Saracen enter the eBike market

[Doomanic]

Saracen are bringing out a range of EP8 eBikes...

New Saracen Ariel E50, E50 Pro And E50 Elite

There’s a new e-bike in town: the Saracen Ariel E50, E50 Pro and Ariel E50 Elite (as here). And, while there has been an Ariel-E previously, to be honest, it wasn’t really a looker. Thi…

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[R120]

Big improvement on their old offering, but only 504wh? Wouldnt bother me personally but seems a bizarre choice, especially as pricing wise they aren't the greatest value, but then again maybe they are with recent price increase taken into account? Who knows

 

[Zimmerframe]

It's worse than that ... some bloke called Doomanic commented on the link page. Where it shows the date. It's the first of March ! No one told me it was March ! I'm not ready for March.

 

[R120]

Cant see any mention of weights ?

 

[Tooks]

What’s happening to e-Bike prices?

That aside, I quite like the look of the bike, the battery size is plenty for me as well, and more bikes will hopefully increase competition etc.

 

[Zimmerframe]

 

[Zimmerframe]

Available late April.

23.9kg for the ELITE in Size Small.

24.05kg for the Pro in Small.

24.2kg for the base model with the just don't do it E7000 motor.

"Our small and medium bikes come with mixed wheel size, while the large and extra large utilise the full 29er setup."

 

[R120]

2kg more than my E-Sommett, even with same size battery and the lighter EP8 - still waiting for someone to bring out a bike that isn't a tanker truck and doesn't cost 10k!

 

[RickBullotta]

...and at the same time Saracen is moving to a direct-to-consumer model. The trend continues...

 

[paul-g]

It's worse than that ... some bloke called Doomanic commented on the link page. Where it shows the date. It's the first of March ! No one told me it was March ! I'm not ready for March.

yes Zimm its nearly here

and all these

are being donated by the one and only Mr Steve Sordy cos he can`t stand eggs

f,.k looks a little like Hodge as well

 

[Zimmerframe]

It's just logic.

The super light bikes came along and you paid more for a smaller motor and smaller battery.

So the Full Fats have to fight back, they have a bigger motor and bigger battery, so should cost more !

Rotwild R.X375 Ultra 18.2 kg and only €11,500 - in fairness, it's lightweight so you pay more, but comes with a full size motor, so you have to pay more for that too. +€750 for a second external battery to double range.

Plus it has @Rob Rides EMTB dream of a single button to release the battery :

Rotwild R.X375 – A light eMTB with the new Shimano EP8 motor and lots of smart details!

The Rotwild R.X375 is a light eMTB with Shimano's new EP8 motor. The 375 Wh battery can be removed within seconds. We have all the information for you!

ebike-mtb.com

 

[Zimmerframe]

f,.k looks a little like Hodge as well

A little ? OMG it couldn't look any more similar ! If that weird 6ft tall multicoloured egg came walking upto you on a trail you wouldn't say "What the hell is Steve Sordy's unwanted (incompatible) love child with a chicken doing here" . You'd just say "Hi Hodge" .

 

[Doomanic]

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Check out those reach numbers! Even Rob "Lanky" Hansell would struggle to reach the bars on an XL!

 

[Doomanic]

If Saracen made Basketball players...

 

[Zimmerframe]

Hansell

Do you mean Rob Hancill ? or is your stomach driving your thought process ?

Though in fairness, Rob is regularly mistaken in public for the fictional "Hansel" from Zoolander

 

[stiv674]

When I saw Saracen in the thread title I initially thought that we might have a more affordable option, unfortunately not though.

Decent looking bike though, in a familiar kind of way, I wouldn't mind the smaller internal battery if they offered a range extender as an option.