Kudos Tourer 2 years on.

[Jimod]

Next week my Kudos Tourer is 2 years old and I thought I'd do a report on it.

I've done over 2,000 miles on it and it's been very reliable. The only thing which has gone wrong has actually done so twice. The twist grip for the gears broke a few months after I bought it and Kudos sent me a new one under guarantee. So quick were they that I received it less than 24 hours after I phoned them. The next time it broke it was my fault so I bought a new one from them.

It has performed pretty faultlessly for the 2,000 miles and I've enjoyed every minute on it. 2 years on I still enjoy going out to play.

I have 2 batteries and haven't noticed any decrease in performance from either one. The original is 2 years old and the new one is 1 year old almost. The original battery today did 34 miles before going flat outside my favourite cafe.

Strangely enough I've never once commuted to work on it even though I only live 5 miles from work. That says more about me than the bike.

I'm posting this as people have been on here lately asking "which e-bike" type questions.

I've never regretted getting an e-bike and have no regrets about buying a bike from Kudos.

 

[flecc]

That certainly shows the advantages of LiFePO4 longer life with no apparent capacity loss after two years of use.

It won't surprise me if you are posting similarly after another two years of enjoying your Kudos.

 

[jazper53]

I concur about the LiFePo4 battery, I also a proud owner of a Kudos, I understand Kudos latest models are changing over to a different battery chemistry. Time will tell if they will be as successful as the LiFePo4 batteries.

 

[Kudoscycles]

I concur about the LiFePo4 battery, I also a proud owner of a Kudos, I understand Kudos latest models are changing over to a different battery chemistry. Time will tell if they will be as successful as the LiFePo4 batteries.

Jazper....the battery choice is really based upon the style of the bike....in an ideal world I would use LifePo4 on every bike but the energy density is low,ie the batteries are heavy for the capacity.
Some customers are very weight conscious,remember Eddie was keen to make the bikes as light as possible.
I looked at LifePo4 for our latest performance range,we wanted to put the battery 'water bottle' style on the downtube, but if we were to use LifePo4 the maximum capacity would have been 6Ah,too low in range for most-so it was necessary to change to LiMnO4,which has a much higher energy density but a shorter life-we estimate average 3 years,for this reason we have kept the replacement battery costs down at £198.00.
However,for commuting/touring style bikes it is our intention to retain rack mounted batteries and continue to use LifePo4 chemistry,much longer life-some of the original LiFePo4 batteries are used in weather stations and are still going strong 10 plus years later. For similar reasons LiFePo4 is the battery choice of PV solar farms,storing energy.
So its 'horses for courses',making these choices will inevitably involve compromises until someone invents a competitive priced battery with the energy density of LiMnO4 and the long life of LiFeO4,that does not yet seem to exist.
Thanks for the reports and pleased you are pleased with your bikes.
KudosDave