Reconditioned Wattbikes

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Maylian

Guru
Location
Bristol
Hi All,

I wanted to get opinions and feedback from anyone that has bought a reconditioned Wattbike? I'm tempted to replace my current smart turbo trainer setup and have enjoyed Wattbikes in the past, but wanted to get other people's experience on whether it's worth the savings or not?
 
The Wattbike Atom has gone up £800 since I purchased one new three years ago! If buying now I’d certainly consider one of their grade 1 reconditioned bikes.
 

midlandsgrimpeur

Über Member
I haven't, but as you are buying a warrantied bike from the manufacturer it should be fine, you are covered if any problems do arise.
 

ivegotabike

Active Member
I bought a lightly used Wattbike Atom just after the pandemic. I have used it, on average, 8 hours per week since then and it is still going strong.

In part this is down to the robustness of the unit. But also, that it has been serviced well.

I have used the Wattbike General Home Service twice. I don't know how dependent the quality of that is down to the engineer who attends, but I can tell you that the chap who did both of mine did a superb job.

Having watched what he did and asked a few questions, I now do my own basic service regularly - cleaning the drive train.

The drivetrain becomes noisy over time and it needs a clean every 50 hours or so of use. Basically, remove the chain, give it and the bits it touches a good clean, put it back on, lube it and the bike is back to near silent again.

Removing and refitting the right hand side of the cover to get at the chain is the biggest part of the job. Whether you put it back on (or not) is worth considering.

One thing I will say about the Atom is that it is a very solid thing. That makes it, IME, uncomfortable due to there being no movement / give in it at all. I fixed that with a rocker plate - transformational to the whole experience and I would not be without it.
 
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