I'll mention this but with no dealer network and no test rides outside of Cambridge.
https://flit.bike/meet-john-84-and-still-riding-strong-with-his-flit-16/
https://flit.bike/meet-john-84-and-still-riding-strong-with-his-flit-16/
New to cyclechat and looking for a step-through e-folder ...
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Wisper bikes are solid well built bikes. They look good as well. I always have people approach me and ask about it.
And it has me never gone wrong.
KnittyNorah
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Good weight for an e-bike! But it's not a step-through …
Salad Dodger
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Hi @KnittyNorah
You might like to take a look at the website of Juicy Bikes, who manufacture a whole range of ebikes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Based in (I think) Derbyshire, but have a network of dealers that they sell through.
I have no connection to the company, but am eyeing up one of their bikes as my next ebike....
I hope you find what you are looking for.
You might like to take a look at the website of Juicy Bikes, who manufacture a whole range of ebikes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Based in (I think) Derbyshire, but have a network of dealers that they sell through.
I have no connection to the company, but am eyeing up one of their bikes as my next ebike....
I hope you find what you are looking for.
KnittyNorah
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Actually I emailed them over a week ago with a couple of very simple questions, but have had no response yet, so I'm not inclined to pursue matters with them ... one of the things I'm definitely looking for is a company which is responsive, even if the response is 'Sorry we can't answer your question right now but blah blah blah ...'.
KnittyNorah
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Made several phone calls today. Attitudes of the phone-answerers vary enormously to the exact same initial query, expressed in the exact same words … wariness and a bit of hesitancy, I can understand. After all there's a total stranger phoning up to ask about their current stock of things costing a grand and more … am I just 'casing the joint'?
But blatant rudeness and prying, demanding to know my first and last name before I even begin to speak or ask any questions? Not just a 'who am I speaking to please?' but a very peremptory 'Natasha speaking, what is your first and last name?'. Where are we? Soviet-era Russia? I just put the phone down at that, I was so taken aback! I suppose I could phone again and say Minnie Mouse or Elizabeth Windsor. I think I will, just to wind 'Natasha' up, but I'll write my own script first.
And no, I am not going to make all-day expeditions by public transport just on the off-chance that there might be an ABC bike I can sit on when I get there. But there might not be because they're not sure … And I don't appreciate - having already mentioned my height or lack thereof - being asked 'why would you want to know that?' when I ask the height of the top of the saddle at its lowest level ...
However, I did have some good conversations with different folks, unfortunately none of them particularly local, but who knows, something might work out and a couple of calls were really positive with accurate measurements of different 'bits' promised for tomorrow.
But blatant rudeness and prying, demanding to know my first and last name before I even begin to speak or ask any questions? Not just a 'who am I speaking to please?' but a very peremptory 'Natasha speaking, what is your first and last name?'. Where are we? Soviet-era Russia? I just put the phone down at that, I was so taken aback! I suppose I could phone again and say Minnie Mouse or Elizabeth Windsor. I think I will, just to wind 'Natasha' up, but I'll write my own script first.
And no, I am not going to make all-day expeditions by public transport just on the off-chance that there might be an ABC bike I can sit on when I get there. But there might not be because they're not sure … And I don't appreciate - having already mentioned my height or lack thereof - being asked 'why would you want to know that?' when I ask the height of the top of the saddle at its lowest level ...
However, I did have some good conversations with different folks, unfortunately none of them particularly local, but who knows, something might work out and a couple of calls were really positive with accurate measurements of different 'bits' promised for tomorrow.
Pale Rider
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Name some names.
I would like to think David at Wisper and Hatti or Andy at Woosh treated you nicely, assuming you were able to speak them.
Bike retailers in general don't seem to respond very positively to telephone inquiries.
I've been promised stock information a couple of times, but on both occasions the promised return call didn't materialise.
If you private message me some details, I can give the aforementioned a prod.
I would like to think David at Wisper and Hatti or Andy at Woosh treated you nicely, assuming you were able to speak them.
Bike retailers in general don't seem to respond very positively to telephone inquiries.
I've been promised stock information a couple of times, but on both occasions the promised return call didn't materialise.
If you private message me some details, I can give the aforementioned a prod.
tribanjules
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KnittyNorah
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No, it wasn't either of those!
The really rude one was a 'big box' shop so in many ways to be expected, but it would've been a useful visit to see if I could manage any of their non-step-in folders (electric and otherwise) and if so, the height of the step-over that I could manage. 'Specialist' companies have in the main been helpful, at the very least as helpful as they could be given the current circumstances of low or no stock, and in some cases significantly more than that.
In addition, of four businesses I emailed over ten days ago (different ones to those I phoned) only two have replied (both very helpful) so the email enquiry success rate is no better than the telephone enquiry method!
KnittyNorah
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Is that the Tilt?
It's a step-over and I'm pretty certain I need a step-through due to leg issues on one side, although I'm willing to compromise IF I can try it and find it works for me. So far I've tried a couple (one e and one non-e) and they don't.
My nearest Decathlon is at least two, usually three, different buses away, and getting a straight answer from them as to whether they definitely have one that I can try in store, is impossible. When I phoned them the woman who answered was pleasant enough and tried to be helpful but seemed to struggle to understand my points that (a) I wasn't about to make a three-bus journey purely on the chance that it might be there and (b) given my height, or lack thereof, I really DID need to try it OR have very specific measurements of it, not just 'advice' from a sales assistant.
KnittyNorah
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Yep, that's the one. That little arc section of the frame looks like a prime spot for me to catch my foot when it (my foot, not the frame!) goes droopy ...
tribanjules
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Go in store and have a play !
KnittyNorah
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I would like to - but given that I no longer drive and the nearest Decathlon is three bus rides away in a different city, I'm not about to go on spec when the woman I spoke to there said she couldn't be sure that it was in stock or that I'd be able to try it …
Pale Rider
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How about this one from Cube?
The 20" balloon tyres cure nearly all of the ills of small wheels, and it's much easier to fix a puncture.
It has the excellent Bosch pedal assist system.
No throttle, but in turbo mode you don't have to do a lot more than 'glass pedal' to get the assistance.
Not a folder, although the bars drop and twist.
Looks like the saddle drops very low - as will the bars if you want them to - so it ought to fit.
I have something very similar from German brand AVE.
Excellent bike, very chuckable for an ebike, but also a lot more capable than a 'shopper'.
I've done 80+ mile day rides on mine.
https://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/b...NikpKoAnjgwlxQTRumMkfMvsIjocOWfBoC5GIQAvD_BwE
The 20" balloon tyres cure nearly all of the ills of small wheels, and it's much easier to fix a puncture.
It has the excellent Bosch pedal assist system.
No throttle, but in turbo mode you don't have to do a lot more than 'glass pedal' to get the assistance.
Not a folder, although the bars drop and twist.
Looks like the saddle drops very low - as will the bars if you want them to - so it ought to fit.
I have something very similar from German brand AVE.
Excellent bike, very chuckable for an ebike, but also a lot more capable than a 'shopper'.
I've done 80+ mile day rides on mine.
https://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/b...NikpKoAnjgwlxQTRumMkfMvsIjocOWfBoC5GIQAvD_BwE
