VELOWAVE GHOST MTB3 Electric Mountain Bike

Got it a couple of weeks ago. Took the bike out on two trails so far. Worked very well. Hardly used any battery on a 10 mile trip. Packaging was impressive and bike was in perfect condition when I received it. Went together easily. There should be a operation & maintenance manual, there is just a minimal assembly manual which is adequate for assembly. Purchased the fender kit & headlight. Assembly instructions for those was not very good and not very clear. Really like the bike though and am glad I bought it. It’s also very sharp looking.

After ordering the Ghost version of the bike WITH the fender kit, I came to find out that the fender kit ships separate from the bike (almost 2 weeks separate). Nowhere does it say in the ordering process that the fender kit is sold separately. When. I asked why I was told this verbatim, “Please calm down, we can't put the rear hanger (i.e fender kit) in because the package is too large, and our rear hanger is originally a matching activity for preferential buyers”. A couple of issues here with that statement from their CS team…You just shipped me a huge box that could have fit two bikes in it so DON’T LIE and say the rear hanger i.e., fender kit wouldn’t fit. Also, based on the customer service agents comment I got back; Was I was lucky to get the fender kit - what’s a preferential buyer? (Didn’t see that on the website)

Other issues: the headlight cable was buried so far down into the frame I had to call a Plummer friend of mine to use his drain camera to find it and had to go to Home Depot to get the necessary bolts and nuts to complete the assembly.

I have been using this bike for over a month and just love it! I actually look forward to sunny days when I can ride the bike to my commuter train station rather than take my car -- there are highways to my job so not practical for me to take all the way to work. I have hit 28/29 mph easy while on 7th gear and putting some work, though on power assist level 1 gets to 24/25 quite easily when I don't have a need for speed. The bike has a beautiful, streamlined design that is a huge plus over a big, bulky, out of place looking battery bolted onto the frame. I also love being able to charge the battery while it is installed, I do not see the need to remove for any reason other than for replacing someday. The brakes squeak like in most reviews say, but it got quieter after repeated trips. They are powerful brakes by the way; at full speed and then full application of brakes, it has such stopping power it sinks the hydraulic fork about 4 inches.

Lastly, I wringed my hands a lot on whether to buy a 500w or a 750w bike. With my experience with this one, I am impressed with the 500w power and think 750w and above is for people who psychologically need to know they have the most powerful whatever but trust me, this is scary strong for most people.

5 Stars All From Start Of The Ride To The End Of The Ride All 25 Miles First ride

Very impressed!
I was put off getting an e-bike because I ride only for exercise, but got to try a rental one on vacation and found you could still get a workout just by turning it down or off.
I live in a very hilly area and on a normal bike it is just plain hard work, so hard I rarely ride.
I just put this together and tried it: awesome!
I did twice the distance because it was fun.
If you turn it down to zero you get a quite a bit of resistance, which is actually useful going downhill. Uphill I still need to work on 1 or 2, but it is no longer torture.
Only minor complaint is I wish the lowest gear was lower so I can crawl on tight trail corners, but I can sort that later with a cog update.
All in all, my new favorite thing...