February 24, 201610 yr This is just a quick review with the experience I've had from Whoosh and their Bike. I have only completed 20 miles on it so I cannot yet comment on durability and other faults. The bike: http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?karoo Purchase price of bike: £749 delivered. Buying experience: Positives: - Very helpful and brilliant customer service from Whoosh bikes, hats off to Hatti and Tony and who advised me on bikes and purchasing process. Negatives: - Was advised next day delivery but was not received 2 days later, wasn't an issue as they email and explained they were short of staff and needed time check the bikes prior to shipping. The bike: Positives: - Very good value for the specs, bike doesnt look cheap at all. - Good brakes and good power from the motor. - Nice matt black finish - Arrived with very detail instructions on assembly and maintaince - Very light weight it felt almost like a nomral bike without assistance - Came 90% assembled. Only required to fit handle bars and the peddles. Negatives: - The saddle hurts my ass very much. Summary So far so good, very impressed with it at the moment. However I shall follow up with this review after 2 weeks use. Edited February 24, 201610 yr by oniontrololol
February 24, 201610 yr fit one of those NCX seat posts and you won't feel the road bumps: http://wooshbikes.co.uk/2014/bigbear/bigbear-800.jpg
February 24, 201610 yr bike-discount.de sell them depending on the euro/£ exchange rate they were around the £40 mark with delivery.
February 25, 201610 yr Author is this any good? https://www.cyclestore.co.uk/system_ex_suspension_seatpost_std-ID_54391?gclid=Cj0KEQiA6bq2BRC6ppf0_83Z1YIBEiQAgPYNvQUU5GY48gsMpqOW4sEYSnR3yPHDKcXAoyZVn8VNpgcaAm3E8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
February 25, 201610 yr I've tried both sorts and find the NCX is brilliant and a close second to rear suspension for most of the time. A very smooth action and worth the extra weight. The other type, not the same make but similar to the one linked to, actually gave me a bad back. Maybe it's just me but the up/down type also gave a friend a bad back as well. Probably the much more expensive ones are OK.
February 25, 201610 yr Author I've tried both sorts and find the NCX is brilliant and a close second to rear suspension for most of the time. A very smooth action and worth the extra weight. The other type, not the same make but similar to the one linked to, actually gave me a bad back. Maybe it's just me but the up/down type also gave a friend a bad back as well. Probably the much more expensive ones are OK. alright thanks for the advise, i shall order one to prevent my ass from being destroyed by the saddle.
March 1, 201610 yr Author Update: it has been 1 week since I started using the Karoo for my daily commute, and I must say I am impressed with the battery's range! I have thus far clocked up 127km (78.9 miles) using the pedal assist on its max level and it still have 2 out of 4 bars of battery left on its indicator. I will post another update later to see whats the max range I can get out of it.
March 1, 201610 yr one thing I'd recommend is to keep those tyres well inflated - to 60 psi front and rear.
March 1, 201610 yr Update: it has been 1 week since I started using the Karoo for my daily commute, and I must say I am impressed with the battery's range! I have thus far clocked up 127km (78.9 miles) using the pedal assist on its max level and it still have 2 out of 4 bars of battery left on its indicator. I will post another update later to see whats the max range I can get out of it. Very impressive so far, what type of terrain are you riding flat , hills !!!.
March 2, 201610 yr Author Update: Following last night's update I have concluded the Karoo's battery lasted 136km (84.5 miles) before the motor starts cutting out. Pretty chuffed at the moment as this is more than their advertised range of 50-70 miles on flats.
March 2, 201610 yr Author Very impressive so far, what type of terrain are you riding flat , hills !!!. Here is my route's elevation profile: http://s30.postimg.org/klu2cdg27/cyclepath.jpg
March 2, 201610 yr Here is my route's elevation profile: http://s30.postimg.org/klu2cdg27/cyclepath.jpg 84.5 miles, thanks for that pretty impressive albeit on fairly flat terrain are you able to ride a hillier course with about 800 - 1000m of climbing to give an alternative range ? May be of use to riders who don't live in flat areas.
March 2, 201610 yr Here is my route's elevation profile: http://s30.postimg.org/klu2cdg27/cyclepath.jpg Not showing in my browser...
March 2, 201610 yr Author 84.5 miles, thanks for that pretty impressive albeit on fairly flat terrain are you able to ride a hillier course with about 800 - 1000m of climbing to give an alternative range ? May be of use to riders who don't live in flat areas. Unfortunately I don't have a hillier route to my commute therefore I won't be able to quote you the range.
March 2, 201610 yr Author Are you by any chance a bantamweight? Nope, I happened to be a lightweight at 60kg haha.
March 2, 201610 yr You must ride for the majority of time above the assist speed? and then I wonder if there's any point to having electrical assistance?
March 2, 201610 yr Author You must ride for the majority of time above the assist speed? and then I wonder if there's any point to having electrical assistance? Oh yes I tried to to ride the bike un-assisted and it was hellish. There's definitely a point having electrical assistance as it makes the whole commute journey a breeze. I ride on an average of 24km/h.
March 2, 201610 yr Even if you have the 15 Ah battery*, you're only using 6.4 watts of power per mile which is extremely low. Many consider that sort of level as not worth having e-power, perhaps better done with a light, free running unpowered bike at much lower cost and less to go wrong. * If you have the standard 13 Ah battery it's 5.5 watts per mile. .
March 2, 201610 yr Author Even if you have the 15 Ah battery*, you're only using 6.4 watts of power per mile which is extremely low. Many consider that sort of level as not worth having e-power, perhaps better done with a light, free running unpowered bike at much lower cost and less to go wrong. * If you have the standard 13 Ah battery it's 5.5 watts per mile. . Thank you for your input, I do have the 13Ah battery, I have borrowed my neighbour's carbon bike (9kg) and it was still exhausting to commute on. Therefore I made the decision to buy a ebike
March 2, 201610 yr Thank you for your input, I do have the 13Ah battery, I have borrowed my neighbour's carbon bike (9kg) and it was still exhausting to commute on. Therefore I made the decision to buy a ebike Each to their own of course. You must still be putting in quite a lot of effort to make up the difference. Wouldn't suit those who like a lazy life! .
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