ECOSMO 26" New Folding Ladies Shopper City Bicycle Bike, 7 Speeds,Free Front bag,Chain Guard -26LF08B

Very lightweight bike that is great for options with lack of space. Easy to fold out and attach, bikes are of value for money.

Lack some parts

This was a present for my wife.I want to give this bike 5 stars. Unfortunately, I can’t..First the positive. The bike is very lightweight. The folding mechanism is the same as most folding bikes these days. Very easy to use. The bike comes complete with everything except a front basket. You get a rear rack, full front and rear mudguards, front and rear reflectors, reflectors on the wheels, a bell (my local bike shop told me it’s illegal for a bike to be sold new without a bell), 21 speed gears, plus a small folding toolkit (like an oversized penknife) and a bike lock! It has everything except front and rear suspension - but then, it’s not that sort of bike. It’s a city bike, meant to be used on paved roads.Easy to Assemble?Mostly. There are instructions for what they’re worth. Peddles fit okay, seat okay, handlebars too. The rear mudguard is already fitted, you just need to fit the rear rack. No problem. My problem was the front mudguard. The little bolts fit perfectly without the mudguard in place, but weren’t quite long enough to secure the mudguard in place on both sides. I eventually went out to the shed and found a slightly longer bolt to fix the mudguard in place in one side. So, not top marks for that, especially the amount of time I took trying to fit the original bolt. (They’re only littler things).Comfort?Can’t really comment too much on this as I only rode it about a few hundred yards, but it seemed okay. A better saddle than those razors you get on most bikes these days.Sturdiness?This is where I have to give a fail. Now the problem isn’t limited to this bike. I’ve read other people complain about the same thing on other bikes. The gears on the rear wheel were hitting the spokes. I adjusted them so that they were clear.. Rode a few yards, changed gear, and I could hear them hitting the spokes again. Adjusted them once more. All fine. I rode a few hundred yards down the road at not much more than walking speed, testing brakes and changing gears as I went. All the way up, then all the way down. As I put it into first gear there was a crunching sound as the gears caught in the spokes and snapped. Not good. I hadn’t even taken all the protective styrofoam off the bike yet and already it was broken.As I said, I’ve read other people complain about similar things with other bikes. Whether it’s poorly put together at the factory, or somehow the gears get pressed into the wheel during transit from wherever they’re built, I don’t know. I just know I was very disappointed.Panlova SportsYou can only get this bike from Panlova Sports. They sell on their own website, and on eBay, but the cheapest place is here on Amazon.They wanted pictures of the broken gears of course. They offered to send me a new gear system and to pay for a local bike shop to fit it. I rejected that. (Would they actually pay? I had no idea). Then they offered a replacement bike, but my wife no longer trusted the quality and wanted to return it.Therefore, top marks to Panlova for offering to fix or replace it. We sent it back. For my part I was very disappointed to return it.My wife now has a folding mountain bike like mine - very heavy.This one was so light. If you get it and the gears are fine I guess it’s a very good bike. I have seen people complain about all the exposed steelwork rusting after a year, but we didn’t have it for long enough to find out. I have also read that the ‘Shimano’ gears aren’t genuine on many of these bikes, but when they send you replacement gears, they send you genuine Shimano. It might explain why they broke so easily.In summary, a really nice, lightweight bike, which I was sorry to return.

In time of train strikes I was couple time rejected from BUS replacement. This is combination comfortable bike and handy storage.

There is about 8 parts on the bike that have rusted already looks terrible. No point putting steel parts on a decent bike.

I love this!It's basically a regular ladies bike that folds in half.The folding is a little fiddly while you get used to it, but no big deal. It doesn't go tiny, it folds. You can also take the handle bars off to make it a little smaller.Perfect for what I was looking for.