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Review on Folding bike Shulz Hopper 3 white by Wiktor Czerwiski ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Mediocre product, probably won't use.

TL;DR I recommend buying only if you live in a city with an official workshop, or you have someone who is ready to engage in constant maintenance and repair of a bicycle Bought in the winter on pre-order from another city. The bike arrived in a box, assembled. In a couple of prominent places on the frame, the paint was beaten off. The chain is dry and with rust spots (!). Welds are uneven in places. Almost immediately it turned out that it was assembled somehow, everything was not tightened, it was especially impressive when, with a sharp movement of the steering wheel, it turns separately from the wheel. It's good that I found it at home, and not on a hummock-fossa, I would have broken the bones. Just in case, I had to carry it to a local service for maintenance. Paid as for the assembly of a new bike. Pre-sale preparation? No, we haven't heard. Maybe everything is fine in the official store, I sat down and went, as some write here, but they obviously send them to other cities for nothing. I skated one season around the city in light mode - I went to work, 7-10 km a day. I replaced the saddle with a spring one, put on big pedals and installed a high "retro" steering wheel, it is much more comfortable with it. At first, something constantly loosened up, creaked, but by the middle of the season it seemed to have passed. I took it to the service several times, as the instructions say. In autumn, the carriage began to creak. Some of the bolts are rusty. The brake pads were worn out to the point of complete unusability. The wheels got warped. Before the new season, I found an opportunity to send it to my native service. Replacing rusted bearings (industrial!) in the front wheel, replacing the carriage, rebuilding the planetarium, which got water (!), Total 6k+. At the same time, in all advertisements-reviews, they focus on the unpretentiousness of these particular components))) I don't understand what and how the Schulzes made this bike out of. My 2022 Gary Fisher Advance has never had as many problems as this one, limited to annual maintenance and pad changes every couple of years, although he had an order of magnitude more workload and adventures. Let's see what the new season will bring after the "native" MOT. Not recommended for purchase at this time.

Pros
  • -looks cool - lightweight, comfortable - rolls well, maneuverable - folding mechanisms look more reliable than on the Desna from childhood) - nice wings included
Cons
  • -stock pedals (size 41) do not hold at all, too small and "slippery" -on such wheels, the saddle must be initially spring-loaded -very small stem extension, uncomfortable for long-legged - baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lot more to build quality and parts