http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Decathlon Town Bikes en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:45:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20859#post-358685 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:53:03 +0000 steveo 358685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been using the gTech ebike for a couple of years now as my round town bike* the motor really does take the sting out the single speed however it is a bit limited. The motor is little weedy for my fat arse so maxes out at 13.5mph**. Seems to be a bit of a shortage of town ebikes, mostly focused on sport, but I was thinking these decathlon*** bikes look quite good and converting one to a ebike would be fairly simple. Plus I could put lifPo4 cells in to my own spec.</p> <p>So anyone had any experience with this bike or its brethren?</p> <p><a href="https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/elops-520-step-over-town-bike/_/R-p-168450?mc=8378493&amp;c=GREEN" rel="nofollow">https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/elops-520-step-over-town-bike/_/R-p-168450?mc=8378493&amp;c=GREEN</a></p> <p>*still only done about 500 miles<br /> **this is fine most of the time but the single gear is about right for 15mph so can take a bit of effort to bridge that gap. Personally I find 13.5mph a bit slow in moving traffic.<br /> *** not seen much I'd like used </p>