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Also my wife's silver RX for your viewing pleasure
I know, the assembly is top notchThese Bikes are incredible!
I think this maybe the nicest bike in the 2021 line up!Also my wife's silver RX for your viewing pleasure
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Good catch! Im far to big and stupid to have realized something like that lol.My RX has finally shipped, arrives Tuesday, I think the holdup was the 2nd battery that I see listed on the Rize website as arriving early October (Canada). So I emailed yesterday and said I’d pay for shipment of the
2nd battery but just ship the bike. Sure enough I got an email at 1:30am this morning saying the bike and other accessories had been shipped. So Tuesday is the big day.
Run the stock tires first and see how you like them before spending cash. Imo the stock tires are pretty good, i was expecting them to be louder but they are fine, the bike motor is louder than the tires and those knobbies provide some extra grip and cushion. Watch a few Youtube videos first then take your time and put the bike together yourself because $265 is way to much for putting together an RX.Excited that I ordered my Rize RX today, and it shipped! Should get it Friday. I think I'm going to build it myself- never did that before. But I was thinking of maybe getting Velofix to do it, so that they could tune it and make sure it's running perfectly. Would cost another $265. Does anyone think having the bike professionally built and tuned is worth it?
Also, the one thing I didn't like about the components of the RX is that it has mountain bike tires, rather than road tires. I was thinking of getting the Schwalbe Super Moto X tires and swapping them out. Do the tires really make a difference though? I've never switched tires before, and I'd rather not spend money on nothing.
I'll update the group and post a review once it's built and I've had time to try it out.
You made a great choice, your gonna love it just don't forget to post the Bike porn when you get it put together!MAF1008 - you have 9 levels? I thought the default was 5.
My Rize RX arrives tomorrow (Saturday), Im not too happy with Rize managing delivery but I think, in Canada, they were overwhelmed by the demand. I have already gone out and bought quality tools including a torque wrench, I think its a worthwhile investment. I'm guessing the supplied tool will be handy to keep with you when your cycling.
It's highly recommended to learn how to maintain a bike yourself (e or not) but if you take a Rize RX to a dealer, they're going to be reluctant to work on it and secondly they'll take you to the cleaners on price. I've found bike fenders often come out of alignment, (probably why a lot of people just remove them), but tweaking the attachments should be a regular part of your maintenance checks.
I'm really excited about getting my RX tomorrow, finally, its been a long journey since ordering in early August, its great that you found the quality and performance good. Now I'm even more excited )
Yeah, it came with five levels, but the switch between "Speed and Eco" (which supposedly was just really the same 9 levels, but spaced out between the two modes) didn't work. I couldn't figure out how to get it to work, either by following the instructions (holding the button down) or changing the settings. In the menu, I was able to shift the setting from 5 levels to 9. I'm happy with that arrangement and prefer it to 5 levels split between speed and eco anyway. Also, if your bike works like this too, I'd suggest increasing to 9 levels, because I'm not sure that the 5 level mode actually had the same power at power level "5" as the nine level mode has at power level "9". That is, I think level 5 under the 5 level setting may have been the same level 5 as under the 9 level setting, but that the highest levels may have simply been restricted under 5 levels. Which is fine, if you don't want too much power, but then A) you got this bike so you probably want the option of power, and B) if you don't want to use more power than level 5, just don't press the up button beyond 5.MAF1008 - you have 9 levels? I thought the default was 5.
My Rize RX arrives tomorrow (Saturday), Im not too happy with Rize managing delivery but I think, in Canada, they were overwhelmed by the demand. I have already gone out and bought quality tools including a torque wrench, I think its a worthwhile investment. I'm guessing the supplied tool will be handy to keep with you when your cycling.
It's highly recommended to learn how to maintain a bike yourself (e or not) but if you take a Rize RX to a dealer, they're going to be reluctant to work on it and secondly they'll take you to the cleaners on price. I've found bike fenders often come out of alignment, (probably why a lot of people just remove them), but tweaking the attachments should be a regular part of your maintenance checks.
I'm really excited about getting my RX tomorrow, finally, its been a long journey since ordering in early August, its great that you found the quality and performance good. Now I'm even more excited )
Since the seat is an option there are no instructions in the manual, so just to ensure everyone knows how to adjust it: Remove it from the bike and flip it over to find the adjustment screw inside the seat post. And, the Suntour can take 3 different springs. If you fall significantly outside the weight range of the medium spring that comes with the stock unit, it pays to replace it with the correct one. Much better sensitivity.A few more small-ish critiques from my experience yesterday:
The bike seat was very "meh", not as soft and comfortable as I was hoping. Not terrible or hard, but pretty generic. It would be fine to use, but I have a spare Cloud 9 seat I'm going to try to install today.
The suspension seatpost didn't seem to do anything, it felt like a normal solid seatpost. I'm going to see if I can loosen it today.
The front light that the bike came with seemed weak. To be fair, I was riding it outside around dusk, so there was still plenty of light outside for visibility. And the light would be plenty strong for other people and cars to see you. But I'd really like an ebike with an attached light to have a strong enough light to be able to see ahead clearly at night, without any other light from outside present. That was one of the critiques I had of my RadCity- I needed an external headlight to safely see in the dark, and it was, of course, difficult to get a headlight to fit on the handlebars and point perfectly (I ended up putting it on top of the included headlight and attaching them with rubber bands), so if the attached light in the RX could have just been strong, it would have been so much nicer. If anyone has ideas about compatible lights to replace the Rize's with, I'd be open to hearing them. And also, I know, it's a $3k bike that has a pretty nice set of parts overall, and so they probably had to skimp a little somewhere rather than putting a $300 headlight on it.
I tried to get the "walk" mode to work, and couldn't. That's not really a problem for me, but if someone else is depending on it to go up stairs or something, it could be a problem for them.
I thought the stickers where you could label the bike as "Class 1" etc. were pretty funny. "I'm sorry officer, I was just peddling really hard! Look, Class 1!". I put the Class 3 sticker on mine though, hah.
Nothing to do with this particular bike, but I installed Slime tire sealant for the first time ever yesterday, and if you do that, be prepared with paper towels or something for that green goop to drip everywhere. I got most of it in the tires, but still, it makes a mess. Same with lubing your chain.
Something good I didn't mention: it is possible to ride the RX at zero power level. You obviously can't go as fast, and I had to lower the gear setting, but it is ridable and felt smooth, at least on flat ground where I tried it. I didn't notice much resistance from the motor. So if you were ever out and the motor stopped working for whatever reason, you could probably bike it home as long as you didn't have too hilly of a way. Or you can use the power assist to accelerate and go up hills, and the zero power setting to ride on flatter ground after accelerating or downhill, etc.
To be clear about all my critiques: I'm making them because I want to be honest about the bike. Overall, I'm very, very happy with it so far. I was afraid that a lot of things would need calibration that I couldn't do easily, and I'd need to get it professionally built, but that wasn't the case. It came in really good shape, and just needed to be put together like the instructions said (and with less tightening than it said). I'm also just incredibly happy with how it rode yesterday, despite the fender rubbing against my tire. Aside from that rubbing noise, I thought it was very quiet, and it was so smooth. It also was not too powerful or out of control- as I said, it was easy to keep the speed in the teens or low 20s while cycling, and I had to intentionally try to go faster to actually go faster.
Thank you! If I want it to be bouncier (I guess I'm light?) do I turn it negative (counterclockwise) or positive (clockwise)? The instructions used the term "preload", but I wasn't sure what more or less preload actually does.Since the seat is an option there are no instructions in the manual, so just to ensure everyone knows how to adjust it: Remove it from the bike and flip it over to find the adjustment screw inside the seat post. And, the Suntour can take 3 different springs. If you fall significantly outside the weight range of the medium spring that comes with the stock unit, it pays to replace it with the correct one. Much better sensitivity.
And a general rule is to set the spring to sag (compress) roughly 20-30% under your static weight. From there you can fine tune it up or down to your individual liking.
NCX Seatpost Spring
Aftermarket spring kit for NCX Seat Post Soft Blue spring is rated for 140lbs- or less Hard Red spring is rated for 195lbs+ or more Compatible with all sizes of SR Suntour seat post Quick and simple installation video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRmQYUmnusg&feature=emb_logo *medium...www.srsuntour.us
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Softer (Negative) will be squishier and bouncier. Harder (Positive) keeps it rigid if you find it's too bouncy while pedaling, or you want to minimize the energy lost when pedaling for serious exercise. And the Preload is the sag. You want to set it about 20% of the available travel so that it isn't too soft and potentially bottoms out on big bumps. If you are less than say 130lbs or so, definitely consider ordering the proper light spring. Its only $20 delivered from Suntour and will be much smoother and soak up the minor vibrations better.Thank you! If I want it to be bouncier (I guess I'm light?) do I turn it negative (counterclockwise) or positive (clockwise)? The instructions used the term "preload", but I wasn't sure what more or less preload actually does.