Decathlon RockRider EST900 E-Bike thoughts
Discussion
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?
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 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 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. I'd rather pocket the £ and ride a normal bike but whatever floats your boat.
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 !
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 !
Well managed to rush collect it today.
Was a bit of a faff as I wanted to buy 4 or 5 items on the cycle voucher and only one was in stock (the Aluminium flat pedals).
So bought a new helmet, camelpak, gloves, mudguards and some other bits and pieces, just to hit the amount I selected on the voucher.
Ride home was a bit rubbish as I had to carry the mudguards in my hand, but in Sport mode, and the highest gear, it got up a very steep hill at top speed - I still had to put some effort into it as expected.
Just took it out for a little spin, it gets up to the top speed of the motor so quickly on the road - can't wait to try it off road I think it will really excel up dirt hills etc.
The front brake handle has a long throw so want that to match the rear, and the rear pads are rubbing against the disc causing a lot of noise at higher speed - I think the wheel is wobbling slightly. So will be going back shortly to get that resolved.
Looking forward to trying it out properly off road.
Was a bit of a faff as I wanted to buy 4 or 5 items on the cycle voucher and only one was in stock (the Aluminium flat pedals).
So bought a new helmet, camelpak, gloves, mudguards and some other bits and pieces, just to hit the amount I selected on the voucher.
Ride home was a bit rubbish as I had to carry the mudguards in my hand, but in Sport mode, and the highest gear, it got up a very steep hill at top speed - I still had to put some effort into it as expected.
Just took it out for a little spin, it gets up to the top speed of the motor so quickly on the road - can't wait to try it off road I think it will really excel up dirt hills etc.
The front brake handle has a long throw so want that to match the rear, and the rear pads are rubbing against the disc causing a lot of noise at higher speed - I think the wheel is wobbling slightly. So will be going back shortly to get that resolved.
Looking forward to trying it out properly off road.
Had a 30km ride on it today - really pleased with it.
At full cruising speed I’m doing about 27kmh which takes it off the battery so uses no power.
Uphills on the road it’s great, can maintain a solid speed. Turning it off it felt like the brakes were on!
Off road it excelled, being able to go down some trails and u turn back up them with ease is going to be great for the fun factor.
At full cruising speed I’m doing about 27kmh which takes it off the battery so uses no power.
Uphills on the road it’s great, can maintain a solid speed. Turning it off it felt like the brakes were on!
Off road it excelled, being able to go down some trails and u turn back up them with ease is going to be great for the fun factor.
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