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.
2000m of gain ? I’m feel depleted only thinking about doing that much uphill. I live near the Alps so theres also a lot of gain, but I only do 1200-1500m max in one ride.
I usually have a tail bag with drone/other things, about 4-5kg, so that adds to the weight.
Anyway, talking with you made me wanna go even further xD
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.
2000m of gain ? I’m feel depleted only thinking about doing that much uphill. I live near the Alps so theres also a lot of gain, but I only do 1200-1500m max in one ride. I usually have a tail bag with drone/other things, about 4-5kg, so that adds to the weight. Anyway, talking with you made me wanna go even further xD