ANCHEER Electric Bike for Adults, Ebike 26'' Electric Bicycle, 20MPH Adults Electric Mountain Bike with Removable 10.4ah Battery, Professional 21 Speed Gears

My initial experience was not good. The package that was supposed to be shipped to me wound up being delivered somewhere in Texas and not to my address in Iowa. After contacting both the seller and Amazon, they eventually shipped me the bike about 2 weeks later. I am in my mid-thirties and have a pull behind trailer for my two children which means in addition to my own out of shape body, I'm hauling an extra 80+ lbs behind me on a bicycle. We live near some decent hills that left me gasping to reach the top. I was looking for an electric bike that could help me conquer those hills before my heart exploded. I tried the local bike shops but all they carried was the higher end models like Trek, Giant, IZiP etc. I test rode a couple of those and they are great bikes but the cheapest one started at $1,600 and the Trek and Giant models are more like $2,500 after tax. I just couldn't justify spending motorcycle money on a bicycle.I alos looked online at some of the boutique e-bike makers like Volt Bike, Rad Bikes etc. Unfortunately, they weren't able to ship out in a reasonable time (3+ weeks of lead time). So, I decided to take a chance on this model as it was well reviewed and I knew I had a powerful advocate in Amazon if anything went wrong. Apart from the initial shipping issue mentioned above, the bike arrived in good time once they actually shipped one to me. There is assembly required but its honestly pretty self explanatory. The manual is serviceable but some pretty bad translation artifacts around using Bike Angels and such. The pictures and sentences give you gist of what needs to be done. The bike frame itself is beautiful. The paint job is as flawless as any I've seen and durable. It won't win any weight awards but easily on part with most bikes you would find in the $200-500 range. It has some really nice upscale features you wouldn't find in a budget bicycle like a rear mounted kick stand that doesn't interfere with the pedals when moving the bike around the garage. It also sports disc mounted brakes instead of the cheaper friction brakes you find on the models at Walmart and Target. The shifter is an older shimano style lever action but serviceable. I strongly recommend you take it to a local bike shop to adjust the gears if you're not familiar with what you're doing (I was not). The saddle is a quick detach/adjust model that's very easy to change on a moments notice. It also sports an integrated light (have no way of measuring the lumens but I'd guess its about 300-350, is only a little dimmer than my wife's 400 lumen model from the shop), a small "horn" (more of an electronic beep, its a lot of fun to tap out morse code messages with it or try to form the rhythm soundtrack to your music). All that is nice but I bought it for the motor and battery assist...so how does it perform? My goal for a bike was to help me conquer some hills with extra weight behind me, I was really looking for something to flatten the steep curves. So, I wasn't really looking for something that would send me flying at 30mph or something I could ride all day. This bike delivers though. It has 3 levels of assist. The lowest level is enough to help you get started but won't necessarily make a huge difference in your biking experience. It helps with taking off from a dead start and provides mild assist to your pedaling. The second level is a huge step up, you can immediately feel the power kicking in and you'll see your speed pick up. Its a minor quibble but I wish there wasn't such a huge difference between the first level and the 2nd. I've definitely had situations where 1 was not enough but 2 was too much. 3rd is an even higher level still but honest the jump from 2nd to 3rd is not as noticeable as the jump from 1 to 2. If you turn the pedal assist to off, you can then utilize the throttle control on the right hand side. Its pretty fun to feel it pull you from a dead stop up to a decent trot but you probably won't utilize it very frequently. I will say that I started using it more when my wife got a different bike and I found that the 1st level of assist was not enough but the 2nd level was too much. I could just leave the assist off, trigger the throttle when I needed it and pedal like normal the rest of the time.So, in all I think its a great value. For the price, you get a bike that mechanically is comparable to what you could find for the same price but with an integrated 250W motor and battery system. You'd have to spend at least $1,000 more to get something similar from your local shops. The downside here is that you have no support with the bike if something breaks, it could be very difficult to source parts. This is particularly true of the battery and/or motor. Still, for $500-600 if you can get something that lasts you a couple of years then its definitely worth it. I've put about 200 miles on my bike so far and have no complaints. It works really well at tackling hills and letting me enjoy being out and about.

Got the bike yesterday, charged the battery last night, and took it out for a test spin today. It ran nearly perfect, with just a bit of scraping from the rear disc brakes that I think have adjusted better now. Very simple job, The bike runs quicker than what I expected from a small 250 W hub motor.People complain that the front fork is on backwards. No, they just turned it that way to fit the bike into the box. Every single bike I have shipped, I have had to do that to. Just spin it around and twist the stem the right way. Tighten the two allen head bolts, and away you go. Other people complained that the hub motor made noise. Actually, it is almost silent. No one will ever know you are on an E bike from the sound of it.The pedal assist takes a little while to become accustomed to, but once you do it is really neat! The bike will fly up steep hills if you pedal along. What used to take me a half hour to 40 minutes to ride home ( of the hills) took me 17 minutes on this bike, and I wasn't winded like I got on the non electric bike. You can ride it like a motorcycle too by twisting the throttle.As for the instructions.... WHAT instructions? I had nothing. Luckily I am experienced with bikes and mechanical things in general. The bike is largely assembled anyway. I immediately purchased a $50 lock and a well made rack for the back, as well as changed out the seat. The tires are nice, but cheap, and you WILL get flats unless you upgrade things. Figure $70 for good tires, another $30 to $40 for thorn prof tubes, and another $10 to $20 for slime. At that point you will have close to another $200 to $225 in it, and you will still need to find some sort of theft proof wheel skewers so that no one steals your wheels. Figure on replacing the H-bars too with something that will enable you to sit more upright and comfortably. Get yourself a basket for the back, a water bottle holder, a tali light and a mirror too.The only concern I have is the battery mount. It's a combination of plastic and aluminum, and unless I make a brace for it, it is gonna probably break at some point. More importantly, the battery, while disguised to look like a big water bottle, isn't gonna fool even your casual crack head thief. Some way has to be devised to fix it so that it won't be stolen, or get used to carrying it around with you in a backpack when you park the bike, which could be a real PITA. I am going to try epoxying a metal tab to the battery case and loop a cable with a lock through that and around the frame. Figure on putting something similar on your seat as well.By the way, the bike is tons lighter than my old lead acid battery powered Currie E Zip bike. The 250 W Ancheer hub motor doesn't have the power of the 450 W E Zip bike, but it also doesn't weigh nearly 80 pounds, so its a fair trade off. This bike is light for an E bike. So far I really like it in almost every way. It's a steal at the price they sell it for, and appears to be very well made at this price point, and intelligently designed.