The Grouch

Bike arrived early evening today boxed and strapped to a pallet. On first sight i noticed damage to the box a 4inch hole which concerned me slightly. The Bike was well packaged held in place by polystyrene blocks and it took me ages to remove all the plastic foam type wrapping. I was relieved to find the bike in pristine condition. Assembly was very straight forward and easy which is just as well since the instructions are so basic they are pointless. i am also useless at d.i.y and assembly of flat pack stuff etc just ask my wife. So if i can do it a monkey could do it while smoking a cigar and jumping on a trampoline. The bike came with tyres half inflated and the battery fully charged and that was a very considerate touch by ancheer. The bike has 3 levels of power assist low medium and high. I can not find the throttle and as a result i believe it does not have one even though the vague instructions suggest otherwise. That said after i took the bike around the block a few times and let my father, mother and wife take it for a spin i set out on a 6 mile ride. 6 MILE!!! In all honesty i dont think it needs a throttle i used the lowest setting for the majority of the ride only switching breifly to medium or high for hills. Considering my weight lack of fitness and the fact i have not properly rode a bike since i was 17 (now 39) i returned home without a sweat neither was i out of breath...infact i was amazed i completed the journey at all. The bike is well made and the parts seem solid enough. I know very little about bikes or modern bike technology but i can safely say that this bike is better built and more refined than any of my bikes i had decades ago. It may not use the best parts available but its functional and seems robust enough for the average joe no cycling enthusiast this bike is more than enough and may well rekindle a love of cycling long forgotten. My first remark not 100yrds when riding the bike i immediatly said to myself... wow all bikes should ride like this. Very impressed with the bike 4/5 stars Star points Cheap Functional Great to ride Looks good Negatives No throttle Seat is painful

Ah thats great thanks for the reply and link. I hope mine arrives safe and sound and is well packaged

Update: just been informed my bike has been dispatched and given a tracking number. The package is coming from the czech republic so it looks as if ancheer have a european werehouse which should make for better delivery times. The courier is dhl i dont recall having them deliver to me before so it will be interesting to see how fast/slow it arrives

I dont have my ebike to comment but i do have an electric car and there is a dramatic decline in range in the winter months. 21°c is optimal temprature for ion lithum cells they do not like the cold.

No i wont. I am trying to change my lifestyle on a permanant basis. Once you start to diet you realise how little the body needs to sustain itself and with such rich food on the market it is so so easy to consume too many calories and how much exersize it takes to burn just a few calories its better to not consume too many in the first place. I have since realised that its not that i am overweight because i over eat but rather i have been eating the wrong things.

Thats great, thanks for the information and the offer of continued advice i especially like the last bit of advice regarding the sunshine being alergic to the cold i dont get out much in the winter but what is weird my best mate is alergic to the sun poor bugger swells up like a balloon has to stay in the shade

Lol yeah maybe. i am sure you can get/keep fit on a ebike just as well just probably more fun. May end up giving my wife my muddy fox mtb and watch her sweat.

Ah thats good to know. I certainly hope so. I will keep people upto date on how it goes. Maybe add some pics and give a review not that i have any experience of any other ebike I hope the 8ah battery has enuff juice in it and i am wondering if i need to replace the battery if it has to be like 4 like i.e lg 36v 8ah or if i can put another make with a lager capacity on

I got it off amazon just for added protection really though ancheers website had it 100 quid cheaper.. and it was out of stock

Thanks. It has not been easy. Yeah i bought a 2nd hand mtb but its a long way harder to peddel as an adult than when i was a kid but i hope that eventually by using the ebike it will build my fitness to a point where i will be comfortable using both I also looked into a 2nd hand ebike but for the prices a new ancheer with 2yr warrenty seemed a better option

I am a typical society loves to hate 39yr old male. 5ft 11in 16st who likes his ciggarets and alcohol. So this yr i plan to change my lifestyle to become more healthy and active. Since the turn of the year i rearly drink alcohol changed my diet and lost 3.5st now i am looking to become more active. I am alergic to the cold and come out in painful hives so i have purchased a 2nd hand treadmill for the late autum to early spring months For the late spring to early autumn i thought some nice bike rides would be in order. So i purchased a 2nd hand mountain bike... went out for a ride was not out 15mins and came home "bugger that" i am just not fit enough yet for it. So i thought a electric bike will help regain that fitness but by hells teeth are they expensive. So the hunt was on for a cheap(ish) ebike i read about the ancheer and it seemed an ok buy for the price even though it seems to get one or two bad reviews. Thats when i came across the new 2018 ancheer and although i could find only 1 very brief owner review i thought any problems or weaknesses with the old ancheer may have been sorted with this model (you would think so wouldnt you) so i have took a gamble it comes in the next 7 to 10 days Here is the bike would like to know what u guys think... will it be ok (not expecting the best but something usable) https://www.ancheer.shop/collections/electric-bike/products/ancheer-2018-electric-mountain-bike-with-removable-lg-36v-8ah?variant=8022229712940