{"id":161481,"date":"2017-10-05T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T11:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=161481"},"modified":"2017-10-05T11:45:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T11:45:04","slug":"cheapest-e-bikes-worth-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/05\/cheapest-e-bikes-worth-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cheapest E-Bikes \u2013 Worth the Investment?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

E-bikes are\u00a0fun and they\u2019re here to stay.\u00a0\u00a0Motor and battery tech improvements\u00a0mean retailers\u00a0are\u00a0offering\u00a0lower prices \u2013 but where are these great deals, and what\u2019s the catch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zinc Electric BMX, less than \u00a3250<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Argos offers a\u00a0pretty tasty-looking<\/a>\u00a0urban whip.\u00a0 The 20\u201d wheeled dirt-mobile is probably a little heavy to perform an x-up \u2013 it weighs in at over 16.2kg.\u00a0 All that additional weight is due to the 24v lithium battery and enough wattage to get you up to 20mph (limited to 15mph in the UK).\u00a0\u00a0So\u00a0what\u2019s the catch?<\/p>\n

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Argos recommend that riders are aged 13 years and over, which doesn\u2019t give you very long before you\u2019ve grown out of the bike.\u00a0 Some people ride BMX well into adulthood, but these aren\u2019t the guys looking for motored assistance.\u00a0 If you add an adult\u2019s weight to a 16kg bike, the battery will wear down quickly \u2013 this bike may have limited appeal.<\/p>\n

Coyote Connect Folding Electric Bike, \u00a3500<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A folding bike AND an electric bike, rolled into one.\u00a0 This is your urban commuter\u2019s dream<\/a>.\u00a0 House to train station \u2013 train station to office, without annoying your fellow travellers.\u00a0 This bike has front wheel drive to assist your 6-speed Shimano rear wheel gearing.\u00a0 Superb.\u00a0\u00a0So\u00a0what\u2019s the catch?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s face it \u2013 you\u2019re not going to win a beauty contest any time soon on\u00a0this machine.\u00a0 And the front wheel motor really is an assistance to the rear wheel drive, rather than an augmentation of the power you\u2019re putting into the rear wheel.\u00a0 That said, you still get a pretty good piece of tech for your money.<\/p>\n

LIMITLESS TDL6166<\/strong>, \u00a3389<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I confess \u2013 this is the one bike in this list I\u2019ve not seen in person, but I really wanted to include it.\u00a0 Check it out, they didn\u2019t even want to\u00a0remove the wrapping<\/a>\u00a0from the seat.\u00a0\u00a0So\u00a0there must be a catch?\u00a0 Well, the bike is from India \u2013 a country you don\u2019t exactly link with big cycling brands.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, India has a growing reputation for\u00a0cycling innovation<\/a>, and this may be one of those breakthrough brands.\u00a0 LIMITLESS are serious, and they\u2019ve just been commissioned by an Indian authority to supply a state government with a fleet of electric bikes\u2026<\/p>\n

Your own bike<\/strong>, \u00a3378<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Looking at my collection of bikes, there are a few I don\u2019t ride and I\u2019m looking to try the electric bike experience.\u00a0 I can\u2019t bear to sell bikes that have great geometry, a smooth ride, and badass upgraded tyres, so why not simply use what I got and fit one of these bad boys<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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You may balk at the idea of paying that just for a wheel, motor, and battery \u2013 but you\u2019re getting 1000 W of power, which means you can glide up hills with no effort, even if you\u2019re packing serious weight.\u00a0 And you get two-wheel drive for a whole new off-road experience.\u00a0 Now, which of your bikes do you want to breathe new life into?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E-bikes are\u00a0fun and they\u2019re here to stay.\u00a0\u00a0Motor and battery tech improvements\u00a0mean retailers\u00a0are\u00a0offering\u00a0lower prices \u2013 but where are these great deals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":161487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[1377,1375,1376,1374],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-161481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-cheapest-e-bikes","tag-coyote-connect-folding-electric-bike","tag-limitless-tdl6166","tag-zinc-electric-bmx"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Cheapest E-Bikes \u2013 Worth the Investment?\u00a0 - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"E-bikes are\u00a0fun and they\u2019re here to stay.\u00a0\u00a0Motor and battery tech improvements\u00a0mean retailers\u00a0are\u00a0offering\u00a0lower prices \u2013 but where are these great deals,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/05\/cheapest-e-bikes-worth-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Cheapest E-Bikes \u2013 Worth the Investment?\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"E-bikes are\u00a0fun and they\u2019re here to stay.\u00a0\u00a0Motor and battery tech improvements\u00a0mean retailers\u00a0are\u00a0offering\u00a0lower prices \u2013 but where are these great deals,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/05\/cheapest-e-bikes-worth-investment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-05T11:45:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/profimedia-0313819917-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christopher Ashley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/05\/cheapest-e-bikes-worth-investment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/05\/cheapest-e-bikes-worth-investment\/\",\"name\":\"The Cheapest E-Bikes \u2013 Worth the Investment?\u00a0 - 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