Decathlon RockRider EST900 E-Bike thoughts

Decathlon RockRider EST900 E-Bike thoughts

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joropug

Original Poster:

2,095 posts

176 months

Friday 17th March
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Had a look at this today and think I am going to order via cycle to work scheme as it works out pretty reasonable.

Performance and spec seems good, as do the reviews.

My main use will be foresty rides - Think the e-bike will be more fun as i will generally be travelling faster on the uphills and can cover more ground in the same itme.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/27-5-inch-electric-m...

Any competitors i should be considering at this price point?

pablo

17,446 posts

260 months

Sunday 19th March
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Loads of bikes at the same price but Decathalon get good reviews and spec bikes well. If it were me, my money and I wanted one, I’d be happy with it.

joropug

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2,095 posts

176 months

Sunday 19th March
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pablo said:
Loads of bikes at the same price but Decathalon get good reviews and spec bikes well. If it were me, my money and I wanted one, I’d be happy with it.
Nice one - popping down later to try and ‘reserve’ one or lock in the sale price as my cycle voucher could take a month to come through. Watched some videos and seems great.

sam.rog

508 posts

65 months

Sunday 19th March
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It's a £500-700 bike component wise. It looks like you are paying 1k for a motor and battery.
I'd rather pocket the £ and ride a normal bike but whatever floats your boat.

joropug

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2,095 posts

176 months

Sunday 19th March
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sam.rog said:
It's a £500-700 bike component wise. It looks like you are paying 1k for a motor and battery.
I'd rather pocket the £ and ride a normal bike but whatever floats your boat.
Less the tax on the cycle scheme I wouldn’t bother otherwise. Just fancy something that will take me further and faster than I’d otherwise go.

Driver101

13,194 posts

108 months

Sunday 19th March
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sam.rog said:
It's a £500-700 bike component wise. It looks like you are paying 1k for a motor and battery.
I'd rather pocket the £ and ride a normal bike but whatever floats your boat.
Defeats the purpose of wanting an ebike.

Obviously the cost of the electric parts is significant.

Barchettaman

5,784 posts

119 months

Sunday 19th March
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Decent specs at that price point. Go for it.

joropug

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2,095 posts

176 months

Sunday 19th March
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Just went into decathlon and got one allocated to me and they’ve added a note to honour the current price if it goes up. Had a look at other sites and can’t find anything that really compares for sub £2000.

Looks awesome . He suggested going tubeless as the rim and tyre is tubeless ready, and the 27.5” x2.8 tyres seem to be beyond the scope of sealing inner tubes. Will have a look into that.

Now have a 4-5 week wait for the cycle scheme voucher to come through !

Kes Arevo

2,595 posts

26 months

Sunday 19th March
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We all expect a full review.

Senex

2,844 posts

163 months

Sunday 19th March
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joropug said:
Just went into decathlon and got one allocated to me and they’ve added a note to honour the current price if it goes up. Had a look at other sites and can’t find anything that really compares for sub £2000.

Looks awesome . He suggested going tubeless as the rim and tyre is tubeless ready, and the 27.5” x2.8 tyres seem to be beyond the scope of sealing inner tubes. Will have a look into that.

Now have a 4-5 week wait for the cycle scheme voucher to come through !
I bought my granddaughter a Rockrider ST900 (non-electric) it is a solid bike, we are very pleased with it, great value.

Add electric and you have double the fun, enjoy.