And it's a hoot!
Very soon I'll post a thorough review, but first a few brief thoughts.
1. They (GoCycle) have really thought about the rider contribution in the ebike equation. For instance, you can set the bike so that it doesn't give you any assistance at all until you hit 'n' amount of watts (I have it set to 150 so I get a reasonable workout even when commuting). This doesn't need to be one of those ebikes where a feather falling on a pedal is enough to activate the motor (though it can be if you want within reason).
2. The folding is as quick as they say; 10 seconds
3. The enclosed drive chain which I wasn't that bothered about, is amazing. It changes the way you think about bikes and what you should wear when riding them.
4. Range is as stated by GoCycle, today I did a ride of 10 miles and used about 20% of battery, but it must have been nearer 10% as when put back on charge, it got back to 100% pretty quickly (the battery level in the app and on the bike isn't that granular). I reckon if you adjusted the profile to only kick in over 150watts of rider input and a bit of other meddling, this thing should give an assisted range of well over 50 miles.
That's all for now, fire away with questions if you have any, but as I said I will put more detail up to maybe include a video the finer details.
Oh and to add, I bought it as a part car replacement, something I can jump on and take to the shops/supermarket, fold, and wheel around the shop (tried already, nobody complained), or take on the bus/train and general errands and a small amount of commuting (I mainly work from home).
Very soon I'll post a thorough review, but first a few brief thoughts.
1. They (GoCycle) have really thought about the rider contribution in the ebike equation. For instance, you can set the bike so that it doesn't give you any assistance at all until you hit 'n' amount of watts (I have it set to 150 so I get a reasonable workout even when commuting). This doesn't need to be one of those ebikes where a feather falling on a pedal is enough to activate the motor (though it can be if you want within reason).
2. The folding is as quick as they say; 10 seconds
3. The enclosed drive chain which I wasn't that bothered about, is amazing. It changes the way you think about bikes and what you should wear when riding them.
4. Range is as stated by GoCycle, today I did a ride of 10 miles and used about 20% of battery, but it must have been nearer 10% as when put back on charge, it got back to 100% pretty quickly (the battery level in the app and on the bike isn't that granular). I reckon if you adjusted the profile to only kick in over 150watts of rider input and a bit of other meddling, this thing should give an assisted range of well over 50 miles.
That's all for now, fire away with questions if you have any, but as I said I will put more detail up to maybe include a video the finer details.
Oh and to add, I bought it as a part car replacement, something I can jump on and take to the shops/supermarket, fold, and wheel around the shop (tried already, nobody complained), or take on the bus/train and general errands and a small amount of commuting (I mainly work from home).
£3,499.00
