A neighbour of mine is involved in the production of the Go Cycle and I have already ridden it. The performance is roughly the same as my Mistral but they only quote a 10 mile range. The bike is light, easily pedalled and beautifully engineered.
The noise is designed to appeal to the foo fighter element in youth but would drive me potty after a while.
My main complaint is with the controls. You have just a red button which gives you full power or nothing. There is no twist grip or anything like that. I am certain the bike would be used a lot in urban situations where you need to be able to trickle along or apply power very gently and this you just cannot do.
I would also like some form of battery indicator. At the moment there is nothing and you have no idea of the state of charge. However it is easy to pedal should you run out but it only has three gears.
For folding, the wheels just un-click and are then clicked back on again when the fold is complete. It can then be wheeled around easily like a modern piece of wheelie luggage. When folded it takes up very little space.
I would like mudguards and some way of carrying something, but then I am of the older generation! With one or two mods I think this could be a brilliant bike and one that would appeal to a much wider range of people. The engineering and design (former McClaren designer apparently) leave the Chinese in the dark ages.
Rod
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