Case Study – Cycle Britain Ltd. Lands End to John O’Groats Electric Bike Tours
Alan Little, Director Cycle Britain Limited Contact us with an idea in January 2021 – a fully bispok, a fully -supported electric cycle rent and the housing package to deal with the powerful “ledge” for all experience levels. Over 23 days 1030 miles, the UK accepts some of the great sights that have.
Alan’s own journey in cycling “began with a rally helicopter as a young boy in Yorkshire. We started traveling in Yorkshire Delles at a young age. The feeling of adventure that inspired me still provided tension even today”.
He has been road biked, racing, competed and trained in Triathlon, riding a bike across Asia, Mountain Bike volcano and bicycle in Tibet.
What does it take to run a successful Ebike rental business at the end of the Historic Tihasik land on John O’Grots?
Bike is a simple but effective mission statement in Britain – “To inspire everyone to enjoy an amazing cycling experience”.
Due to already a rich business in cycle travel, the available tour of an YBK alternative in an already impressive portfolio enhances the type of riders capable of participating in the national husseric challenge, otherwise, the route’s accessibility, fitness or lack of experience can prevent them.
The problem …
Like any rental business that requires a physical product for managing, such as cycle rental and arguably more reasons. The riders come in many shapes and shapes, and their fitness level and cycling experience may be just as extensive as the area they need to deal with in the end.
Bike Britain has identified that this tour requires a fleet of 10 bikes to meet their revenue goals. From here, we have discussed this tour greatly and have tried to identify the “appropriate diligence” process on both sides in the case study as soon as possible.
Between us, we have highlighted a lot of list of “requirements”. The most important here;
Power
Low power motors may be reasonably fit and sufficient for experienced cyclists, but may not be enough for those who need some more support.
Range
Bikes need to be able to cover At least The longest end of the tour is 50 miles per day, but made of flexibility is always a good idea. Headwinds, excess luggage and less fit or experienced riders will all keep a bigger drain on an YBK battery.
Reliability
Bikes must be exceptional reliable The target for “zero downtime” out of very basic maintenance/cleaning before and after the days is to run is the target or occasionally (and inevitable!) Panchar repair. Keeping the team’s route and scenery, experience and support and housing on one side, they are being paid for the main product. Any Downtime is possible to earn a potentially lost earning that creates one of the most important reasons to consider it easily.
Multi -terrane
The area between the Lands End and the John O’Grrots will constantly change and the bike must be able to deal with something more than a smooth tarmack.
Effectiveness
Electric and general bike controls need to be intuitive and accessible for everyone. Many of the riders have never been able to ride electrical bikes and excess fascies or complex controls may refrain from experience.
Size
Riders come to a large range of size and size and have 10 bikes to be able to supply them.
Equipment
The bike needs to be well equipped. Moodguards, personal belongings and light additional and good lights for good lights must have absolute “definite” for this type of riding.
Repair / maintenance / warranty
They must be relatively easy to work. If there Is A problem, it needs to be fixed very quickly along the road. When the bicycle Britain Tours are chapered by a “team bus” when the legs get very tired, customers are paying for the journey, the rest are not to see!
The availability of additional and support
Bikes will keep at least 1000 miles of covering per month, as 12,000 miles per year – average car mileage! The bike elements need to be easily and easily served along the entire tour route and therefore the owned or unusual element should be kept in perfect minimum.
Solution …
The combination of Alan’s experience of running bicycles tours and providing some of the best and most reliable European bikes available in our own 15 -year experience, was a very clear solution;
Cube Kathmandu Hybrid X750.
Cube e-bike
A German manufacturer and a product have arrived up to the portfolio yet We Unable to stock every single model per year, cubes are exceptional reliable and exclusively bosched ebikes offer at a price point that makes them competitive incredibly difficult.
Kathmandu is specially designed by the electronic bike, especially in the distance, and has a specification list to match it.
Bosh
The new and most powerful generation of Bosh is fitted with 4 performance CX motor, it has the maximum output 85NM. In “Turbo” mode it is equal to 340% assistance. The same as you And Pressing more 3.4 pairs of pairs on the paddles.
In 2022 the brand new, the new range of the X model Bosh was at the top of the 750Wh battery. Rated up to 160 miles on a single charge, Kathmandu got a battery in a long distance of a bike designed to log a rider and all their gear in a long distance.
In the last 5 model years, they have proven themselves as extremely reliable by stocking cubes electronic bikes. Despite our largest -ordered brand and 154 countries shipping, they rarely see in our workshop and replace the smallest percentage of warranty work or parts.
Simplicity
29 “Wheel and Excess Volume Showalbe Energizer Plus 55c is installed on Cube’s own X23 wheel, Kathmandu models are the most angry hybrid leisure bikes available and the frame uses it as an ultimate roading for additional engineers, it uses it as a gravel.
Electrical bike controls are simple, but for those interested, providing a lot of data. The new Bosh 300 display provides the screens “at a glance” at a basic “screens that shows the status of the battery, but will cover the miles using the LED remote switch to scroll more on the screen, the average speed, calorie input vs. bike input vs. It even contains a SAT-Nave function and the integration of Bluetooth heart rate monitor! Breaks and gears are exactly the same as a typical bike, and even the most newborn rider may not even feel aliens.
High -minded
Available in 3 frame style and 5 in size, allowing the perfect amount of flexibility for the 15 different variations of the same bike for renting business. Alan’s bike has a good expansion that allows him to serve the rider of almost any group.
Straight “out of the box”, Kathmandu is very well equipped. Factory-fitted moodguards are flexible, but stiff, the pania rack is an LD-in and integral part of the frame and the front and rear low drains, but high output LED lights operate by clicking a single button from the Bosh Handlebar remote and are directly driven from the ebike battery. It has a factory fitted side stand and a chain guard to keep the dirt off!
It was mutually agreed to stay with a single model to solve the bike Britain’s rent. If everyone is riding the same bike it does not only make pre-tour tuition even easier, but it means that parts and excess will always be exchangable quickly. It also allows him to take an extra bike or two where all 10 are not out on the same trip so the worst happens is that there is an instant replacement for his rider without the need to teach someone new control setup.
Maintenance made easy
To the end, however, often often one of the most neglected bike business is to break the bike into its individual elements. Each year the average bike needs to cover more than 10x, parts and excess for Kathmandu are importantly available. For example, using brakes and gears from Shimo means brake pads and chains can easily be stocked at almost every good quality bike store on the side of the route by able to operate the spare at the next hotel before their arrival.
How is it going …
Alan made himself a very credible decision to keep himself through both of the Cyc Bike Technician before the bike arrives And Bosh Ebike Technician Course.
This does not only show his dedication to extend his knowledge about bike maintenance and to provide his customers to his dedication, even in a very convenient position to be able to repair both of them And In many cases, help us to help us to self-determine the problem he has come from electric.
Although it is not practical to carry a full Bosh Diagnostic Suite with him, one of the main benefits of the new Bosh smart system placed on his bike is a primary diagnostic system. Built -in Their bike bike uses the flow app.
Alan says;
Ben and e-bikeshop team cautiously advised the most suitable EB for the tour for the tour of the ABK. We successfully supplied 12 days and 23 days tour to great cub Kathmandu bike as well as hebrides tours. Ebikes have recently been used to supply a tour across the dolmites on gravel tracks in Italy. The bikes were perfectly great. Where we felt problems with seat post clamps, ordering various alternative tires and other parts required, the team of e-bikeshop is extremely knowledgeable and quickly provided the solutions to the problems quickly, easily to understand. The team has sent the spare to the short notice to our future locations and helped us create different spaces that enable us to cover almost any possible downtime.
What have we learned …
Running a successful cycle rental business, especially at such a long distance and where bikes are expected to perform guilty day after day for the end of the week, are sometimes not a challenge.
Exhaust
One of the first things that was published is the factory setting seat clamps. Removed continuously for multiple riders means “one owner” bike failed much earlier than being normal where you simply “set and forget”. We have replaced them with the hope of consistent fast release clamps.
The “on-hand” space is needed
Consumers like brake pads, chains, cassettes and tires are now something that Alan and its team carry as “stock” items, but with different levels of different levels, it will be needed, and when it was a game of assumption.
“Support of future date”
We hold almost all of the most used spaces between us Own Warehouse and Alan and his team know what they need the next day and what hotel they will come to us and we can find out their overnight service to reach their next place. For anything else, we can advise a leadership time and marry it with their planned stops to ensure what they need at the fastest time.
After getting a few tours underneath their belt we have created a better picture of the kind of problems we can face and the ability to solve each other through the availability of parts and spaces, or the ability to solve them by phone/e -mailing technical advice.
If it seems to be something you are interested in, watch their video below, where you will see Cube Kathmandu Hybrid X 750 action and book yourself when your work is finished E-Bike Tour of the Cycle BritainAnd!
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