A review of Mirrorstone bike after five months use. I get compliments about the bike from riders on some very expensive road bikes when out and about. This bike continues to be a constant joy to ride. I have added a seat post suspension post bought off Amazon, however, the actual travel seems only 15mm so maybe the one on sale at Halfords could be a better bet at GBP20.

I had my first puncture in the rear tyre just before Christmas and found the following issues, so learn from these observations;
The 18mm spanner in the supplied tool kit would not budge one of the nuts. Buy a ring spanner and make sure it works.
Make sure you turn off the power supply before doing any work, nothing worse than the bike flying off the stand when you turn the pedal in pedalec mode.
Getting the rear wheel back into the lugs is quite a hard job. Remove the battery to reduce the weight of the bike while trying to relocate the wheel axle into the lugs.
The chain also gets in the way of getting the axle into the lugs, I used a reusable electrician tie to hold the chain out of the way by tying it to the mudguard stay.
It was not easy repairing the puncture in daylight, and I would say next to impossible at night. (I have been riding bikes for over 40 years). So have a backup plan if you ride the back at night. In Amsterdam they have a bike AA system shame it doesn’t seem to exist where I live.

After about 300km I started to get chain off issues. This was caused by cable stretch so re-index the STI gearing by turning the adjuster near the gearing by about 1/4 or 1/2 turn (see Youtube for guidance). To get the chain back on the chainwheel I have found the easiest way is to hold the chain at the bottom of the chain wheel in the teeth and turn the pedals backward.

Lastly a big thank you to Mirrorstone for the way they handled my faulty battery at the beginning of my ownership.

I was a little worried when I had to wait about two weeks to receive the two bikes I ordered (his & hers). But they eventually arrived very well packaged and required very little assembly, about 2-3 hours each. I have been riding bikes for 30 plus years so have a little knowledge how things go together. (The online help is also useful).

My First Bike ride on the Mirrorstone around hilly Yorkshire Dales (and there steep hills in this area).
I used PAS level 5 (pawer assistance level) for first 10km or so going up Cowpasture Road & Moor Lane/Rd Ilkley. This was not wise as possibly drained battery a lot, although was fun. Battery needs to be conditioned by discharge fully about five times. Out of East Morton going up Street Lane battery gave up completely, or so I thought. I contemplated calling for a taxi but thought maybe on lower PAS level 1-2 I could cope going up all the hills especially the one out of Silsden (on PAS level 1), and so it proved to be. I got home after 2hr 4min, covering 39.6km, and still had some battery power remaining. I am glad the bike has good brakes some of the hills are quite steep, I was hitting 45kph and activating the speed warnings on the side of the road!

Average heart rate 135 & 1248 Kcal for the ride. Glad I was wearing NZ winter level clothes as quite cold at 9C at start.

This has to be the best value e-bike on the market. The service from Plug-in Bikes is first class, from initial enquiries leading up to ordering and setting up the bike.
After a great delivery service, the bike was fairly straightforward to build up from the box.
I have had my e-bike for around 6 weeks now and I continue to be impressed by the quality of the bike and its impressive performance.
It has given me a new lease of cycling life and, if you are reading these reviews with a view to buying one of these e-bikes then stop reading, get on the ‘phone and get one ordered. You will not regret it.

Easily the best bike i have ever used. Set up was extremely easy, i was up and running within half an hour of receiving it. The battery life is great and it has really made riding a bike enjoyable again. Absolutely can not fault this bike one bit. Fantastic.

Very impressed with both the bike and the service provided by you guys. A very informative website, and customer services rep I spoke to over the phone yesterday was backed up by rapid delivery and a premium product. Thank you!!

This bike is really good but I don’t want a basket on it so luckily I could take it off. The bike is electric which works really well so I don’t have to pedal as hard thank god. It was a 4* but I took an extra star off because of the basket and the seat took me a while to move but the rest of the bike is great.

I ordered this bike after a fair amount of research online about which electric bike to go for. The specs on this vintage bike coupled with a pretty decent price meant this was the one I went for. Starting with the appearance of the bike: simple, yet pleasing. I love the retro style of the chassis, and the brown leather handlebars and saddle combine beautifully with the black body. In terms of the motor performance –it’s great. Getting around 30 miles from a full charge is the target according to the website, and whist I didn’t quite attain these levels, I got a far more than adequate performance, with the pedal assist being an inspired invention. All in all, I would definitely recommend this bike.

Unbelievable service, speedy delivery, and a truly premium product at a great price – what more can you ask for?

I love the bike but I just wanted to say how impressed I was with the service provided over the phone! And deliver y only took 2 days before I was able to ride my brand new bike – thanks guys!

A very smooth ride made even easier when the electric motor is switched on. Fantastic service and speedy delivery, will definitely recommend you guys.