JuicyBike Owner Reviews

[RichardB]

Submitted by: Bob

Model: Sport

Retailer: JuicyBike

PurchasePrice: £700

TimeOwned: 4 Months

Terrain: Moderate Hills

Strengths: Light weight, powerful motor, 36 Volt battery. Tip up saddle makes battery easy to remove. I think it looks good. Comfortable to ride and very well assembled with excellent instructions (dutch, english).

Weaknesses: Had to get mine from Eindhoven! Saddle might be a little wide for me - but easy to change.

Summary: I can't find fault really. This bike has recently become available in the UK for much less than I paid, but I still think I got a bargain.

Overall Rating: 9.5

[GeoffM]

Reviewer: Geoff

Purchased From: Juicy bike

Purchase price: £ 695

I've had this bike just over two weeks and thought I'd share these comments.

Delivery was prompt (Buxton isn't far away from me) and the bike came with the dealer, Bob Wales, who helped assemble and showed me the ropes.

The packaging was excellent - thick card board with reinforced corners, bike well protected in plenty of bubblewrap.

Bob had charged the battery so before he left everything was tested and I could ride it straight away.

On the flat the pedal assist seems to take most of the strain up to about 15 mph and requires very little help in top gear. Up the hills, which are very steep round here in the middle of the Derbyshire Dales, again, I need to put in very little effort, but do need to be in a lower gear.

I am really pleased with this bike. I think it looks good and seems an incredible bargain to me. I've seen the same frame used on another range with a weaker battery and motor for almost twice the price.

Only gripe I have is with the free rack that came with it, which was a little awkward to fit - I don't really need a rack and I should'nt complain because it came free along with led lights front and back (rear light fitted to rack) and a reasonable little tool kit with allen keys and a little socket set. Also fitted to the bike (which I wouldn't use normally) is a water bottle and holder and a nifty little pump.

Tyres are nice and chunky, seat comfy, brake cables all neatly tied, though the front disk brake cable is a little short I think.

Overall I think it would be picky of me to give this bike anything less than 10 out of 10. The service in particular was great and Bob is clearly passionate about these bikes - Good luck to him I say!

[Blotty]

I brought the Sport in October and what a great investment. It eats up the hills I went up the Great Orme at nearly 10mph ( with pedaling - but it wasn't hard). Did 38 miles, on the flat on first charge and regularly do 30 miles in hilly areas without the battery failing. It has brought the joy back to cycling. Coming from a running background I had kept myself very fit but on reaching pension age I was finding cycling hard work and therefore not so enjoyable. Now I can get back out again. I like Sustrans type trails, forestry etc with as little road as possible, so whilst I wouldn't take it over Jacobs Ladder at Edale I would, and will, take it round Ladybower.
Wind is no longer a problem, can cycle merrily against it. On the flat, battery power isn't really needed and whilst I wouldn't want to have to pedal uphill unassisted, I could if the battery did fail. It takes about 4 hours to charge so no problem.
Juicy Bike sales are very helpful and the bike is of good quality. The only possible criticism is that the motor whines, I quite like it but others may not. Its a characteristic I believe of the currie motor. It is so comfortable that I could almost do with a second battery, 3 hours easily does nearly 40 miles so I would happily do more if the battery would allow it.
Peter (Stoke on Trent)