26" KCP CITY BIKE TREKKING BIKE WILD CAT MEN white black - (26 inch)

I did a long long research on bikes which would best suit me the most - the conditions being, I wanted a bike which would be best suited to ride along East/North East London canals, didn't wanted it to be a terrain nor a street bike, wanted it to be very good looking and lastly within £200. I did end up paying £210 but it was well worth it. The bike arrived perfectly fine unlike as mentioned in the other reviews. You will need some bike toolkit though to assemble the bike. The instructions which was I think given in the email/arrived with the bike was generic in nature. At the end of the day, you just need some common knowledge to assemble the whole bike, which is not at all hard. This is my 1st bike so I guess I guess I didn't tighten the screws properly so one of the screws which fasten the handle flew off. Apparently getting specific screws are almost impossible to find, the bike repair shops said they will have to replace the whole handle which would be around 40/50 quids. To give it a try, I emailed the KCP guys for the screw replacement. They were very helpful. They asked some of my order details and they send me a whole handle with all screws and bolts. As I mentioned, I only ride along the canals and till now I never had issues with the bike. I occasional pumped some air into the tires and that's it. Truly a beautiful bike and the perfect one for leisure rides.

The bike arrived in a box which looked slightly battered but seemed OK. I opened the box, took all the pieces out and found there was a dent in the front mudguard and had a broken spoke on the front wheel. The dent I tried pushing out and reached a satisfactory result. The spoke, however, was irreparable. I emailed the German manufacturer and explained the problem then proceeded to construct the bike. The instruction booklet was in some form of pigeon English and very hard to follow, but, with a bit of guesswork and a lot of patience I managed to build a functioning mode of transport. I awaited a reply to my email and it came, and read as follows: "Dear customer, it is probably a transportation damage! We can refund you 5 pounds to change it, such a spoke costs probably 0.50 pounds! Is it Ok for you so we can initiate the refund via amazon."I replied: "Yes, that's OK but where do I get one the same as the others and how do I fit it?"They replied: "In each bike store you can find such spokes, to change it you should have to take the tyre down and mount the new spoke with the nipple on the rim, it is not difficult. You can ask tin the store to do that, it is a matter of 5 minutes."I replied: "Thankyou for your response. But can you tell me what size the spoke is so I can order one, and do you know where I can order one from?"They replied: "Actually you can buy it directly in each bike workshop near you. We will see if we can send you some spokes as a letter."I replied: "If you can send me some that would be great....if not can you tell me the size and dimensions."They replied: "We will send you 2-3 pieces do not warry."I replied: "Thankyou, that's very kind."A few days later, three spokes arrived. 'Great' I thought, I could not complete the project. No...I couldn't. The spokes were too long. Hacked off with my pen-letter relationship with the said manufacturer, I took to You Tube to see get a quick lesson on how to fix a spoke...after, that is, when I cut it too the correct length and purchased a spoke spanner to complete the job! (from Amazon, good price, but not the point!).So, in conclusion.....The bike itself, once constructed, is solid, looks well built, and rides well (plenty of safety features and extras that don't come as standard on most bikes). The service, however, sucked! I never got the £5 refund to my Amazon account (presumably they used that to send me the spokes, which were wrong anyway!), the instruction booklet which, by the way, was a PDF attachment to one of the plethora of emails from KCP, makes for an amusing read but serves poorly as a construction guide, and, finally, a bike from overseas should, in my humble opinion, need to be packed far more securely for transport. If I could turn back the clock? Despite the fact the bike, after all the hassle, is quite good, I think I would have paid the extra (or not in some cases) and bought British!

Just received the bike today. Pleased with delivery got it within 8 days of dispatch from manufacturer. Packaging was intact and upon opening there was NO damage to bike. As a 64 year old I thought I buy myself a mode of transport to help me get a bit fitter. Being enthusiastic I started to build the machine and having built several pieces of furniture from MFI and IKEA I thought this would be easy,even without any instructions available. Guess what ?? IT WAS. Didn't take long to build ( maybe a couple of hours at most ). However after several minutes of trying to secure the pedals on the wrong sides of the Bike ( there is a left hand threaded and and right hand threaded pedals, so don't mix them up ) I completed the build of the Bike. I did a last tightening of all bolts checked the front wheel was in line and put air in the tyres, made sure the seat didn't waddle about ,stud the bike on the stand ,walked round it felt rather pleased with myself. Now for the maiden voyage. Opened the garage door and after a couple of weeks of glorious weather, Guess what it was pouring !!!! So although I'm raring to go I don't want to get my new Bike WET !!! Up to now I have been pleased with the tracking and delivery of the Bike ,ease of build and the great quality or the product for the price I paid. All I have to do now is hope I don't fall of the Thing on my maiden journey !!

it's a regular quality bike. It's look lovely. The worse is the service from the company that sell the bike, 4 star for the bike, 1 star for the company. The attention and service post deal was a sh...

Original bike did not turn up, it turns out that DHL Germany picked up bike but it was then lost or stolen. When the company found out they did dispatch a second bike but this all took time and many e mails.Putting the bike together took about 2 hours. The instructions do not cover how to fix the front lamp very tricky !

After less then one year of use both pedals and brakes were broken. The handle of one brake craked in two parts, just by using it, like it was made of paper.Don't buy this bike

TextPer il prezzo pagato (260 euro) mi aspettavo decisamente un prodotto migliore.Questa bicicletta vale 50 euro non di più'.Scomoda e rigida.I freni sono un disastro di inefficienza.Il materiale usato sembra proprio di poca qualità'.L'unica cosa che sembra funzionare senza troppi problemi e' il cambio.Le ruote 26" non sono adatte ad una persona sul 1e80 ma piuttosto adatte ad una persona alta 1e70. Inoltre il pacco pignoni usati al posteriore non consentono uno sviluppo metrico particolare. In piano uso sempre la marcia più alta che non e' un granché'.

Das Fahrrad selbst macht auf den ersten Blick einen guten und robusten Eindruck. Leider ist der Zusammenbau doch etwas aufwendig. Es müssen montiert werden: Pedale, Lenker, Sattel, Schutzbleche, Vorderrad, Licht.... und bei mir haben Schrauben für das Schutzblech gefehlt.

Obwohl man es noch teilweise zusammenbauen muß braucht es dafür keinen großen Experten. Auch ein Amateur schafft das. Das Fahrad selber ist robust, unempfindlich und mit etwas Pflege auch langlebig. Kurz das Preis/Leistungsverhältnis stimmt.

Die Lieferung erfolgte prompt in einem langen, 170x55x25 Karton. Die Teile, naemlich der Rahmen, Pedale, eine Box und das Vorderrad, waren gut verpackt und geschuetzt.Allerdings war das Vorderrad war bei der Lieferung mit der Pedalkurbel verkeilt. Das Rad ohne groessere Schaeden rauszubekommen war kraft- und zeitaufwaendig. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, dass die Speichen unbeschadet geblieben sind.Die mitgelieferte Luftpumpe ist viel zu schwach. Es ist nicht moeglich mit der Pumpe die Reifen aufzupumpen, da die Luft schneller entweicht, als man sie reinpumpen kann. Eine andere Luftpumpe, die ich hatte, ist nicht mit den sehr kurzen Ventilen der Schlaeuche klargekommen. Also musste ich zu einer Tankstelle mit Luftpumpe (das scheint gar nicht mehr ueblich zu sein...). Dort war es sehr muehsam, die Raeder aufzupumpen eben wegen den kurzen Ventilen.Der Staender ist eine Katastrophe. Der Winkel zwischen ausgeklapptem Staender und Boden ist viel zu klein, als dass das Fahrrad jemals gehalten werden koennte. Diesen Staender sollte man am besten sofort abmontieren und durch einen neuen 8-Euro-Staender ersetzen.Die Glocke ist beim Auspacken gleich auseinander gefallen. Dabei konnte man schon den ansetzenden Rost von innen sehen, denn von innen ist die Glocke nicht gelackt. Aber sie liess sich wieder zusammenstecken und bimmelt. Lange wird sie das aber wohl nicht tun.Die V-Bremse fuer das Vorderrad war voellig falsch eingestellt. Das noetige Werkzeug um den Bremszug einzustellen ist nicht gelistet gewesen. Das richtige Einstellen kostet enorm viel Zeit.Der weisse Sattel sieht nobel aus, nimmt aber viel zu leicht die Farbe der draufsitzenden Hose an.Der Dynamo ist sehr laut und schwergaengig und ich haette mehr Licht-Leistung bei der Geraeuschentwicklung erwartet... Vermutlich bauartbedingt ist er bei Regen nicht zu gebrauchen.Die Schaltung scheint mit nur wenig Nachjustierung zu gehen. Bei mir gibt es Probleme sobald die Kette mittig durch das vordere Ritzel und hinten auf der vorletzten Position laeuft. Dabei ist mir die Kette auch rausgesprungen.Der hintere Speichenschutz scheint nicht richtig korrekt montiert zu sein, denn er schubbert an der Kassette, sobald das Rad frei laeuft.Die Polster fuer die Handgriffe sind hart und nach ein paar Kilometern zeichnen sich deutliche Abdruecke in den Handflaechen. Auch sitzen sie nicht so fest auf dem Lenker und rutschen relativ leicht ab.Man koennte meinen einen Gepaecktraeger horizontal vorzumontieren sei moeglich, aber der Winkel von dem Gepaecktraeger ist erstaunlich weit von 90 Grad entfernt.Nach ein paar dutzend Kilometern, die ich schon mit dem Rad hinter mir hab, ist das Schutzblech hinten abgefallen. Das Metallstueck, mit dem da Blech an den Rahmen montiert war, ist ein- und schliesslich abgerissen.Ich bin nicht begeistert von dem Produkt, bin mir aber auch nicht sicher, ob es in der Preisklasse etwas besseres gibt. Ich haette es zurueckgeschickt, aber die Ruecksendekosten sind ziemlich hoch.

Das Fahrrad kam teilmontiert in einem großen Karton bei uns an. Leider war es schlecht verpackt, sodass es durch den Transport viele Dellen und Kratzer davon trug. Das Vorderrad war so in den Karton verkeilt, dass es mehrere verbogene Speichen davon trug. Insgesamt waren so viele Schäden vorhanden, dass wir eine Nachbesserung nicht wollten.Optisch ist das Fahrrad eine tolle Sache. Die Technik ist einfach und entspricht der Preiskategorie.Die Rückabwicklung lief einwandfrei. Schade, denn ohne Schäden hätten wir das Rad gerne behalten.