Aldi and Kettler: Material breakage in e-bike test – motorcycle

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Manufacturers defend themselves against test results

ADAC and Stiftung Warentest check pedelec safety: Aldi-Rad also fails

ADAC and Stiftung Warentest have tested pedelecs for safety. The result: Manufacturers are learning – but there are dangerous outliers, and they are from established brands. However, they are opposed to the test results.

Three electric bicycles with famous brand names fail the safety test. According to the testers from ADAC and Stiftung Warentest, the saddle attachment on the seat post broke in the following models in the load test:

  • Traveler E Tour FL from Kettler (fixture broke)
  • Alu-City electric bike from Aldi (North)/Hansa (fortification broke)
  • Aluminum electric city bike ECU 1603 from fisherman (seat post broke)

Two other e-bikes received the verdict "Inadequate" because of bad brakes: The E-Courier Forma from Stevens and the model Premio E8 F from Pegasus.

The ADAC sees a safety risk above all in the material breaks, because then a serious fall is almost inevitable.

Disaster for the established manufacturers

For established brand manufacturers, the test result is a disaster – especially given that the result was better overall than the last pedelec test in 2013. Site has asked the manufacturers for statements, some of which are still pending. However, two manufacturers and Aldi Nord have already reacted and in some cases sharply criticized the testers’ approach (read more about this here).

These e-bikes are recommended

  • The test winner is the B8 model.1 from Flyer – at 3300 euros it is also the most expensive pedelec in the test.
  • "The City Nexus model, which is rather cheap at 1800 euros, came in surprisingly third place Decathlon/Riverside", so the testers. It was able to keep up well with the competition in all test disciplines.
  • The Dover Impulse 8 HS was also rated "good" Raleigh, the Agattu Impulse 8 HS from Kalkhoff, the Vitality Eco 3 from Kreidler and the Amparo 8M from KTM.

All test results at a glance

Aldi and Kettler: Material breakage in e-bike test - motorcycle-material

ADAC The results of the ADAC Pedelec Test 2016

What actually is an e-bike?

"The term e-bike is ambiguous and not legally defined. This term includes all possible vehicles", says Stephanie Krone from the Allgemeine Deutscher Fahrrad-Club e.V. (ADFC). It is divided between:

  • Pedelecs 25 (support up to 25 km/h maximum engine power 250 watts), are legally bicycles
  • Speed pedelecs (support up to 45 km/h, are legally motor vehicles, are allowed on cycle paths not drive, because cycle paths are designed for speeds of up to 25 km/h)
  • electric mopeds (also motor vehicles, they accelerate – without pedaling, with gas lever – up to 25 km/h, may ride on cycle paths outside of town if there is a corresponding additional sign "Mopeds free")

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7 thoughts on “Aldi and Kettler: Material breakage in e-bike test – motorcycle”

  1. residual risk
    Unfortunately, you can’t buy complete security, because to my chagrin I had to … Taking note of an organized bike excursion, how important the so-called broom car was for me, the reason for the matter, a broken seat post ended miserably everything. (New price 3200 euros). Made in Germany.

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  2. Cycle paths designed for speeds of up to 25km/h
    That’s all I can say about that. That a normally moving bike easily runs 30km/h and downhill the 40 are quickly exceeded. If bike and footpaths in the city together are often below the illegal 2m width limit (in BW it is forbidden to use paths less than 2m wide by bike), the maximum acceptable speed is often only 15km/h. Then I use the street. Again, a pedelec is significantly slower than a normal bike on level roads. I move a pedelec from time to time. The electric motor only turns on when I accelerate and when going uphill. Never on level ground because I drive over 25 km/h.

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  3. bike speeder
    It’s true that you can only reach and exceed 25 with muscle power. A pedelec does not only reach the 25 with an ideal route and a trained driver. In addition, there are now enough instructions to remove or replace the 25 limiter. Nobody checks S-Pedelecs that use cycle paths without permission. After the streets are firmly in the hands of the speedster, the cycle paths now follow. e-mobility, hooray.

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  4. Man on the path of degeneration
    I really don’t understand what drives you to choose an e-bike! When I want to ride a bike, I make a conscious decision to use my legs and pedal. If that was too tedious or exhausting for me, I would rather not do it, or rather just leave it alone. apply for an electric wheelchair in good time. Such people can probably also have the toilet paper tracked electrically so that they do not expose themselves to any strenuous movement. And surely such cyclists also need a GPS to find their way back home – because comfort and disorientation often go hand in hand… ;-))

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  5. They confuse the vehicle with sports equipment
    I ride my bike every day to get to work in the next town (10 km away). Everything less than 10 km is a bicycle distance, I would ride a pedelec up to 20 km. With us, many older people ride their pedelecs to go shopping (3.5 km), who used to take the car. So the next time you drive less than 10 km, think about who the degenerate and lazy person is.

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  6. Aldi e-bike
    I have been riding an Aldi(Nord) e-bike for 7 years. after approx. 10.000 km still no technical problems.

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  7. Fischer e-bike
    I have been driving a PEDELEC from Fischer for 2 years. after approx. 7.000 km there were/are no technical problems here either. Sometimes it comes down to maintenance …

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