Ramblings of a Gavin

 29/12/2020 fig 1.2 freeze framed from the promo video Intro Before I get into reviewing this bike I want you to know why I bought it which will give you a bit more of my angle on the matter. fig 1.2  I started looking into an electric bike after a year of commuting a short distance to work on my trusty steely road bike you see on fig 1.2. When that work placement ended I was looking at my next commute being more like a 30 mile round trip which although completely doable, I wasn't going to commit that many hours of my life to commuting no matter how nice it was to be out on the bike. An electric bike seemed to be a sensible compromise between the speed of taking the car or a motorcycle against the near free to fuel bicycle. The next issue was picking one. A small folding bike was not going to be suitable for the long distance. A mountain bike would cost me more in weight and rolling resistance than the motor would benefit me. Taking these two options out of the equation cut ou...

fig 1.1 I decided to treat myself to an eBike to commute to work which was a mistake. After weeks of procrastinating I bought a very cheap new eLife Ranger hybrid for a number of meritous reasons. I may jot down a quick review of it later on as there really isn't much online about these bikes which is a shame as they are a tidy design at a sensible price point even at full price. After getting the thing home, I decided to take it down to the shops to drop some parcels off. I wanted to see what it was all about! Sadly it was clearly not working right. Although there was something there, it really wasn't doing much assisting, so I returned a bit pissed off. Reserch time What ensued was a night of research to figure out what was going on, but more importantly; what on earth I had just bought! eLife appear to be a brand to sell ebikes through ideal world amongst other sources to clear stock. They predominantly sell folding city bikes but this Ranger 950 has been for sale during 20...