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The most affordable electric bike in the Decathlon range, the 120th Elops is intended above all in the city for the sum of 799 euros.What is a bonded cycle worth at this price?This is what we will see in this test.

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Decathlon, electric bikes for all

Famous French brand specializing in the sale of sports equipment, Decathlon is no longer to present.The company founded in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, near Lille, has a whole range of electric bikes at prices oscillating between 799 euros and 4,500 euros.The idea is to tackle all segments to target the maximum number of users.

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From Gravel to mountain biking, vtc, folding and Dutch -style urban models, Decathlon occupies the field.For this test, we decided to set our sights on the least expensive cycle in the catalog: the 120th Elops, which necessarily makes concessions to maintain its low price.

Decathlon Elops 120 e technical sheet

Modèle	Decathlon Elops 120 E
Vitesse max	25 km/h
Puissance du moteur	250 watts
Nombre d'assistances	5
Technologie de batterie	Li-Ion
Autonomie annoncée	60 km
Temps de recharge annoncé	300 minutes
Batterie amovible	Oui
Bluetooth	Non
GPS	Non
Poids	25.9 kilogrammes
Dimensions	n/a
Taille des roues	28 pouces
Couleur	Noir
Poids maximal	125 kg
Phares	Oui
Feu arrière	Oui
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This test was carried out from a model loaned by the brand.

An unpretentious design, an attraction of interesting equipment

To start this test, it is important to assimilate an important element specific to the 120 E Elops: its price of 799 euros, which we will constantly put in perspective according to the components and equipment chosen by the company.A perspective that also applies to its design.

This Decathlon electric bike is not a top model and goes to the point.The battery is installed above the luggage rack, and not directly in the frame as is usually the case.This type of integration constitutes a strong message on the segment to which the Elops 120 e belongs: the entry level.

The French group, on the other hand, has been clever on its choice of frame: an open form, which is therefore suitable for a mixed audience.Braking or going down from your bike is a breeze, whether you wear jeans, shorts, costume pants or a dress during the summer.The Elops 120 E has the merit of being practical on this kind of maneuver.

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For the frame, Décathlon opted for steel.As the ultimatebike specialized site explains, this robust material has the advantage of bringing "natural flexibility allowing it to absorb the road vibrations well".In return, it weighs heavier than aluminum for example, and can rust in the long run.

The welds between the different parts of the frame are visible, but Décathlon seems to have them slightly polished to camouflage them a minimum.In short, we have already seen worse for much more expensive.As for cables coming to nest in one of the oblique tubes, difficult to miss them.But at this price, we do not hold it against him.

Nice panoply of equipment

In terms of equipment, the Elops 120 e checks a lot of boxes: mudguards, chain protector, aluminum crutch, bell, as well as a luggage rack on which can be fixed or a baby carrier.Powered by the bicycle battery, the front lighting fits directly into the steering tube.

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This AXA lighting with an intensity of 20 lux does not pretend to light up 30 meters in front of you, as indicated by the page produced by the bicycle, but will above all be used to make you see other users.Besides, being integrated into the frame, the lighthouse does not follow the management of your handlebars.During a turn, the area you are supposed to watch is therefore not lit.

Good comfort, but watch out for pavers

Nice surprise at the level of the Elops saddle: the seat is suitable on dish, even if we do not recommend taking cobbled roads.The flexibility of the frame is not everything and, above all, the absence of a suspended seatpost does not really allow you to collect the many vibrations inherent in this type of coating.Admittedly, the 28 -inch large wheels smooth some roughness, but that does not do everything.We advise you to inflate them between 3.5 and 5 bars.

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The handles with lugs do not suffer from any particular defect: your hands come to arise naturally for honorable comfort during a trip.As for the doorbell placed on the right part of the handlebars, its location is fair, even for the little inches.

An intuitive edge console

The 120 E Elops is not a connected electric bike capable of akin to a smartphone and an application.The two-wheeler is satisfied with a small on-board computer composed of LED lights.The console is certainly classic, but intuitive and understandable: a Power button is used to start and extinguish the system, another to change the mode of assistance.

This Decathlon model offers four:

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Autonomy is represented by five LED lights: the more they go out as you go, the more the battery - and therefore your autonomy - approaches zero.A flagship button completes everything: it is activated by default at the time of ignition, we could have done without it.The fire is indeed eating on the battery, and I have repeatedly forgotten to turn it off.

In full sun, blue LEDs are also very difficult to identify: I had to bring my hand closer to create shade and read the console correctly.Do not count on a speed counter either.

A pleasant driving, but not always obvious

For the city above all

Decathlon Elops 120 e is not intended to venture outside the city.It is a pure urban bike, which favors a right posture by its Dutch style.Do not try to feel the most beautiful speed sensations with or adopt sports driving.This cycle does not belong to this category.

Due to its very slender form, the 120th Elops also has no place in the cramped apartments.His 25.9 kilos do not make him a featherweight either.To wear it on a staircase, good luck.Topping it in an elevator is possible, since the weight is concentrated above all at the back.

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If you have access to a bicycle room in your building, or even a garden or a garage to store it, this type of solution would be much better.The most daring can always let him sleep outside.

The 120th Elops favors the rotation sensor

The Decatlon model is equipped with a 250 W engine placed in the rear wheel hub and develops maximum torque of 35 nm.The whole is combined with a pedal sensor, to which we will prefer a strength sensor more.Explanation.

With a strength sensor, the electric bike provides you with electric assistance according to the force you put in the pedals.Your cycle therefore takes into account the effort provided, for a more natural and more pleasant driving.

With a pedal sensor, two-wheelers releases power when a pedal rotation is detected.A slight gap between your first pedal stroke and the arrival of the power is therefore felt.

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For the 120th Elops, this is the case.In the idea and in practice, this system therefore meets your instant needs less well.This can be disturbing during a delicate situation where you have to extract yourself with speed and dazzling.When you stop, favor small speeds - less resistant - to start yourself: the pedal tour is done more quickly, the assistance therefore arrives faster.

At low speed, this can also be a problem: if you are in sport mode, but you want to have a little bit of electric assistance to sneak between two cars for example, and the system will deliver all itspower when you do a pedal lap.Never easy to manage.

This situation is also worth on a cycle path when you follow a cyclist less fast than you and impossible to double: you pedal, the bicycle sends all its juice to propel yourself up to 25 km, but you are forced to stop pedaling to avoidto hit the front user.

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This type of sensor also tends to consume a lot of energy, since it does not adapt to the effort provided: it is all or nothing, in terms of electric assistance.On the other hand, zero effort is indeed present when you reach 25 km/h, then pedal speed 2 or 3.

You have the impression of molding in the void given your speed and the ratio used, but since the crankset runs, the engine delivers electric assistance.It’s quite fun and practical during hot weather.

Otherwise, assistance is sufficiently progressive and powerful to make the acceleration pleasant.On slopes, the bike loses a few km/h without drastically lower your pace.Again, for an electric cycle of 799 euros, that does the work ample.

Correct transmission

On the transmission side, the 120 e Elops is equipped with a Shimano 14-28TZ500-6 cassette, a handful of Microshift speeds and a 6-speed B’twin Microshift derailleur.In practice, this system never made me miss for about 100 kilometers traveled.

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The gear passage has always gone well, without playing between two reports, or latencies when you switch from one speed to another.To see, in the longer term, if the reliability of this transmission will still be there.

No chain or derailing jump is also to be reported.On this point, the 120th Elops was reassuring.That's a good point.For comparison, the Easy Velobecane sold more than 1000 euros had been capricious at more than one recovery.

Is the Elops 120 E practical in town?

In terms of maneuverability, we saw better.Very slender, the 120 e Elops is not the easiest to handle electric bike when it comes to sneaking in relatively narrow passages.In Paris, fortunately, the large number of cycle paths avoids the vast majority of time motorists.

But in other cities where the structures are fewer, it will be necessary to show a address to reassemble a line of cars for example.Especially once once, the rotation sensor is not an ideal ally in this kind of situation.

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Between cars stopped, a low speed is to be favored: to do this, you are forced to pedal out of jolts to avoid receiving 100 % of electric assistance.Consequences: power is not linear.Not very practical to keep a perfect balance and maneuver in the middle of cars.The braking option - which cuts assistance - is also possible.

At higher speed, I have not encountered any particular difficulty in reaching a destination, taking tight turns and doubled other cyclists when the width of the track allows it.The 120 th Elops is especially difficult to manage at lower pace.Admittedly, changing fashion is always an option ... which we would like to avoid avoiding.

Reassuring brakes

At 799 euros, of course, the Elops 120 E electric bike does not rely on disc brakes to help you stop, but on skate brakes.V-brakes signed tecktro in this case, which have taken a good end of the game on dry ground.On this point, this cycle is reassuring thanks to a very suitable braking quality.

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Unfortunately, we were unable to test this system on wet ground due to lack of bad weather during the test period.In all cases, favor vigilance and anticipation in this type of configuration, since skate brakes are rather renowned for their loss of efficiency in rainy weather.

The Petit Pignon site accurately explains the why of the how: "Your wheel being humid, the adhesion of the pads on the braking zone will take more time to slow down your wheel.The pads will first have to dry the area before having an effective action on braking ".In the medium term, finally consider checking the wear of your brakes.

AFFIBLARDE AUTONOMY

For its 120 e Elops, Decathlon promises a range of 30 kilometers with the highest level of assistance, even 60 kilometers with the smallest mode - which propels you to a low speed of 15 km/h.These data were established from a 70 -kilo cyclist on a flat course.

In practice, and in our case (63 kg), the electric bike held a total of 31 kilometers using only the sport mode.In the idea, the tricolor brand therefore respects its word.Nevertheless, this radius of action remains too fair to enjoy an optimal user experience.With 30 kilometers, the recharge is regular.

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If you go out to go to work to work, then a return of 10 other kilometers to go home, you will have to systematically recharge your mount when I got home, at the risk of being dry the next day by returning to the office.Above all, the assistance loses slightly in power (pace limited to 22 km/h) when the autonomy approaches zero - at least on the last 3 or 4 kilometers.

This observation is disappointing, since you do not even benefit from the 30 kilometers at full power.In my case, I perform about 12 kilometers per day for velotaf.I had to connect the battery after two days of use on average.If you make a little detour after work, to, at the pif, taste a foam, expect to recharge it more frequently.

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Admittedly, the 799 euros requested from the purchase force the concessions, but the 120 e Elops would have at least deserved 40 kilometers of autonomy, if not 50 kilometers to become a small essential.Fortunately, the battery is removable: this system turns out to be practical, since you can recharge it almost anywhere.

If you only have 5 remaining kilometers left when you arrive at work in the morning, you just have to take the charger with you and connect the bike for part of the day to go back to the evening in the evening.It is an interesting alternative, which however forces you to embark the charger with you.To remove the battery, it is necessary to unlock it via a key to insert in a louquet.

Falling into a battery harbor is not really an option with regard to the weight of the bike: 25.9 kilos.I wish you good luck if it happens to you.Finally, note that the accumulator takes about 5 hours to climb 100 % energy: it will therefore be necessary to be very patient ... to find only 30 kilometers of autonomy.

Price and availability of Decathlon Elops 120 e

The Decathlon Elops 120 E is available on the brand's official website at a price of 799 euros.The setting and the fork are guaranteed for life, against two years on the rest of the parts "in the context of normal use of the bicycle", indicates the product sheet.

Thanks to the purchase premiums issued by the State and certain regions, cities and departments, the cycle can benefit from aid corresponding to 50 % of its sale price (up to 500 euros).In Paris for example, the 120th Elops would only cost 400 euros, a "bite of bread" for an electric bike.

To find out if you can benefit from help, do not hesitate to consult our file on bonuses for the purchase of an electric bike.

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