Selling my Kalkhoff ....£795

[Mike63]

To give it it's full title... It's a "Sahel Premium i360 Harmony" It is exactly 12 months old, supposedly with a further year on the warranty which I think 50 Cycles would honour....
....cost me £1650....I've done 3000 miles and charged the battery 80 times...less than 10% of expected life.
No damage or major scratches ...fitted with two Schwalbe Marathon plus Tour tyres.
Flecc's formulae valued it at £1188 .... accept £795 ..collect from Wakefield or courier for extra £30

cheers.....Mike

 

[JohnCade]

Sounds like a very good price. Is that one of the Impulse 1s they were selling off at a discount last year?

How come you’re moving it on so soon? Didn’t you like it?

BTW a picture would be a good idea and helps a lot if you want to generate some interest.

 

[Mike63]

Cheers John...It has an impulse 1 motor and was certainly discounted at £1650 when I bought it last August. Most of Kalkhoff's bikes are discounted,
I think the leading entry model is now is the PC 9 but I chose mine because of the much better battery range at 150 miles in eco
as opposed to the 9 at 75 miles.... the 9 has only an 11.5ah battery whereas mine has a 17ah giving it twice the range,
At the time this seemed like a huge benefit.

Just looking for a change, when you don't smoke or drink and don't drive a car It becomes a challenge on what to spend your money on

If anyone is interested I'll try post pictures but I find it difficult and Pedelecs
don't make it easy.

.....Mike

 

[thirteen]

Hi Mike

Am I correct in thinking that it is a step-thru frame?

 

[JohnCade]

Hi Mike

Am I correct in thinking that it is a step-thru frame?

http://www.50cycles.com/product/613521520.html

Google is useful.

 

[thirteen]

Google is useful.

Thanks for that. Not in this case though as Google helpfully shows at least 2 versions if you type in "Sahel Premium i360 Harmony"

including this one

Which is why I asked, not because I was too lazy to google it.

 

[JohnCade]

I don’t think I ever saw the step through version for sale on the 50 Cycles pages. Not new anyway. There are lots of models they don’t import. I would imagine it’s the crossbar one, and I remember seeing them being sold off at a discount at the time he bought it..

But on another thread he says he may keep it so best to PM him and find out.

 

[thirteen]

I don’t think I ever saw the step through version for sale on the 50 Cycles pages. Not new anyway. There are lots of models they don’t import. I would imagine it’s the crossbar one, and I remember seeing them being sold off at a discount at the time he bought it..

But on another thread he says he may keep it so best to PM him and find out.

Good points. If I email him and it is the crossbar one I'll also offer to post up the photos..

 

[Mike63]

Hi.....It is the crossbar one, in fact it is the exact model that JohnCade linked to, thanks John, only problem is I'm having trouble with a few loose spokes,
Daren't tighten them in case wheel goes out of true,
50 Cycles says there's a flat spot on the rim, not covered under warranty.
Still riding it every day, now done 3700 miles, rides great, I'll knock off £100 to cover new rim.
Cheers....Mike

 

[JohnCade]

Hi.....It is the crossbar one, in fact it is the exact model that JohnCade linked to, thanks John, only problem is I'm having trouble with a few loose spokes,
Daren't tighten them in case wheel goes out of true,
50 Cycles says there's a flat spot on the rim, not covered under warranty.
Still riding it every day, now done 3700 miles, rides great, I'll knock off £100 to cover new rim.
Cheers....Mike

Can’t say fairer than that. It really is a stonking bargain.

 

[Mike63]

Hi again....I'd just like to add.
Little more than a month ago, Flecc's formulae valued it at £1188
.....Mike

 

[thirteen]

Thanks for the update Mike. As it has a crossbar it's unsuitable for my current needs (or rather Mrs 13's) but the offer stands to host and post up the photos if you want to email them to me.

 

[Tintaglia]

What is the size of the frame please?

 

[Parryo]

I'm new to this malarkey, hope what I'm doing makes sense. Can you please let me know the current price?

 

[oldtom]

Can you please let me know the current price?

Welcome to Pedelecs.

Post #1 - £795

Post #9 - minus £100

You can do the maths but it really is a huge bargain at that price - Mike's almost giving it away!

Tom

 

[trex]

I think Mike has taken into account the higher than average mileage.

 

[Mike63]

What is the size of the frame please?
50" Frame....I'm 5' 6" and it is exactly right for me.
....Mike

 

[Mike63]

Earlier in the thread I said it was fitted with a 17ah battery, It is actually fitted with a 15ah battery, can't see that it matters, more than enough range at 150 in eco and over 50 miles in the power setting.
Flecc's formulae recently put the value at £1188 so at the current selling price of £695 this bike represents extremely good value.
Looks like I'll be running it til' the spring when I'll put it on Ebay.

 

[JohnCade]

Have you thought of putting it on 50 Cycles second hand pages? Many of those bikes are very overpriced and this should sell easily. there. This is not a very good place to sell things really unless you’re practically giving them away. It’s quite a small forum. The evil eBay does reach a lot of people and you will get a good bit more for it there. More than enough to cover the rip off fees.

 

[oldtom]

I can't believe that you still have the bike Mike. At the price, they should be queuing up!

Perhaps if it had a throttle, was easily de-restricted to pull 40mph and could climb Everest without pedalling........

eBay, as you have suggested, might be a better bet although you may need to offer courier delivery.

Best of luck,

Tom