Hi all, brilliant forum, very informative.
After a long period of not cycling after a major illness and some operations I have taken the plunge and purchased (well my wife has) a Woosh Camino.
Was originally looking at a Decathlon crank motor bike which a friend has, but availability seems to be problematic, and I dont like to wait. Also, they seem to have upped the price a couple of hundred pounds too, so my original idea of Bike2Work didnt seem worth it.
I was never a real road biker, mainly mountain bikes and the last bike i bought was a Dawes Discovery which I did a 500 mile sponsored trip from Edinburgh to Troon, then Larne to Dublin and finally holyhead to Bristol. This was 10 years ago when I was 50 and pre cancer.
The bike arrived on Wednesday after placing the order on Monday evening, so cant fault that.
A huge box awaited me when i returned from work and I got to work assembling the loose pieces. In no time at all it was all together, the only broken bit being the bell, which I might have broken myself getting it out the box, and they only cost pennies to buy. Charged the battery and yesterday had a little blast on it around the block. Had a smile on my face when I experienced the ride and cant wait to get out on it properly. I only work 5 miles away and admit, when I have a car on the drive, wont be riding to work unless the weather forecast is dry. If its ok tomorrow I am going to do a test ride to work and back, which will be electric off on the way there as its downhill and flat, and electric for the return and incline.
Had a good read of the manual, and it seems to note that spokes coming loose can be a problem. Is this true of all hub drives and is it just a case of nipping up affected spokes? How regularly would I expect this to occur? Unless I missed this, I think it would be beneficial to include rear wheel removal in the manual, in the case of punctures. I intend to put some Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres on in the future as I never had a puncture with these on my last bike in over 2 thousand miles.
After a long period of not cycling after a major illness and some operations I have taken the plunge and purchased (well my wife has) a Woosh Camino.
Was originally looking at a Decathlon crank motor bike which a friend has, but availability seems to be problematic, and I dont like to wait. Also, they seem to have upped the price a couple of hundred pounds too, so my original idea of Bike2Work didnt seem worth it.
I was never a real road biker, mainly mountain bikes and the last bike i bought was a Dawes Discovery which I did a 500 mile sponsored trip from Edinburgh to Troon, then Larne to Dublin and finally holyhead to Bristol. This was 10 years ago when I was 50 and pre cancer.
The bike arrived on Wednesday after placing the order on Monday evening, so cant fault that.
A huge box awaited me when i returned from work and I got to work assembling the loose pieces. In no time at all it was all together, the only broken bit being the bell, which I might have broken myself getting it out the box, and they only cost pennies to buy. Charged the battery and yesterday had a little blast on it around the block. Had a smile on my face when I experienced the ride and cant wait to get out on it properly. I only work 5 miles away and admit, when I have a car on the drive, wont be riding to work unless the weather forecast is dry. If its ok tomorrow I am going to do a test ride to work and back, which will be electric off on the way there as its downhill and flat, and electric for the return and incline.
Had a good read of the manual, and it seems to note that spokes coming loose can be a problem. Is this true of all hub drives and is it just a case of nipping up affected spokes? How regularly would I expect this to occur? Unless I missed this, I think it would be beneficial to include rear wheel removal in the manual, in the case of punctures. I intend to put some Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres on in the future as I never had a puncture with these on my last bike in over 2 thousand miles.