Fleetingcrows

Hi again, I'm now seriously considering purchasing from cyclezee, however the method of purchasing is putting me off. You can't buy direct from the website so I emailed them with what I was interested in, they replied saying that it was in stock and that once I've sent payment they'll require my address to send it to me. As this is all done over email, it doesn't seem very professional/official and I'm questioning how legit it is and if I'll have protection if it isn't legit. Have you bought from them previously, can you vouch for them?

I wouldn't say I was particularly heavy, but I'm definitely not the definition of fit (which is why I want to take up cycling.) I'm mainly wanting it as an aid for hills that I'm hopeless at climbing, and making my journey to/from work quicker and less sweaty than what it would be on a normal bike.

Thanks for those refs, the Ezee Sprint sounds quite good at a quick glance. They also offer exdemo bikes with a new battery and charger for £200 pounds less (more my budget)!

Well that sounds pretty disappointing. A useful equation though, thanks. That distance would be enough to suit me, but considering what people have said about over time the range decreases it might not be enough after a while.

That was very helpful, thank you! I'd looked at the Woosh bikes before, but unfortunately are a little out of my price range at the moment. I know I won't get a fantastic bike for a low price but some of them don't look to be too bad. At the moment I'm considering the B'twin Bebike 500, the Bycycle Ibex bike and the Cyclotricity Revolver Hybrid as I'm going off the Elise with such a low Ah compared to others in a similar price bracket.

Ah thanks for clearing that up! I've just been looking at this http://www.decathlon.co.uk/bebike-500-electric-bike-250w-24v-id_8300084.html bike and it says it's an 8A battery, presumably the same as Ah, which the quote they give for distance I think is good enough for me. I'll keep looking around though.

Thanks, I was looking at it before so might consider it more in depth!

I'm looking at the moment for an affordable ebike to use for my 5mile (fairly hilly) commute to and from work 4x a week. I can't afford anything too expensive at the moment, but I also don't want anything that will fall to pieces after a month. I've just seen the Elise Electric Explorer bike on bicycle4u for £599, which seem to look pretty good for me. (It's foldable, but the wheels aren't really small and it's not too heavy.) I know I've read on some other forums that bikes from there aren't great because of their 6.6Ah battery, but I was wondering if anyone could tell that if I find that it isn't powerful enough for me after a few months/year of usage would it be possible to replace the battery with a 10Ah one, or would it not be compatible with the bike?