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cannot stop looking at this Ribble SLe, anyone here got one - what are they like ?
They look good value (as much as a £3.3k bike can), never tried an e road bike, as I never really got the use case for one.
Sorely tempted, do people have a normal road bike AND an "e" road bike ?
as I never really got the use case for one.
You can ride longer / hillier routes without being so knackered - or keep up with faster riders if you're not as fit as you were etc....
Have a friend who lives near the Pyrenees, he converted his road bike to ebike as his local rides are pretty brutal, 1000m col every ride. He can now bang out a quick 80km ride up and over the cols and not be totally exhausted when he gets back.
I don’t know what their e bike stock is like but their fb page is full of people waiting months (years?) for their gravel bikes to be delivered.
That’s not so good.
I’m prepared to wait a wee while, but not years
I have a ribble cgr sl and I like it. Waited around 3 months for it. Customer service was brilliant.
Had some issues when I first got it and they sent the ribble van to my house and fixed it on my drive.
I have a Spesh Creo and ride that and a synapse on road. The Creo is great, makes me feel like a fit fast rider !
The synapse has full guards on it and the Creo has none, so the Cannondale gets used a lot more probably, being west of Scotland based ! I really enjoy them both and like the contrast.
or keep up with faster riders if you’re not as fit as you were
Only on the hills though, they will all leave you for dead on the flat once you get past 15.5mph which is not even close to "faster riders" territory is it.
Only on the hills though, they will all leave you for dead on the flat once you get past 15.5mph which is not even close to “faster riders” territory is it.
Well the first thing I'd do with any ebike is de-restrict it.
Plus, you are more likely to get dropped on hills rather than the flat as you can just hide in the bunch and get sucked along....
Also 'faster riders' is relative, just to your local riding buddies. I wasn't suggesting that your average aging IT sales exec should be expecting to be able to suddenly join the local E12 chain gang just because they've bought an ebike.
Ordered a Ribble ebike for Mrs Pondo June last year, cancelled last month after delivery was pushed back again, had some Cyvlescheme shenanigans that took a week to sort, less than a weel later I'm sitting looking at her new Cannondale ebike from Evans. Ribble were lovely but they're totally at the mercy of their supply chain, and their comms were not good.
If you derestrict it then shops won't touch it when you have an issue, and ebikes do often have issues. Very expensive if you need new battery or motor.
If you derestrict it then shops won’t touch it when you have an issue, and ebikes do often have issues. Very expensive if you need new battery or motor.
I thought with some you can just frig the speed sensor, so it miss counts wheel revolutions. Just swap it back if it needs to go back for servicing....
Personally I wouldn't buy one I hadn't already established was easy to frig,
Well the first thing I’d do with any ebike is de-restrict it.
Okay fair enough. Is that the first thing the OP will be doing or will they be hoping to find a group ride that is going 15.5 or less, something like a 90 year olds club I imagine.
Ordered a Ribble ebike for Mrs Pondo June last year, cancelled last month after delivery was pushed back again, had some Cyvlescheme shenanigans that took a week to sort, less than a weel later I’m sitting looking at her new Cannondale ebike from Evans. Ribble were lovely but they’re totally at the mercy of their supply chain, and their comms were not good
that’s interesting, I like Cannondale’s, but there eBikes don’t do much for me, the ribble at least looks like a Normal road bike and not too much heavier.
But I don’t want to sit on “another” waiting list, just done that.
I won’t be fit when I’m able to get back out, but I really hope I won’t be looking to go out with the 90+ group.
I still only see the assistance being of use up hills to take the pain out of the climbs.
On the flat it’s hot to be of limited use, esp when out of town and away from the constant stop/start ?
Apologies for the many replies - on my phone.
I thought there was next to no drag on one of these e road bikes, in which case you will lose very little on the flat from it being 5 kg heavier than normal. Certainly I use to be 66 kg and I’m now 72 and I notice no difference when I’m not going up hill
I live in a pretty hilly part of south Lanarkshire. A typical 25 mile loop from home might see my unfit old self average 13-15 mph on my Synapse and 16-17mph on my Creo, on middle setting. For me the difference is keeping my heart rate (which I need to monitor) out of threshold, just, whilst being able to get more rides in as less leg fatigue.
On an e road bike you will easily be able to pedal it past 15.5. I ride my e HT with a bunch of roadies and I only lose them on long flat sections where they are doing 20+mph and that’s mostly because of gearing. I reckon on an e road bike that will be far less of a problem. I wouldn’t deristrict it either as it would then be illegal on the road.
not sure how you would fudge the sensor as it’s a magnet.
What size are you? Large Cannondale Neo3 here in shop soiled section.
https://www.hargreaves-cycles.co.uk/m39b0s418p10259/CANNONDALE-SuperSix-EVO-Neo-3-2021
Good shop to deal with. 2 friends have the ultegra version and really rate them.They weigh about 12kg. Check out this YouTube ride that did 300k on one
I have an alloy flat bar Neo Quick I bought from the same shop for a winter bike with the same power system. The Mahle power system is very good as there is no drag once you go past the cut off speed. Unlike a crank based motor which does drag and adds a lot of weight. Even on my Neo which weighs about 16kg i can do an 80 mile ride and still have 50% battery left as you don’t even need it on for a lot of the ride or you go faster than the 15mph cut off speed anyway.And even you can have the lowest green setting only set at 80% power so that it feels like an ordinary bike and ride on that setting nearly all the time.
Medium, damn that’s a good price.
What size are you? Large Cannondale Neo3 here in shop soiled section.
https://www.hargreaves-cycles.co.uk/m39b0s418p10259/CANNONDALE-SuperSix-EVO-Neo-3-2021
Good shop to deal with
What size are you? Large Cannondale Neo3 here in shop soiled section.
https://www.hargreaves-cycles.co.uk/m39b0s418p10259/CANNONDALE-SuperSix-EVO-Neo-3-2021
Good shop to deal with. 2 friends have the ultegra version and really rate them.They weigh about 12kg. Check out this YouTube ride that did 300k on one/blockquote>
Watched that vid, one of the best eBike vids I’ve seen. I couldn’t ride 300km in one day and hats off to him for doing that. It was a good example of battery usage in the real world (albeit he must be quite a good cyclist to start with to do 300km in one day). I think for the next year at least, that is me and my use case, assistance for when I’m knackered on longer rides and need a bit of a boost and breather.
I've just started commuting on a boardman 8.9e adv
not especially heavy at 16kg, although a little heavier with guards, tools etc strapped to it
first experience of anything with drop bars in over 30 years, definitely faster everywhere than my flat bar commuter, obviously up the hills, and on the flat
the motor element does take the edge off the morning ride nicely on the 400ft of hills, meaning i'm not going to be such a mess when i get to work.. takes the pressure off
however
if i was going to be going for long road or gravel rides.. i wouldn't think twice about a motorless bike
the other thing i learned when researching curly bar bikes, is there are different types of bikes.. the boardman sits in the endurance/all road corner, not too racy (and potentially uncomfortable)
so, horses for courses. ask yourself where/when you would ride it, it will be rare for me to hope on the ebike and go for a road/gravel ride from my house, rather than load my car up with an MTB and head off somewhere
if i was going to be going for long road or gravel rides.. i wouldn’t think twice about a motorless bike
Interesting, that’s all I’ll be using this for, long rides at the weekend and holidays, not commuting. So for that you wouldn’t use the eBike?
Good point re the type of bike, I definitely don’t want racy; endurance, comfort are what I’m after.
well. i've not got much choice except to use the ebike now 😀
at least with the fazua setup i can leave 3.5kg of it at home and go motorless if i decide to
on all but hills i will ride my bike beyond the 15.5 cutoff point, iv'e ridden the same commute on my flat bar, and the 2 large hills add couple of minutes each to the commute, and a decent chunk of sweat, likewise i've ridden my hardtail on trail tyres at a decent rate over 10 miles to go pick up my car. A lightweight bike, of any kind, with good road tyres and gearing is very easy compared to a typical mountain bike ride.
However, i've never ridden distance on road/hybrid/gravel beyond 30 odd miles so i don't really know what it would feel like to wish i had the assistance to crawl home.
where the ebike (road) really does come in is maintaining speed up a hill rather than just climbing it, or surprisingly, stop start in traffic