Gtech. Sorry.

Fingers

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So I’ve had one for three and half years. I’ve loved it, still do. But it’s dying. The battery has fell off at various times due to pot holes and has a lot of glue holding it together. The connections are loose and make me slip despite the carbon chain. The brakes are a mess too.

I love this bike though. We’ve done thousands of miles.

I’m wondering if I buy one off shpock or whatever I can use the battery and have two bikes. But the motor feels sluggish. Probably power output. But I’m thinking a new bike. I’ve looked at @Woosh bikes and I like their equivalents but I worry about the specs. I’m 6 4 and must be 100kg so therefore the big bear is my option. It’s too heavy. The juicy one is good but too pricey.

There is new one. A bike from Belgium called the cowboy. It seems a direct rip off of the gtech but with a kind of go cycle upgrade. It looks slick but at 1800 it’s too much.

I’m torn. Just buy a new battery, that costs 300! Or buy a new bike. I deserve a new bike.

My question is can someone say whooshes big bear is the way forward or is there a better carbon chain version of the gtech? I want lightness but end of the day I also want the bike as a tool.

A bike for around a grand, reaching to 1200 for perfect fit.

Stick with the gtech or jump into something else?

Any comments appreciated.
 

Fat Rat

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Why do you want light
Are you carrying the bike a lot ?
 

flecc

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Fingers, you love the G-Tech and particularly its light weight and simple single gear setup on your daily commute into the centre.

So why not buy the same again for another three and a half years or so? By then you'll be heading for 68, at or very close to retirement with no further need to daily commute, and as it's a runner you can still sell the present one for something towards the new one.
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Woosh

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for lightweight bike, I converted a Decathlon's Rockrider XC50, 12.5kg with the 3.6kg 48V TSDZ2.


The result is a lightweight bike with excellent characteristics: ROCKSHOX JUDY AIR fork, hydraulic brakes, 11-speed SRAM PG1103 cassette with 11 cogs: 11, 13, 15 ,17, 19, 22, 25, 28, 32, 36, 42 teeth and 100NM motor.
The customer paid £600 for his donor bike. the 48V TSDZ2 costs him £365. It's difficult to find a better commuter bike.
 

Woosh

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Plus a battery?
you can select a battery depending to the range you want. A minimum 48V 7AH pack (336WH with Samsung 18650-35E cells, 13S2P 1.5kgs) would do about 25-30 miles for the TSDZ2, a 48V 10.5AH in a small frog battery weighs 2kgs will do about 35 miles on a full charge.
Those Decathlon bikes with the 11-speed SRAM NX derailleur are competent, they let you have as much as 90-95NM at the rear wheel for hill climbing, much better than any of the road legal bikes you can buy in the shop.
 
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