Tenways eBike Review The CHEAPER Cowboy 3 Alternative!
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Tenways C-GO 600 eBike review. This lightweight 15-kilo eBike is the best eBike I've reviewed so far. Gates carbon belt drive so no chain, 250W 40nm rear hub motor, smooth torque sensor power delivery, hydraulic brakes, and 70km to 130km range. A better eBike than the Cowboy 3 or Vanmoof S3? It will be selling for around $1500 USD, more info here: tenways.com/
00:00 - Intro & specs
00:43 - Unboxing / Packaging
01:18 - Build, design and features
03:24 - Trip computer (App coming soon)
05:10 - Ride comfort and various road tests
09:15 - Range, overall thoughts with Pros and Cons - Věda a technologie
I love how the bike is completely inconspicuous. It looks just like a normal single-speed bike.
Yes, one of the things I like best about it it doesn't look like an ebike until you look closely at it. Even the rear hub is smaller than most looking like it might be for gears not an actual motor. It rides light and fast (for an ebike) and so far my favorite out of the works I've reviewed. Torque delivery is even smoother than my Trek Rail 5 that costs over 3 times this.
@@Techtablets I’m having it by next week, I’m relief to hear that👍
Bought one, your review helped a lot. For me singlespeed is perfect as it translates to minimal maintenance. And I drive around 300km’s a week. Great vid!
This is one of the most thorough reviews of the Tenways on the net. Cheers.
Thank you for watching. More ebikes reviews coming a lot more as I love testing them out all these different ones.
looks awesome! I have to thank you once again for a great review. :)
Any time!
I really like this one Chris 🙂👍👍, it has the look and wheels of a proper bike, which is great! Also that maintenance free chain is impressive.
Really enjoy your reviews of these electric bikes✌✌
Thanks! 👍 More coming, I have one more eBike (not foldable) and an eScooter.
Nice review an again I like the diversity in tech-ish related content.
Glad you enjoy it! More to come, I like to mix things up a bit as I get board with just laptops or phones. I have another ebike review coming, an escooter, laptop, projector, tablet, smart tv, gimbal and mini pc planned for this month. A lot of interesting things.
@@Techtablets i hope that tablet is either xiaoxin pad plus or the new pro model with a snap870 😂 OR BOTH
Maybe both! But first the XiaoXin Pad Pro 2021 SD870
Excellent review. Thanks for this.
My pleasure!
this looks awesome 👍👍
Tough life riding around Spain on your bike! Yes, I'm jealous. Excellent review, but.
Thanks! 👍 Yes it's a hard life riding around the coast testing these ebikes and escooters! More to come!
timely!! youtube has been suggesting bike gear for days now and watched a few. I thought just few minutes ago, isn't it backwards since e-bikes are getting better? This bike you reviewed is really good looking, nothing easily suggests this is an e-bike. but the price though, i wonder what it can buy for a manual bike or ugly e-bike.
Cheers Chris, enjoyable review. When will they release this bike?
Next few weeks I believe it will be up for order soon. My review unit here is an basic final prototype
Another great review. You reckon we can undervolt and overclock it 😂
I increased Power limit PL1 from 250W to 300W. And a 0.080 undervolt! 😂
Looks nice but the non-removable battery will be a deal breaker for many. You may want to bring the battery indoors to charge while leaving the bike outside.
It would yes. Many would love to charge it indoors live the bike outside maybem. I guess they decided to make it as thin and light as possible so went non removable. But it doesn't even look like an ebike.
Absolutely right, and plus when the battery life is gone how can we replace it? this is a big leak on this bike, i hope they can fix it in the next version
@@vale0504 Yes, I was asking myself just this question: if the battery in the long period fails and have some problem, what do you do? 😅 1,600€ for a single "long" gear classic bycicle.
@@delpinsky there is a 2 year battery Garantie land yes the battery is replaceable
thanks for the range test, can you tell us if that was mode 1,2 or 3? really looking to get this bike but i have 31 miles daily commute which im hoping i can do on one battery, there are two big hills too, so be interested to know your thoughts more on the range.
Nice one :-) And it really looks like ordinary bike. I'm thinking of adding this motor to my mountainbike.
It does! As the frame isn't much bigger house that battery
@@Techtablets Thank You very much for Your hard work and beating up with producers to make honest reviews. I wish you all the best! Live long and prosper :-)
what is the gear ratio? is it possible/comfortable to ride this bike if you run out of battery?
Nice review.. Could you review the Vanmoof s3 if you have the resources to? Reeeeaally looking to get that bike and your review here isn't like any I've seen on them so it'll be a great watch before I do purchase one
A bit too expensive I hope they could send me one to review.
@@Techtablets let's hope. Thanks
Hi Chris. Thank you for an amazing review. I' m hesitating between the Tenways CGO600 and the Cowboy 3. What's your call on this one? Which one should I go for? Thanks
Both are good it’s a hard one. Look at what is priced the best and the support and go from there
Hey Chris, great video! I live in Dénia myself and I’m looking for an electric bike to cycle around the Montgo everyday to Javea. Would you recommend Tenways or is it better to go with something like a Trek? (Trek’s are so expensive though)
what did you end up going with? live nearby in calpe and looking for an ebike as well
One thing that puts me off from buying an ebike is the hard-to-replace-yourself battery packs. If only the manufacturers could agree on some standards for battery packs that are user-replaceable :(
Now that would be good
Same issue as phones. They won't use a standard shared one
Saw one drive by yesterday here in my town. It is a great minimalistic looking ebike, though it would have been even greater if it had a central motor and (optional) rear axial Nexus 7 speed. Especially for that price. Chris you know any other brand ebikes that have such feature set with this minimalistic design?
No others I know of like this one.
Yes very good
Great review. What framesize did you test ? M-L-XL ?
HI this was the M-L frame.
Would be interesting to know what tyres they put on, tyre width and clearance l, manufacturers often cheap out on tyres to increase profits ( even big name brands ). Some good tyres would decrease rolling resistance ( increased range ) and give more comfort as well.
It's covered they are @01:25 CST brand ones. Road tyres with puncher protection extra tough (apparently) so, not the lightest tyre. Rolling resistance is very good on these ones. I'm use to my fat 29" Trek MTB ones! Noisey and terrible on the road, designed for trails of course.
I love the Tenway bike design but single-speed is no good around here, due to hilly terrain. Does anyone make a carbon belt bike which has a geared motor or hub? (I don't like derailleur gears).
Good review. Ride must be rough no shocks? The web site says "Integrated Theft Device", wonder how that works?
Yes well it's designed for roads as a city/road bike. The anti theft I think is the password lock for the motor.
I bought a bike from Tenways based on a review of dutch reviewer David from Bright.
After 221 Km the bike stopped working. After contacting Tenways they send me parts which i had to install myself or find a repair service (they won't tough a 'internetbike') My technical skills are basic and cannot install a new display on a bike. So a bad choice to buy this bike for me.
What if the battery develops a fault or the charge port is damaged? Big problem there for a non removable battery.
Well it can actually be removed with a plastic panel removal but what I meant was it’s not really a normal end user removable battery. It’s not like it’s welded into their at least!
I know this might be a long shot, but was wondering how is the driving if the battery is dead?
Can you use it as a normal bike decently or is it very hard to pedal without battery?
It's fine on the flat a little bit more work than a normal bike pedaling. But the climbs are a lot harder with a dead battery.
@@Techtablets thank you so much. Some bikes become kinda useless with the dead battery.
Hi, did you say 25 to 26 kph it automatically cut off. That's only about 16.25 mhp ? But it looks good though for everything is conceal from being ebike look like a Fixie bike
That's the legal limit in Europe, the US version has a top speed of about 20 mph.
I think the Vanmoof S3 and X3 is the king of ebikes
Haven’t reviewed them yet
Good review but I believe the batteries are removable via that plastic part at the bottom of the downtube.. ..
Which is the best and cheap MTB amatour ebike?
Not sure but I will have a cheap bike MTB coming soon from Eskute. 27.5" with a basic front shock.
Hello, please suggest me which mobile is best in range of 20k.... Redmi note 10 pro max or Realme 8 pro?? Or except redmi or Realme which is best option???? Please reply
Note 10 Pro. But this video is about ebikes not phones...
Finally an ebike that makes me want to buy
I’ll wait until it gets to 600-800€
good idea
it will never go any lower lol do u even have brain in ur head
That's a beautiful bike!
You mentioned no gears is a con. The problem is you can't have derailleurs with carbon belt. The only option is internal geared hub. However then this bike will need to move motor to mid-drive (more cost but better) or front wheel (it's not as nice) to make room for rear hub gear.
Anyway not really needed because of PAS levels act like electronic gears
Yes true with PAS it's fine without gears, it's only if it runs out of battery I was thinking without gears some climbs will be hard.
Thats funny - a bike with battery which you can ride 70km needs to charge 2,5h….meanwhike the daily using elektronics like cameras, phones etc. need to be charged for 6 or more hours 😁
i dont know if you get paid for showing denia's coast but if not the should. Me gusta esa bici porque no parece eléctrica.
Price?
27.5 wheels or 700 wheels... 33 pounds because of smaller battery?
Where do you even buy that? The website just talks about a future indiegogo? I'm confused.
Not for sale yet but soon, this is an early unit they sent me to review that's how I have it.
If the battery runs out, does it just ride as a normal bike?
They all do, but this one claims to have a clutch which results in no drag from the motor when there's no power
@@hasan_z nice, the drag was indeed what I was wondering about
Yes like a normal bike. No drag from the motor as it disengages
non removable battery is a bit scary
Looks really cool, but too expensive for me
is it possible to switch from kilometer to miles
Hi, yes there is i believe holding down the up and power or two buttons to enter the secret menu for speed limit and changing that.
If the tires are 700c the wheels are not 27.5 - that can't be right!
Holly shit that braking looked bad (and is noisy). Maybe want to retest that after some degreasing and extensive bedding in the brakes.
With full force on the front brake the rear needs to feel loose and become jumpy after a few meters. Otherwise there is something wrong.
It has improved now after I did clean them. Seems they got some oíl on the pads from the disks and at the start it was down right dangerous stopping distances. Ow it's so much better but still could be much better. I think it needs better quality pads...
Prefer a detachable battery
Same here. But it can be removed to replace it at least from the bottom, just under the crack. A few screws and then removed. But it would be nice if you could just slot it out. The next bike I'm reviewing has a removable one and still a normal frame size and non foldable.
@@Techtablets don't always want to take the whole bike to the charger
Indeed. So much better for the battery if you can store and charge it at a controlled room temperature...
How much hill is too much for this bike?
about 30/35 degrees
@@Techtablets Just checking ... 30 degree's is extremely steep - about the steepest in San Francisco for example.
@@Techtablets 30 degrees is crazy, you sure you have the units right?
They should offer a lower cost version, get rid of the hydraulic discs and replace with rim brakes, replace the belt with a chain. That will drop the price plus allow the user to swap rear cogs and front chain rings for a gear ratio they enjoy. Save the belt and discs as the high end option.
Bad xspark brakes for the price. They Should have gone shimano or tektro. Xspark is notorious for leaking.
Agreed. They should have gone with a more known brand.
That "carbon" belt will wear out so quick. It's rated for no humidity.
Also, you changed pedals, and battery can't be removed and exhanced? Wtf man ?
No they are rated for 30,000km. Yes non user removable battery.
@@Techtablets did you check with manufacturer about non removable battery ? That lower plastic cover looks like a place where it could be slid out. Its kind of dealbreaker for me.
Ha ha, they put the charging port right where the cranks can break it off with no problem.
Sorry... How much is this???
Not sure about around $1500 USD I think.
@@Techtablets That seems like a really decent, even bargain, price. I've been watching a ton of reviews of a multitude of e-models over the last year or so. There's a really cool make called WAU manufactured in mostly China and assembled (I believe) in the UK. It's almost a £1000 more for its base model. Then there's the super-looking S3 from the Netherlands. Again, it starts at nearly £1k more. So... it does get me wondering what is the catch here??
@@RalphAverbuch the catch is it's not retail price, it's pre-order. In other words you are paying advance before they start production which is why they are crowdfunding on Indiegogo. The other companies are established already and selling a product already made. This means it's an introductory price lower than what it will be in stores if it this is successful
@@hasan_z Yup... I got burned on an Indiegogo once before. Was not a lot of cash but this would be 8x more. It ought to be a safe bet given that Chris has actually ridden one but it's still a bit of a gamble...
Guess e-scooters are the next big thing
I've got one coming shortly
I am new youtuber i want this bicycle free
You are riding the L or the M size bike in the Video?
HI this is the M size they sent me.
80kgs bull lol
Actually 82 kilos now :) But then I was 80 kilos. What are you? A 120 kilos cough potato lol
@@Techtablets o touchy, cant take a joke dont think utubes for u mate
First
Doesn't look like an ebike bro
That’s the point
No way, I need mud - guards, prefer chain - transmission with multiple pinions, but it's remarcable light and looks good, but ... it's a toy !
I asked about the guards they will sell them and a model with them installed. I've got another ebike review coming an EU Dutch/German style 28" wheel non foldable bike with gears, bike rack and mudguards. Another good one but heavier and no torque sensor which is amazing to ride with. Even smoother power delivery this bike than my 2021 Trek Rail 5.
@@Techtablets Thank you very much, it's so nice of you answering ! Muchas gracias !
Lovely looking bike. Battery powered biles I think are a joke. Defeats the purpose of it. Won't be long before you can buy trainers you need to charge before you wear it.
Sure, but advantage of ebike is ability to climb hills that are too hard on self power alone. Also you can commute to work in your uniform without sweating. And people with health problems can ride too. So if you're young and fit maybe no excuse to have it, but there are situations they make life easier!