Whoosh Karoo quick Review

oniontrololol

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This is just a quick review with the experience I've had from Whoosh and their Bike. I have only completed 20 miles on it so I cannot yet comment on durability and other faults.

The bike:

http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?karoo

Purchase price of bike: £749 delivered.

Buying experience:

Positives:
- Very helpful and brilliant customer service from Whoosh bikes, hats off to Hatti and Tony and who advised me on bikes and purchasing process.

Negatives:
- Was advised next day delivery but was not received 2 days later, wasn't an issue as they email and explained they were short of staff and needed time check the bikes prior to shipping.

The bike:

Positives:
- Very good value for the specs, bike doesnt look cheap at all.
- Good brakes and good power from the motor.
- Nice matt black finish
- Arrived with very detail instructions on assembly and maintaince
- Very light weight it felt almost like a nomral bike without assistance
- Came 90% assembled. Only required to fit handle bars and the peddles.

Negatives:
- The saddle hurts my ass very much.

Summary
So far so good, very impressed with it at the moment. However I shall follow up with this review after 2 weeks use.
 
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trex

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fit one of those NCX seat posts and you won't feel the road bumps:

 

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bike-discount.de sell them depending on the euro/£ exchange rate they were around the £40 mark with delivery.
 

D C

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I've tried both sorts and find the NCX is brilliant and a close second to rear suspension for most of the time. A very smooth action and worth the extra weight.
The other type, not the same make but similar to the one linked to, actually gave me a bad back.
Maybe it's just me but the up/down type also gave a friend a bad back as well.
Probably the much more expensive ones are OK.
 

trex

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you'd get a lot more out of a gel cover than a cheap sprung seat post.
 

oniontrololol

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I've tried both sorts and find the NCX is brilliant and a close second to rear suspension for most of the time. A very smooth action and worth the extra weight.
The other type, not the same make but similar to the one linked to, actually gave me a bad back.
Maybe it's just me but the up/down type also gave a friend a bad back as well.
Probably the much more expensive ones are OK.
alright thanks for the advise, i shall order one to prevent my ass from being destroyed by the saddle.
 
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oniontrololol

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Update:
it has been 1 week since I started using the Karoo for my daily commute, and I must say I am impressed with the battery's range! I have thus far clocked up 127km (78.9 miles) using the pedal assist on its max level and it still have 2 out of 4 bars of battery left on its indicator. I will post another update later to see whats the max range I can get out of it.
 

trex

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one thing I'd recommend is to keep those tyres well inflated - to 60 psi front and rear.
 

Nealh

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Update:
it has been 1 week since I started using the Karoo for my daily commute, and I must say I am impressed with the battery's range! I have thus far clocked up 127km (78.9 miles) using the pedal assist on its max level and it still have 2 out of 4 bars of battery left on its indicator. I will post another update later to see whats the max range I can get out of it.
Very impressive so far, what type of terrain are you riding flat , hills !!!.
 

oniontrololol

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Update:
Following last night's update I have concluded the Karoo's battery lasted 136km (84.5 miles) before the motor starts cutting out.
Pretty chuffed at the moment as this is more than their advertised range of 50-70 miles on flats.
 

Nealh

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Here is my route's elevation profile:

84.5 miles, thanks for that pretty impressive albeit on fairly flat terrain are you able to ride a hillier course with about 800 - 1000m of climbing to give an alternative range ? May be of use to riders who don't live in flat areas.
 

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oniontrololol

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84.5 miles, thanks for that pretty impressive albeit on fairly flat terrain are you able to ride a hillier course with about 800 - 1000m of climbing to give an alternative range ? May be of use to riders who don't live in flat areas.
Unfortunately I don't have a hillier route to my commute therefore I won't be able to quote you the range.
 

Warwick

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Are you by any chance a bantamweight?
 

Artstu

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You must ride for the majority of time above the assist speed? and then I wonder if there's any point to having electrical assistance?
 
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