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We keep talking about getting an eBike for nipping to the shops, rather than using the car. I don't really know anything about them though so how's this look, good for the money or not?
I'm at the least intrigued about how the plastic mudguards will hold up with a pannier rack bolted to them. My suspicion, based on my experience with metal guards with a similar rack set up that holds up nicely if flexily, is that the guards will snap in five minutes once the rack's got a load on.
Looks quite similar to the other bikes from Fiido, Tenways, Heybike etc..?
https://uk.fiido.com/products/fiido-c21pro-city-electric-bike
https://heybike.co.uk/products/ec-1?variant=46339716809019
Isn't it the other way around - the guards are bolted to the rack, rather than the rack bolted to the guards, if that makes sense?
Looks quite similar to the other bikes from Fiido, Tenways, Heybike etc..?
Fiido E-Gravel Electric Bike
EC 1 Commuter E-Bike
Have I just been looking at MTBs for too long, the Fiido looks like its got a 60 tooth chainring?
Half the cassette must be unusable at legal ebike speeds, how many commuters/town bikers are deliberately riding over the limiter?
That looks great for commuting but the number of ebike city bikes getting nicked seems to be through the roof in York if the local rag and faceache pages are anything to go by. I'd only want one if I had somewhere properly secure to leave it wherever I was going to...
Isn’t it the other way around – the guards are bolted to the rack, rather than the rack bolted to the guards, if that makes sense?
Agreed - I'd a nice clean way to do it. We've got it on a couple of dutch bikes and it works very well.
No idea how original these are and how much they are a badged up 'catalogue bike' but I think they look good.
The frame and fork are close to identical to the buzz ebike i just got. Same small bafangNM size) motor/battery size, brakes, lighting and a slightly different rack. But close enough to be mistaken for one.
Isn’t it the other way around – the guards are bolted to the rack, rather than the rack bolted to the guards, if that makes sense?
There aren't many good pictures, but the guards are bolted to a seatstay bridge, and the rack to the top of the guards. On their own, neither really needs the other - the legs of the rack going down to the dropouts will hold the rack up fine, and the mudguard is supported by the seatstay bridge. But once you put a load on the rack, it starts moving about, particularly from side to side. On a metal guard, that's fine because it's strong and usually stiff enough to hold it without breaking, but I bet the plastic guards will just crack.
I cracked my metal guards once and in that situation, the loaded rack can then pivot backwards and forwards and will just flop either into the frame or onto the ground.
Interesting photo shoot location, is Dave back on board?