Hello folks,
As an introduction I thought I'd give you a few of my thoughts as regards the above, owned for about 3/4 months now.
I'm new to ebikes but not MTBs, I'm not as fit as I'd like, (57 and slowing down...), but still have all my bike skills, I'm also a motorcyclist, and wanted to get out and about off road in the New Forest, and when I heard about electrical assistance, well, yes!
The Rio looks pretty good to my eyes, not to all I know, and I liked the idea of the wider tyres. It's a 13 ah version and the only thing I've changed is the seat.
It's not perfect, the chain run effectively means the lower gears are unavailable, such is the offset between cassette and chain ring, not actually a huge issue having the battery, but still, I wish I'd noticed sooner...
It was well packed when it arrived, and assembly was easy, build seems Good, if a little crude in places, but manageable.
Battery life is way better than I expected, in the Forest, 15 to 20 miles never uses more than half and usually only a quarter of available power, and even better on odd occasion I go on the road.
Handling off-road is good if a little heavy feeling to the steering, not a bad thing really, and difficult occasionally to lift the front.
Have to stop now, and just realised this may be more appropriate in the review section, sorry...
Mike
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As an introduction I thought I'd give you a few of my thoughts as regards the above, owned for about 3/4 months now.
I'm new to ebikes but not MTBs, I'm not as fit as I'd like, (57 and slowing down...), but still have all my bike skills, I'm also a motorcyclist, and wanted to get out and about off road in the New Forest, and when I heard about electrical assistance, well, yes!
The Rio looks pretty good to my eyes, not to all I know, and I liked the idea of the wider tyres. It's a 13 ah version and the only thing I've changed is the seat.
It's not perfect, the chain run effectively means the lower gears are unavailable, such is the offset between cassette and chain ring, not actually a huge issue having the battery, but still, I wish I'd noticed sooner...
It was well packed when it arrived, and assembly was easy, build seems Good, if a little crude in places, but manageable.
Battery life is way better than I expected, in the Forest, 15 to 20 miles never uses more than half and usually only a quarter of available power, and even better on odd occasion I go on the road.
Handling off-road is good if a little heavy feeling to the steering, not a bad thing really, and difficult occasionally to lift the front.
Have to stop now, and just realised this may be more appropriate in the review section, sorry...
Mike
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