.

Does exactly what I wanted (no fuss work transport).
Is that 6k miles on the original battery Keith ?
 

keithmac

Guru
Yes, it's just started to show it's age which is fair enough!. Only a 5ah battery and takes 3nhour to fully charge.

Have a spare charger at work.

To be fair I've run it completely flat a fair few times which is a big no-no apparently?.

I'm sure I weighed the whole bike at 15kg, it's not heavy really!.

I've looked into buying an all singing E-MTB and have converted my Carrera MTB to TSDZ2 mid drive for a project but to be honest I just love the GTECH, nice and simple and does the job!.
 
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