Its certain its a good bike, just at a price I dont like.
I have a 1.5k ebike with torque sensor, good tires, 2years warranty, built in lights, and made in the EU. Cernainly, it only has a 8 speed dérailleur and no gps/bluetooth, and obv no type-c, but I dont think thats worth 1.5k more. Plus, my bike has a 504wh battery, so longer motor assisted-rides.
I have a 1.5k ebike with torque sensor, good tires, 2years warranty, built in lights, and made in the EU.
I’m really glad to hear that, actually! I didn’t look long enough to see what else justifies the cost, but you’d be surprised how some components can really bring up the price. When I was looking for a road/gravel bike, I came across some with SRAM 1x systems that had cassettes that cost $400+. LOL Yeah, if it’s more than $40, it’s too much for me. 😂
Yeah, the sram/shimano duopoly is crazy. Fortunately theres chinese manufactures like ltwoo that make products at reasonable price. What gravel/road bike did you buy at the end ?
I think one of the guys in our ride group has the RC120! Really good value from Decathlon on pretty much all their bikes.
I haven’t upgraded any of the components other than the saddle and tires. This bike is my “budget bike”, despite it being the one that I ride for hundreds of KM at a time. 😆
Yeah, decathlon has really good prices on bikes. I’ve bought 4 bikes from them so far.
Hundreds of kms, you say ? Jesus, im a novice. I normally only ride 70-80km. Hows the terrain where you live ?
Yeah, I’ve got three bikes in total: a steel mountain bike set up as a beast for “everything”, and I take that when I need to go offroad or to haul stuff.
Then I’ve got a folding bike. Even though I’ve used it for really long rides (150km+), it’s become my fair weather, local bike.
The RC520 is one that I got specifically for long rides. Our terrain… well, it’s not flat! That’s for sure! The elevation gain on most longer rides can be 2000m+. But we aren’t talking mountains, either. Lots of rolling hills, especially out in the rural areas.
I didn’t know how I’d like the feel of drop bars and “brifters”, but I got used to everything pretty quickly. It’s a comfortable bike, and the gearing they went with is a little lower than a pure road bike, so climbs are “easier”. Not sure if I’ll be riding gravel with this bike, but we do have some nice rail trails around.
That might seem expensive, but just to add some context:
$3,000 seems like a great deal, TBH.
Its certain its a good bike, just at a price I dont like. I have a 1.5k ebike with torque sensor, good tires, 2years warranty, built in lights, and made in the EU. Cernainly, it only has a 8 speed dérailleur and no gps/bluetooth, and obv no type-c, but I dont think thats worth 1.5k more. Plus, my bike has a 504wh battery, so longer motor assisted-rides.
I’m really glad to hear that, actually! I didn’t look long enough to see what else justifies the cost, but you’d be surprised how some components can really bring up the price. When I was looking for a road/gravel bike, I came across some with SRAM 1x systems that had cassettes that cost $400+. LOL Yeah, if it’s more than $40, it’s too much for me. 😂
Yeah, the sram/shimano duopoly is crazy. Fortunately theres chinese manufactures like ltwoo that make products at reasonable price. What gravel/road bike did you buy at the end ?
Decathlon RC520 Gravel. I got it late summer, but put 2000km on it (not my main bike) before it got too cold to keep it out.
Nice. I have an rc120, where I changed wheels and tires to 40mm ones. I’m now looking to upgrade the groupset :)
I think one of the guys in our ride group has the RC120! Really good value from Decathlon on pretty much all their bikes.
I haven’t upgraded any of the components other than the saddle and tires. This bike is my “budget bike”, despite it being the one that I ride for hundreds of KM at a time. 😆
Yeah, decathlon has really good prices on bikes. I’ve bought 4 bikes from them so far. Hundreds of kms, you say ? Jesus, im a novice. I normally only ride 70-80km. Hows the terrain where you live ?
Yeah, I’ve got three bikes in total: a steel mountain bike set up as a beast for “everything”, and I take that when I need to go offroad or to haul stuff.
Then I’ve got a folding bike. Even though I’ve used it for really long rides (150km+), it’s become my fair weather, local bike.
The RC520 is one that I got specifically for long rides. Our terrain… well, it’s not flat! That’s for sure! The elevation gain on most longer rides can be 2000m+. But we aren’t talking mountains, either. Lots of rolling hills, especially out in the rural areas.
I didn’t know how I’d like the feel of drop bars and “brifters”, but I got used to everything pretty quickly. It’s a comfortable bike, and the gearing they went with is a little lower than a pure road bike, so climbs are “easier”. Not sure if I’ll be riding gravel with this bike, but we do have some nice rail trails around.