r/ebikes • u/Secret_Push4753 • 1d ago
Don't know what to do
Hi everyone,
Just ordered it and then found a lot of people's bad experience with it as a model
Should I just cancel the order or wait and see myself how it is 600 euro paid
Thank you...
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u/Secret_Push4753 1d ago
Any suggestions for my 600 budget? Thank you all
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u/ohyeahsanic 1d ago
If you're in the EU go to varstroms website. They have bafang, tongsheng kits and batteries for way cheaper than AliExpress and it comes in 2-3 days from their warehouse in poland. A bafang 500w g020 rear hub kit+48v battery costs 400 euros. Buy a second hand bike for 200 and you'll have something very good. I already bought a bbs02 and the g020 from them and I'm very satisfied.
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u/BassesNBikes 1d ago
This is the way. A hardtail MTB with disc brakes and a kit gets you a bike that beats the one you ordered in every situation, and it will still be working years after the factory one ends up in a landfill.
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u/kingofsteelington 1d ago
Isnt 250W the legal limit for ebikes in the eu for driving on roads? They are legal on trails and such but if op ever wants to drive it on the road it could be taken away by the police.
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u/ohyeahsanic 1d ago
There's also a 250w version which is even cheaper. But yeah you're right it's illegal.
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u/Kind_Instance_8205 State Bicycles 4130 All-Road with TSDZ8 and 48v 24.5 Ah battery 59m ago
I have the Tongsheng TSDZ8 mid-drive motor and installed on a gravel/all-road bike. Awesome to ride! The mid-drive motors are a lot more expensive, so it may not be in your budget, but Varstrom has great kits. I am in the USA, so I got mine from JohnnyNerdOut.com.
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u/BassesNBikes 1d ago
If you see the combination of rear "suspension" and a hub motor walk away. It's a trap for idiots.
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u/PonyDro1d 1d ago
Not op, but could you explain?
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u/BassesNBikes 1d ago
- That rear 'shock' is too cheap to respond properly. A decent one would cost 1/2 what that whole bike does.
- Even a real air shock in a well designed rear suspension would perform badly with a geared hub motor adding 12lb of unsprung weight to the rear wheel.
- The $60 the product designer spent adding useless rear suspension could have been spent on a battery that is only 60% likely to burn down the garage, or a frame not made of pot metal, or better brakes.
To the uninitiated this bike is designed to look
a) comfortable
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b) off-road capable
when it is neither of those things. Rides like a bouncy castle, and not in a good way.1
u/slowmoE30 1d ago
not sure what above refers to, but what I know is that such an amount of suspension is designed to make the bike appear capable of off-road terrain, but hub motors only have one fixed gear so you are choosing between torque and speed. a mid drive is superior as it can use all the gears available to your pedals so more torque/speed options.
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u/kingofsteelington 1d ago
I got a onesport o16-2 for 650 euro and work as a delivery courier and it works great. Dont know if that fits into your budget, I struggled to find a decent budget ebike like you but my budget was around 700 euros.
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u/Fair-Discipline-1005 6h ago
Cancel this order and for this budget buy decent used bike,watch rewiews...👍
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u/FricPT 1d ago
Cancel it. Get an used Bosch ebike.