Van Rysel E bike - Trigger Pulled !

[kingrollo]

First ebike for me - first time with SRAM as well. Ideally didn't want 1x12 - but this seemed to tick a lot boxes for £2k

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/elect...sUgTOmBmjjX3THEefiPxwymryixZUDHEqlWAwYgAQoPrE

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Nice!

That model was ~£2300 when I was looking at the Van Rysel ebikes in Jan/Feb, I was about to pull trigger on the 105 2x11 cabled for ~£1900 when I spotted the GT eGrade Bolts at PaulsCycles and RMCycles.

I was worried when looking at this 1x12, that the lowest gear was 42/44, while my Bolt's is 30/34. But I'm using the 30T ring far less than I expected to, because it's usually fine simply selecting turbo that I've set to max 250W.
It actually made me wonder if the 1x trend began when ebikes became more mainstream.

 

[kingrollo]

Nice!

That model was ~£2300 when I was looking at the Van Rysel ebikes in Jan/Feb, I was about to pull trigger on the 105 2x11 cabled for ~£1900 when I spotted the GT eGrade Bolts at PaulsCycles and RMCycles.

I was worried when looking at this 1x12, that the lowest gear was 42/44, while my Bolt's is 30/34. But I'm using the 30T ring far less than I expected to, because it's usually fine simply selecting turbo that I've set to max 250W.
It actually made me wonder if the 1x trend began when ebikes became more mainstream.

I don't fully understand 1x - but it's my first e bike after a heart attack in June .

Worse case scenario - I have a brand spanking 105 di2 gruppo installed on my dolan - which I can swap over .

Obviously it's not quite the bargain you had with GT - but it's the cheapest reasonable ebike I could find .

 

[T4tomo]

It actually made me wonder if the 1x trend began when ebikes became more mainstream.

Try mountain biking when their front derailleurs kept clogging with mud