I just got the 2014 model, it was somewhat above what I initially intended to spend, but given that it is not so simple to get good deals on ebikes made in the US here in Canada, I choose for the bike that I liked best; based on my own wish list and reviews.
For a brief second actually all the stars in bike heaven lined up for me. Just as I ordered the bike from the distributer (who was really nice and very helpful and made me a really good price), his collegue mentioned that a week ago they had started working with a local bike shop- not 500 m from my office! They again were very nice, and I was ready to take the bike home when.....
I did a final test run: the brakets to hold the basket were not aligned at centreline, I guess about 10 deg off! Rinding the bike I had the feeling that I had to constantly steer against that, because the horizontal basket line was so shifted. The brakets are soldered to the frame, hence no easy fix.
The bikeshop kept the bike and I am getting a new one next week.
I am still very happy with my purchase although I have not actually brought it home yet. But I do wonder if a bit more attention to QC at the manufacturing site could not avoid these issues completely. It is a bit disappointing.
One thing that I could not find out yet:
In the handbook it says that electric lights can be connected to the battery. But there is no recommendation, which ones can/should be used? Also how to conect them? I am assuming there is a spare cable somewhere?
Does anybody know?
