Orbea Gain review and second hand buying tips.

[Yak]

Just saw this on YouTube. Might be helpful.

 

[science.raven]

ebike motion sounds fun, i think the battery fits up from the bottom bracket. cool.

 

[richtea99]

A fine video - good work!

As another chunky owner of a secondhand Gain I think I agreed with everything you said:
- fun to ride
- just enough power, but you still get a puff on, which is perfect exercise
- good quality build
- easy, simple to use button (there is a handlbar mounted controller too, if you really want it)
- I used the (owner's) app to check the miles too, before purchasing
- lacking power up really steep hills. I'm OK up to 1-in-8 (12.5%), but steeper than that is tough. But still better than without the assistance!
- spoke breakages (I had the wheels rebuilt to avoid this when I found them slack ergularly as you did - no breakages now)
- discs are fab. Mine are only mechanical but still way better than rims.

And yes, science.raven, the battery is removed from the frame via a hole down by the bottom bracket, but it's not really user-removable - it's a dealer operation since you have cables trailing up the tubes which need disconnecting/connecting afterwards).
That means you have to charge the battery whilst it's in the frame, which is a small downside compared to say a Fazua-based ebike where the battery can be removed.

 

[sjpt]

That means you have to charge the battery whilst it's in the frame, which is a small downside ...

That depends on how you store your bike. For us with the bikes in an unheated garage it would be a small to medium downsize in summer and a big downsize in winter (too cold to charge in the garage).

 

[richtea99]

Quite true, sjpt - the level of irritation also depends on how often you charge. Mine comes into the house to charge, but only once every 100 miles or so.