by Mr Shaddok
(Loughborough)
Mrs Shaddok - VOLT™ Alpine Mountain Electric Bike
The reason I chose an electric bike was because I was finding it harder and harder to cycle my normal bike to work every day and I wanted something to make my long commute a little easier. I found it especially hard during the winter to motivate myself to use my bike because it was quite a lot of effort especially in the cold.
A friend of mine already has an electric bike so I was already pretty familiar with them so I knew more or less what I wanted. One thing that was really important to me was that the bike had to be good to cycle without the power, I still wanted to use the bike to get exercise and if the battery ever ran out I wanted to be able to cycle it without power and not be stuck in the middle of nowhere.
I tried quite a few different makes of bikes and the Volt Alpine was by far the best. It’s was the most lightweight, by far the best to cycle without any power and also in my opinion the best looking. I bought it as soon as I completed my test ride. Another great thing was the fact it had a 2 year warranty whereas most of the other bikes I tested only had one year.
Very happy with the service. All the staff are friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable.
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