Gocycle GX fast-folding electric bike - Robert Llewellyn’s Gocycle review | Fully Charged
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Robert Llewellyn has been using the Gocycle G3 folding electric commuter bike for some time now and loves it. But look, Gocycle have been busy working on an even lighter and faster folding electric commuter bike, the Gocycle GX.
Robert talks to Richard Thorpe, founder and Managing Director of Gocycle, about the improvements in the Gocycle GX model and takes it for a spin. They compare it with the Gocycle G3C and also discuss the benefits of commuting by bike as well as Gocycle’s innovative #ebikemiles scheme (where employees are paid per mile for commuting by e-bike).
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Presented by Robert Llewellyn @bobbyllew
Shot by Nick Poole @mrnjpoole nickpoolecreator.com & Stuart Lanceley @slanceley
Edited by Stuart Lanceley @slanceley & Mark Taylor-Hankins @inksharkman
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‘City of Lights’ by Joe Henson & Alexis Smith
’Impala’ by Alex Arcoleo.
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If you would like more e-bikes on the show, let us know what sort of bikes you'd like to see!
I would like to see E - Wheelchairs...new types...Thanks
I would love to see more eBike reviews including Van Moof, Cowboy and Brompton
I would likely to be described as a 'would be born again biker'. Stereotypically aged 40, have a full bike license and would love to know what's hot in the E-motorbike segments, as I'm moving into my midlife crisis I think I would be very grateful. To see Jonny or Robert on a bike would be pretty amusing too.
very good questions in the episode, and from them, what do i want to know for bicycling? "when will exhaust fumes abate." "when will car traffic be safer." questions directly related to the growth rate of bicycle traffic. in the iterim i want to learn about bicycles that cruise the boulevards in style, relaxing rides, perhaps with cargo capacity.
Yes, more e-bikes please. Especially e-assisted velomobiles and recumbent cycles.
I'd love to see more videos, like this, on e-transport options that aren't cars.
Soooo much more sustainable for our finite resources
Another excellent report/review. More please :-)
@@lachlanmckenna7766 i like electric motorcycles, or just electric assist bikes
More electric bikes and e-transport!
I'm 71. I'm a lifelong cyclist. I never complain about the cost of a bicycle. The research and development of a high quality bicycle is expensive. The cost of a bike is nothing compared to ill health. I bought a Brompton M6R last June. I'm selling it and going to support Gocycle.
Holy shit at that price I'd want it to fold itself into a small cube.
.....or, preferably, be a CAR!!!
My sister just bought a 2014 SUV for this price.
@@monk_ Ooh, I'm sure that's really eco-friendly :)
Sorry love the idea of an electric folding bike but not for £3k. Hoping that the Lectric XP bike available in US for $999 ships to UK. At that price I would bite.
Terry Catt £600 folding e-bikes are available in a UK specialist store and that French sports megastore-not as neat as these high-end ones of course but hey it matches my Zoe for market space!
There are many cheap folding ebikes sub £700 in the UK. Just ask google or Ebay. I wouldn't bother. Your Lectric would be illegal in the UK as it goes 28 mph and has a 500w instead of 250w motor. So you would need a motorbike license and insurance and you won't get the latter as it isn't a registered motorbike etc.
@Connor @onlineo I appreciate you will find cheaper options on market but worry about the overall quality of components and battery life etc. My view is that you generally get what you pay for. A sensible price point needs to be struck. The current EU/UK regulations restricting us to pedelec, low powered motors, and what technology/industry can deliver show disparity. Same issues with e-scooters. I do cycle and want to support the e-bike revolution but remain sat on the fence right now.
I agree it is a lot of money, but if you are on a budget, then the Carrera Crosscity E might be an option for you - it even folds similar to the Gocycle model, but is heavier at around 18kg.
I use it everyday to commute and get a train half way through my commute, so is practical for public transport as well as storing at home. Find out more here: www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/electric-bikes/carrera-crosscity-folding-electric-bike
Agreed. 3.1K for a folding ebike... Seriously. Go and get a decent priced one at Decathlon. And please, dont tell me you get what you pay for because for 3.1K I can get a bucket load more than 1 folding ebike.
that price is ridiculous. I'm all for the Ebike movement. But this. This does not help it.
It's the only way these companies can get financial backing. it's easy to sell a few products for a high price, but selling many products for a lower markup is very risky if the demand for the product is unknown, or if unexpected costs come up.
That is the going rate for a bike of this quality. This is one of the best in its class.
@@jeffharmed1616 Early adopters always pay a premium (I should know: I paid over $400 for my first CD player!), but I do agree that the price point will keep a large portion of interested parties away from this. Maybe they have a roll out plan like Tesla: Low volume/High price models first, then medium volume/high-ish price models next and finally high volume/lower price models after enough money is in the coffers.
I have a Fiido D1 - admittedly not as fancy but about 10% of the price of these.
For a normal peddle bike this one cheaper than a lot of those - if you did not look at normal bike 3,000 to 5,000 with up to 9,000 can be easily spent on a bike now
Very nice tech which I'm 100% interested in purchasing in the future, the price just needs to come way, way down. If this company has been in the game for 10 years I'm surprised they appear to have made little progress in terms of minimising production cost.
time != volume
I think I'd rather make a high price high profit item that's well made and be proud of the product than churning out mass produced rubbish. You can always buy a cheap folding bike and put a Ebay electric kit on it.
My thoughts about Tesla, still ridiculously expensive.
@@hapaflower inovation in production lines = low price
@@niki123489 low price, from lower costs. but lower costs for some parts can also mean an opportunity to go higher spec for other parts, right? the price is the price. it could be high for the market they're targeting, or not. (the gocycle gx costs less than some of the wheel options on the porsche taycan for example)
More of this sort of thing please! There are so many cutting edge electric tech for transport and energy production, not just cars!
I get it but 4.5k on a bike? This for the 1%? That markup is insane.
Well I’m going to be giving back my £16k EV for a so called expensive e-Bike and going car free.
@@christill Having a bike as your main mode of transport isn't an option for most people.
koopification I would say many people have a second car which could be replaced with a bike like this. Or people like me who can use one as a main vehicle. It’s definitely not just a toy for the wealthy.
But the U.K. is a long way behind mainland Europe in acceptance and understanding of e-Bikes. People will eventually get it. I think it’ll happen soon.
@@christill Does it snow where you live? A bike sounds like a nice thing for short in-town transport, but there's at least a whole 3-4 months of the year that it's not going to be of use.
Bitcoon Doesn’t seem to bother the Dutch when it snows. Or the Danes.
Comical price. The company founder saying how he got tired of having bike stolen in London makes a bike now topping out at over 4k! Why are we made to feel like we're getting totally ripped off with anything electric from cars to vacuum cleaners? Affordability is still the EV movements biggest flaw.
I agree , as in any car or bike and vacuum cleaner, there is the low end and the high end, if you see this bike it has nothing off the shelf component, you cant buy this from Alibaba , everything is designed specifically for this bike , some say Bromtons are way over priced . i would never buy this electric bike, way too expensive, and too slow and lack of power , for less than a 3rd of the price you can get an Ebike that has triple the power and parts can be found in every bike shop.
The price comes with the exclusivity of a developing technology. It took years for teslas to come down to a reasonable (yet still high) price because they had to put so much money into the gigafactory and ramping up production on batteries.
On top of that you have governments and lobbyists that dont want to put the effort into infrastructure or the promotion of cleaner cars becauseof money (thanks trump)
There are a lot of hurdles to get over before EVs become just as everyday and cheap like ice cars, give it a few years and keep and eye on new cars that coming out, prices have been coming down and hopefully we'll see a really big boom from this industry.
(5k for a bike though is ridiculous)
Totally agree. Robert never asks about the stupid cost of these 'Products' as he needs support from these companies at their 'Live' events, so he's too scared to ask just in case they don't turn up.
The proposition with folding bikes is that you take it with you into the office or home so it can't get vandalised. The electric assist makes wind, hills and long distances disappear so in a city one may not need to own a car.
@@anthoslykos6294 Rubbish the simple tech inside this stupidly expensive pushbike has been around for years and it has no advantages at all over other E-bikes or even E-motorbikes which are now way cheaper. This American is just trying to rip people off. But fools and their money eh.
Priced at the commuter. Once you've experienced the tube stations and tube trains, £3.5k over the number times you will use it to avoid this it's not so bad. Instant travel when you need it.
Good to see a rational, thought through comment. 👍
A commuter that commutes from 3-4 miles maybe. So it’s a bit of a luxury toy for a select few ‘commuters’. My commute and many others is 8 mile country lane drive plus 40 mile train. Even the country road part would be a dice with death. And it’s still over 3 grand.
@@christill I'd like to see the scenario that makes this the rational choice when others exist at under half the price - very likely as well built - and weigh less than this lunk. Its only benefit is its range at 40miles+.
But I only envisage a daily commute scenario whereby people go so far on a first leg by car or by train and then get off, bike unfolded, but *then* need to carry on up to 20mile further on this bike ? I would at that point seriously think about looking at your commute vs life / work balance or just invest in a proper powered motorbike/ scooter and go the whole journey on that.
This bike, folded takes the space of a passenger... and they should pay extra cause no space is FREE. Sorry... my math doesn't add up. Sorry... I'll keep my £400 electric scooter for these types of short, convenient travels.
@@christill Similar reason why I bought my £970 (used) bike. It costs £100/month on fuel. People see the upfront cost instead of the long term costs. I commute from 15 miles away
Just watched this with good quality headphones and noticed how much effort you put into good audio & visuals, keep up the fantastic production guys
I'd love for this to come to Brisbane, I live 1h + outside of the city to escape the noise etc, if we started to move towards cleaner quieter transport like this I'd considering making the move out of the sticks back into the City
Over 3k 😱 yeah that’s never happening 😁 Don’t get me wrong I’d love to do the great Glen cycle way that follows the Caledonian canal Fort Williamson Inverness on that.
You can get Electric conversion kits for your bike from Aliexpress from about £200-£600
Scotch I bought a folding e-bike from Aldi here in Australia for A$ 800 (about £350 I think?)
Am very happy with it, works well
Very cool bike! Fantastic FC episode, as always.
There are MANY comments here about price, IE that it is too high compared to a mass-produced high volume bike.
Some things should perhaps be taken into account:
QUALITY: You can get relatively 'low' priced aftermarket motors, if you look around. From China. You get what you pay for: they may break down after a fairly low mileage, the 'support' does not speak English as a first language, and you will have to send it back to China for repair. (No, I am not talking about Bafang here).
The bikes themselves have to be more robust, as you have the weight of the motor, plus the weight of the battery, and then the massive increase in torque from a motor that can put strain on a frame in ways it was not designed for.
If you want a 'seamless' take-up of the drive, that feeds the power in smoothly, that comes at a cost. You can get a drive that gives lots of power, but as soon as you put pressure on the pedal, you take off like a jack rabbit! Life just might get quite exciting if that happens at the wrong time.
To repeat: You get what you pay for.
From the many older folks I see riding eBikes on my local tracks, it gives them a way to get exercise to suit their physical ability, that they could never do without the motor. It helps them get out, with out the expense of a car. It DOES change their lives. And I have not heard any of them say that they regret getting one. These are not 'Rich' folks: These are of a generation that 'Knows the Value' of money, and does NOT waste it. But they regard the cost as an 'Investment.' As did I. And I also have no regrets.
I love the Fully Charged camera rig. Proper job!
ah gee
I'm tired of all these premium prices
how about something poor old joe can afford, ey?
For you I'd say: This is the wrong channel.
It's because they want to show cutting edge technology, not 5 to 10 years old tech that's cheaper.
Unfortunately the battery and motor alone is going to add £1000 just to start with. Unless you get cheap batteries....
£650 www.decathlon.co.uk/tilt-500-folding-electric-bike-black-id_8500547.html
If you want a 45 kg Chinese bike made from steel pipe and lead (yes, literally lead) then there are plenty of cheaper options. If you don't mind getting your bike stolen every few weeks because it doesn't fold and your workmates don't want to be covered in grease, there are plenty of cheaper options. If you don't mind replacing the lead acid battery every two years, there are plenty of cheaper options. If you only need 10 km range, there are plenty of cheaper options. If you're happy with a hub motor that provides no assistance on steep hills, there are plenty of cheaper options.
Decathlon tilt 500. 800€ and it works a charm.
Had to look that up... [smile]... www.decathlon.co.uk/tilt-500-folding-electric-bike-white-id_8500548.html
Its fine, but it isn't exactly the same.... You don't get the same parts, just because they look similar doesn't mean they are.
Nice. I like that it incorporates the D to enable you to secure it to something.
omg, the way he folded that bike up was so effortless. Totally caught me off guard! lol
Just looking to order one, thanks Robert really helpful 👍
I love the design. Clean, neat, no cables, perfect. But the price is too high for me. It's my three months super-brutto income.
I remember this track from the Scalelectric race on TV that James May did with the local community. Very interesting bit of kit.
Another great video, thanks.
Great stuff. People complaining about the cost should calculate how much money they actually save by using an ebike if it replaces a car (or taxi fare). Pays off in a bit more than a year on a 10-mile commute.
Gregor Arndt £400 car has done me fine for last four years...£70 on one MOT, £500 a year to tax and insure. No way people are swapping to this expensive death trap at that price
Normally the comments are full of "buy a Tesla, they only cost 60k" this time everyone wants it for free. A good road bike starts at £1000, double or triple that for high end components and frame. Quality plus battery and reliable motor and it is still cheaper than many rail season tickets and cycles without a motor!
@3k a pop, this is just a rich mans toy. I can get a better/faster/longer lasting for a 3rd of this price.
Exactly.
You can buy an ebike for that money!
You will have a tough time finding an Ebike that is as light weight and folds like this. Carbon bikes are amazing! The carbon frame absorbs road buzz...you feel like you are on a cloud.
Got a Haibike almost 3 years ago for my commute. While the price tag was a bit tough to get past at first (and actually put me off for a number of years previously) it’s been so worth it. It’s paid for itself at this point as regards to how much I would have spent on public transport and it’s a great way burn off the stress of the day on the way home. Instant replacement if anything ever happened to it.
Fascinating machine. I should look into getting one.
Great overview!
I bought an ebike cargo bike our second car. Love it. Use it nearly everyday. I love it so much I want another one so I can lev my PHEV at home.
Fools and their money eh :-)
Nice!
Looking forward to seeing u do a review of an EUC ☺
Cheers
Got one...been more than a few weeks...still trying to get the bike to work with the phone ap. They say its a glitch on their side. So I use the bike in default mode which is ok. In the default mode the bike still rides good. Its fast. Hope to get the ap to interface soon.
The bike looking amazing! Maybe in 10 years i can buy one second hand..
This is amazing. I would love to see more modes of electric transport that aren't cars as I think this is the way of the future, but like a lot of other commenters are saying the price is a bit steep. Especially if I had to convert that to Aussie dollars. Lol. My melbourne built Leitner ebike doesn't compact down much at all, I have to remove the front wheel and angle the whole thing in with my seats folded down, but for a fraction of the cost of this I can put up with the loss of space.
Folding bikes are cool. I had one in the 70s (non electric, obviously,) When I was living on a 40 foot sail boat. Very convenient.
It's a beautiful design and for sure I'd like one of these. The prices are nuts of course. I bought a second hand Gtech ebike for around 1/10 these prices, it works a treat and it's probably almost as much fun to nip into town on: certainly less of a worry to leave locked-up somewhere too.
For that sort of money I could fold up a ford fiesta.
best camera rig ever
Love the show
We should have more e bikes and e scooters in London. Been to Copenhagen and loved the whole bike experience in the city.
In 2002, I bought a Suzuki Ignis for the same price as this bike, and ran it for ten years!
Really! - ten years, and no faults!
Love this video.
What would I like to see? Reviews of ebikes , pedelecs , that are practical and affordable for the average punter.
As for the ‘foldable’ bikes? Of prime importance (as explained in this vid) is speed/hassle of folding/unfolding, and, of course, rideability, price.
No judgement from me Robert - I am older than you, and love my electric bicycle.
That Gocycle is miles better than my old, dead, folding one.
So what kind of range do you get and are they available in the US? Great video, Robert you are a natural at this! ;--)
omg, a bit expensive :)
Looking at spares, the batteries alone can be £600+, the same for engines etc.
So cool
Honeymooning with my foldable electric. Highly recommend.
At 3K, I can buy a very good electric moped.
You certainly can, maybe even cheaper as the Super Soco is now under £3K
True, but will you be able to take it upstairs to store in your apartment? Let's not forget this bike caters to a specific type of use case.
It's not the same though is it? Just because it has 2 wheels doesn't mean they are entirely comparable. On the moped you have to buy insurance, possibly parking space, and after the 3 year grace period you have to do a yearly MOT in the UK. It also doesn't allow the freedom to take it inside a flat, ride in cycle friendly parks and canals. You don't have to worry about parking in general. The last thing to consider is the exercise you would also gain from a electric bicycle, which there is none on a moped. So the 3K works out to be more overall.
@@alexandervonbraun let’s take a walk. I used to have a scooter but it was stolen. When I returned to London and apartment living the folding ebike was the only option. I commuted 40km round trip into central London in 55/60 mins, whilst getting exercise and feeling safer in defined cycle routes. Previously it was 45 mins on a moped 125cc and in the 10 years since traffic is worse. It feels expensive but you are paying for low volume engineering. You can buy a cheap car for c £15k but millions pay much more every year. Horses for courses as they say. If you buy it for commuting (and use it), then it’s cost neutral against PT costs, but also enjoyable. There is a premium also for its reduced weight. If this existed 4 years ago l would have bought one. I bought a R&M tinker for similar money. It’s c 10kg heavier (I viewed it as my daily weightlifting exercise).
I put an ebike kit on my wife's Dahon folding bike, and paid a grand total of about £500 (including the bike) for everything. 12kwh lithium battery with BMS, 24v front hub motor (so wife has 2wd if she needs it) and it folds up exactly the same way. Like, *exactly* the same way.
If I can build the same thing for 500 quid in my shed, then this bike should not be half the cost of a second hand Nissan Leaf.
There's no way that they cannot make the same bike and sell it for a grand.
If I bought a brand new Dahon, I could still make it in my shed for a grand. No way these people cannot. Just, no way.
12kwh ?!?!? Are you sure ? May be it was 120wh?
@@daniele_go Good catch, it is 12ah, 24v. 288wh, 7s4p LG HS2's. Definitely not 12Kwh.
but the battery is specific for this model, will newer batteries be backward compatible ?
Please fully charged do a episode on where Lithium batteries come from & how they are made. Love the channel James
After nearly five minutes they finally show us how to fold it. 😂
Seriously though , it’s a brilliant design and not a totally outrages price for a niche product. Very nice.
Could you review the One Wheel XR+ & One Wheel Pint electric boards?
One of the nice things about my G3 is the hidden cables and the fact that the GX seems to have gone back to the G1 in terms of the ergonomics has put me off getting one.
would love a review of electric motorcycles!
Could you try the EMOV Brisa 2 for people who is not intereseted in the foldable thing?
If you haven't yet. I'd like to see a Cannondale Treadwell Neo EQ review.
I was noticing the newer bike had a taller pedal ratio. Do these even have hub or bottom-bracket gears? Are they single speeds?
second hand folding bike $50 electric kit from ebay $350 done
Why don't you go ahead and do it and show how it compares to the GoCycle if it's so easy :)
My only complaint is that it's a hub motor e-bike from your close up shots, and not a mid drive or "crank motor" e-bike. Mid drives can use the gearing while hub motors can't. In some cases you get longer range in the "eco" or "touring" mode of mid drive e-bikes. Having said all of this, I have a hub motor e-bike that I bought in 2013, and it's a 2012 model. The batteries are still viable and I get good range for an e-bike 7 years old. But I'm going to upgrade soon to one made this year hopefully.
I’ll keep to my trusty iconic Brompton Ti 2-speed.
I like this electric bike, nice toy if you have the cash. I’d cry if someone stole it.
I took my ebike to test drive the Kinda EV and did not fit. That was the biggest deal breaker for me. Love this!
Wait… my GX has folding pedals? They forgot to tell that at the store... LOL! I've got mine for a couple of weeks now and I love it. Never been a fan of cycling but this bike makes it fun and really usuable again. Yes, it's pricy but for me it replaces car use on commutes so the cost will level out after a while. The quick folding and clean drive train makes it a better folding bike compared to others.
Very nice episode - excellent production as usual. One question though: if folk don't have range issues (so don't want regen), why would they care after 5 years if new battery tech is available to give them more range? They either want more range or they don't surely?
No info about going up hills or along canal paths...
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More info needed
I absolutely love Fully Charged. I subscribed all the way when the channel was at a tenth of its current amount of subscribers. I have watched so many of the videos and am not at all into cars. Just to spend a good time watching Robert and Jonny's passion and energy.
But like many others, judging from the comments, I stopped watching the video when I read the pricetag. 3k for a BIKE? Nope.
How does it compare to the G3 ‘19.
Much improved folding mechanism! I sold some of the first generation GoCycles but, while people loved the design and light weight, the rather clumsy way you had to deconstruct the bike held it back.
It's a quality product, well thought out, it works well, I've tried it.....but the price is outrageous.
I took my existing M3L brompton (a couple of years old) and bolted on a Swytch 25 Mile kit for £350 (on promotion), that's it.
I also had the option of ordering that kit for any existing bike.
Bromption electric bike isn't much cheaper through. An the reason they cost more is because it all comes in a much smaller, more integrated package than the swytch 25 mile kit.
@@DavidKnowles0 it's double the price of the standard kit, I'd argue the new upcoming 50 mile swytch kit with Lithium batteries is smaller, just 1kg. For a startup company they are aiming to help all existing bikes and they have made so much progress in 3 years.
Does Fullychargedlive have a position, or opinions on e-scooters? Thinking about the debate in the UK just now about whether or not to legalise.
I'd like to see this e-bike come with a *matching bag* to bring it with you on public transportation😀
They offer one with little wheels. It's sold as an option, so if you don't need it, you don't have to pay for it.
Please make more bike videos :)
Robert, Love, love your channel, in Australia, have watched for years, but the cost of these bikes are nothing short of abhorrent. Just purchased an e bike for myself and my wife in Australia, less than $2000 aud for both ( 1100 pounds), mine is a fat bike, looks and rides so amazingly, wife’s is a pretty bike with basket, she loves it. Doesn’t fold but doesn’t cost the price of a small car either. Please review affordable electric transport solutions, until electric is comparable to gas cars, they will never replace them.
Nice bike
would love to see this go head to head against the brompton.
When you can get a really good Ebike for under a grand, everyone in the UK will want one. It makes so much sense here.
apart from the fact we have terrible cycling infrastructure.
I see you did the intro and outro at the same time 😉
Very clever bike indeed.
Are there any cycles made in Oz mate ?
Does it have re-gen.
Yes we call it lunch
Yes very nice. I could see myself commuting to work on this, then using one of my employer's fleet of hybrid Toyota pool cars for my work. However, the price is over the top. By a factor of 10. When all is said and done it's a bicycle. Let's look at sensibly priced alternatives.
More expensive than my Ford Fiesta
Wow two episodes not about cars another great episode.
I think the reason a lot of people who bought the gocycle actually bought them is because of their software that enabled their bikes to go around 20+ mph on the app so if they got pulled over they could covertly switch it back to legal speed unnoticed, where as other bikes didn't have that so if by chance you got stopped by the police for going fast then you unlike the gocycle you could end up getting a ticket plus.
But it's a nice bike as well.
However if we are talking ease of use you wouldn't really go for a bicycle at all, if we are talking ease of carrying, storing, good range, not working too hard and so on, then you simply wouldn't bother with a bicycle at all, you would go for an electric scooter.
And let's face it if you are gonna get nicked for riding one you might as well just go for the best that you can find and yes you can get them ranging from 17 mph top speed up to 55/60 mph top speed so if you are gonna be an outlaw using a scooter you might as well go all out I suspect some people think.
But the price differs hugely from as little as 110 pounds to over 1500 pounds this bike is around 3 grand or more, so because the govt has still not legalised the scooters you could buy two of the high spec scooters and have some change left over for the low end scooter for the price of one Gocycle.
I'm just saying, 3k can buy me a Suzuki bandit and 150+mph... soooo....
Or 3000 can get you a decent down payment on a new road bicycle.
@@gasdive but I would have to pedal, and sweat.
Exactly, well said.
That's fast for a bandit ;-)
I understand your point, but you can't put your motorbike in a car boot, or a train. You also have to tax it, insure it, service it annually and put fuel in it every week.
I'm a biker, but electric bicycles are a different thing, and not all are as expensive as a GoCycle. It's more of a premium brand than your Suzuki, think more Ducati, or at least that's their aspiration.
How much to replace the battery?
Jeez but the price!! Eye watering
They have been in the game for ten years? I am totally surprised about that!
No doubt a very nice eBike. I always give extra points if when folded it can be wheeled around. Not all of us are 6ft+ guys that can easily lug 35+ lbs under one arm ON TOP of a work bag or whatever.
Great 👍🏼 love it 🥰?
will this fit in Harry Metcalf`s Testarossa?
I’m interested in buying a GXi however they are out of stock here in Australia and elsewhere.
Do you guys know when they will be available again. Is there a production hold up at gocycle . What’s the story?? Please.
Hi Silver, we have sold through out entire 2020 production stock of the fast-folding GXi - but it will return at the start of 2021. We are focusing on our most popular model, the fast-folding GX, which we will continue to sell throughout the rest of 2020. Thanks
Everyone in the comments:
3k for a bike: "WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY!!!"
30k for a car (plus all the associated expenses: fuel, insurance, maintenance, registration): "Yeah, sounds reasonable"
Exactly
3k is more than I've ever spent on a car...
3 k for a bike that lasts 5 years, is a bit much
Bike is for 1 persons, buy 5 bikes then for a family and spend £15k great... what a bargain
True
the Fuell bike test, please
Gears, front suspension?
About the price: If you are a commuter in a city. A bike like this is replacing your car while you use the bike with public transport. Although for me I would want some areas to put grocery bags. Also the price comes from the weight and folding design while still having the batteries. That is tricky to pull off.
The price of these bikes is insane. How do they expect people to adopt this technology when it is out of the price range of so many people. At this point in time it seems like electric vehicles are the play things of the wealthy.
New tech is always at a premium, you can get cheaper ebikes, they just won't be as good.
After watching this i said the same thing!.Its so sad that it costs so much..at this price range (no disrespect to the product which is brilliant)but its more cost effective to stick to a normal premium push bike unfortunately.
I could be wrong but i feel that company's are ramping up the price as it becomes more 'fashionable' to be seen going green??in fact this makes me more determined to convert own my mtb with kit off ebay for well under a 500quid!..lovely product if you have the money..
@@kisskissg60 You are not wrong they are unfortunately far too expensive.. But its also economies of scale.. that 'premium' pushbike was probably made in mind boggling numbers so the tooling to make it cost nothing when distributed over all of them. You can pay way more for a non-electric bike as you pay for the lightness which generally means lots of fancy jigs and man hours to make carbon fiber frames.
This e-bike seems to fall into that latter range -> Looking at it unfortunately I don't think they are overcharging because there are folks who'd pay - I'd say it probably costs 2/3rd of the asking price in materials and construction man hours minimum (though I'd want hands on with one to see just what its all made of and how for confidence in that). Add in they have to recoup the tooling and design costs over a small number of bikes sold it isn't unreasonable as an asking price.
Electric conversions or non-folding less fancy stock electrics are much more affordable, if still too pricey for me to be interested.
There are plenty of bikes available (including folding models) which are essentially just conventional bikes with electric motors. They mightn't be as compact or slick as this but they cost not much more than a decent unpowered bike and they do the job. The two technologies that made them possible are the lithium ion battery and the DC brushless motor, both of which are commodity items these day. Everything else is just technology for the sake of technology. (No you don't need bluetooth. I have a monochrome LCD display. It tells me everything I need to know because really the only I need to know is when it's time to plug in the charger.)
Nice bike, good price, little bit upright position of handlebars, but still OK, very clean look with hydraulic brakes, 15kg is very light actually.
Nice piece and nice bike(s). It says a lot for the bike that someone who has ridden the bike for a year (the presenter) and wants the new version. Older viewers may remember Brompton folding bikes from the 1970s who now make e-bikes... or the ubiquitous Xiaomi (who seem to make everything). Google this for a price fright :- Original Xiaomi HIMO C20 20 Inch Folding 80KM Range Power Assist Electric Bicycle.
Yes they’re expensive but they’re at the top end. Not everyone needs all that fold up technology. I was glad to see Robert reveal the recording setup. I was a little worried they were using the camera crew normal ‘go to’ the split tailgate of a Range Rover 😆
I think it's funny that so many people are complaining about the high price when I have two bikes that are about that same price. I think that not spending lots of money on an expensive car helps to make these purchases easier.
What's the cost and availability in the USA???