MartinYorkshire
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I've been looking at ebikes, and took a look in halfords, just really to see what they have, though no way id buy from them, mainly for the reasons above plus my own personal experience.
They have a voodoo zobop at their top full suss e bike, priced at £3000
But when you go through the spec, its all as low end as you can get. RS recon forks, retail at usually below £200, steel uncoated(ie prone to rust) stanchions. Which are a pretty thin 32mm, which to my mind is a bit thin for such a heavyweight bike.
Suntour chainset, again pretty much the bottom of the market, and as bottom the quality will be poor, so attention to quality and detail will also be low.
Next we have the brakes, an important factor on an mtb, again especially given the weight of the bike -54lbs and again it is the utter bottom of the shimano range, the altus which retail at a whopping £30 a set.
Drivetrain is low end sram nx., wheelset is formula hubs on no name rims.
All in all it is cheap spec across the board, and cheap kits doesnt last very long, and is prone to issues both build and mechanical.
But they have the audacity to ask £3k.
To my mind this is not a capable offroad full susser. Its going to start going wrong within a month, maybe two and just cost the customer money hand over fist.
Were you to remove the electrical parts of the bike and tout it as a full suss, it would be well below the £1000 mark, but still not up to its intended use.
The reviews on the Halfords site look fake to me. They read the same as the obviously fake reviews for random brand name crap chinese products on amazon.
No way that Voodoo is worth £3,000 of anyones money, or even close. Half, maybe.