https://www.espokes.co.uk/product/roodog-chic-electric-bike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roodog-chic-electric-bike Torque to your wheels Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.espokes.co.uk/product/roodog-chic-electric-bike/#comment-96043 Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:47:12 +0000 https://www.espokes.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=910#comment-96043 I’ve had the Roodog Chic now for two-and-a-half months and am pleased to say that it gets me from A to B on some hilly routes with no serious trouble. I can’t speak for its durability but nothing has gone wrong yet. The motor makes long flat stretches whizz by. I am grateful for the front suspension on potholes. The brakes (disc) are effective and work smartly. Gear shift is good and the extra low bottom gear makes it possible to ride up the worst hills round here. Battery life is good, easily does ~9 km into town and back, but I give it a lot of help on hills to keep myself fit. Big rear rack welded to body of bike gives more scope for padlocking but the tubes are too fat for the hooks on my Karrimor panniers. Good stable kick stand. Nice feeling of grips on handlebars. Pedals are a bit of a nuisance – asymmetrical type designed to go with toe clips so you have to kick them over to get them the right way up for comfortable pedalling (would the type of cyclist who uses this shape of e-bike ever want to use toe clips?). Bizarre arrangement of rear light on end of battery, powered by 2xAA cells, in place of a handle which would be much more useful (as it is, if you dropped the battery on its end the rear light would be smashed; and getting the battery on and off requires careful attention). Front light is driven by the battery and is very strong. The pedal assist control has buttons under a plastic sheet, which are very hard to feel and operate with gloves on (it’s a bit easy to switch the power – and hence the light – off, on a dark night while trying to reduce the pedal-assist level). All in all, so far I’m glad I bought it. Friendly service, a nice long test ride, and a lot of patience from the staff at E-Spokes were a great help.

]]> https://www.espokes.co.uk/product/roodog-chic-electric-bike/#comment-75588 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:37:31 +0000 https://www.espokes.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=910#comment-75588 After buying an electric bike on line with a frame that was far too big, it was a delight to buy the RooDog Chic which is so much more suitable as I have had two hip operations. Easy to get on/off unlike her last one / plenty of power/ a very nice fresh blue colour / tyres not too chunky but suitable for slightly off-road / the ride is a delight! I would advocate buying from a dealer where you can ride the bike first, rather than a cheaper deal online where you finish up with something you don’t want. A very satisfied customer!

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