Mate SUV

[Sixmile]

https://www.mate.bike/pages/mate-suv

Mate have released a new cargo bike which seems very adaptable and looks fairly decent in my view. I have seen mixed reviews regarding their standard ebikes, and know that the 750kw throttle versions were all recalled. It'll be interesting to see how this does for them.

On reflection, maybe I should have put this in the cargo bike section.

 

[Drago]

They should produce a more upmarket version called Chum.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

They should produce a more upmarket version called Chum.

Sounds a bit of a Dog's Dinner to me!

 

[Jody]

How much?

€6500

 

[Sixmile]

Standard Nissan Qashqai's are £30,000 now so it's all relative.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

€6500

How does that compare to an electric Brompton??
in terms of weight and cost

It does seem a lot

 

[Sixmile]

How does that compare to an electric Brompton??
in terms of weight and cost

It does seem a lot

Do Brompton do a cargo option for direct comparison?

 

[rockyroller]

where exactly does your mate go?

she's like: "um NOPE"

 

[NickWi]

At 49kg (without useful extras like lights, rack or mudguards) I'd love to see someone ride it uphill, particularly so when loaded with 2.2 kids and all their clobber.

 

[Dadam]

At 49kg (without useful extras like lights, rack or mudguards) I'd love to see someone ride it uphill, particularly so when loaded with 2.2 kids and all their clobber.

Erm, it's electric, so I suspect it's very easy.

 

[Drago]

250w already laden with the weight of a small adult before a rider even climbs aboard or loads anything in the cargo box...I suspect it'll be easier than using legs alone, but won't be very easy.

 

[Sixmile]

Their standard ebikes are almost 30kg but their brand is all about big wheels & chunky frames and that doesn't come lightweight. It was what put me off going for one of their bikes a few years ago when I was looking at an electric.

 

[Sixmile]

Apart from the price I do quite like that chunky tyre look, and if I was to buy a cargo bike I would like a trike with the twin wheels at the front but at £5500 its well above my price range.

Aye it's pricey alright. If I think of all the bikes (?), kids seats (2), cargo trailers (3), kid carrying trailers (2), dog trailers (2), tandems (2) etc that I've bought between the birth of my children and the 10 years that followed, although it wouldn't be £5k, it mightn't be that far off all considered. A decent cargo bike at the very start would've saved me a lot of hoking about for solutions and transport options.

If it could be bought via a cycle to work scheme, the savings would be huge.

 

[Sixmile]

My C2W scheme max's out at £3k so this is well out of that range.

My current setup is a £2k bike + £150 trailer, and the trailer is definately something I'll be replacing with a better one now I know what I want exactly but that will be no more than £300-£500. So you can see why I balk a little at £5.5k for this!

I do quite like this SUV bike TBH. Its got chunky tyres to deal with the things that pass for roads these days and I like the idea of having the wider section at the front so I'm not worried about clanging into something as I forgot about the wide bit at the back. But I can't justify double the cost of my current setup especially as I'd very rarely use the cargo bike for anything else, whereas my Bike+Trailer is used for all rides just with the trailer unhooked.

Mine max's out at £2k so even further out of mine. I think the Green Cycle commute scheme is unlimited though?

What trailer are you aiming for next? I've just bought a cargo rack for my tandem which are £450 new but thankfully got the two bits of metal around half of that recently.

 

[classic33]

Apart from the price I do quite like that chunky tyre look, and if I was to buy a cargo bike I would like a trike with the twin wheels at the front but at £5500 its well above my price range.

There was this one, at auction two months ago.
From what they said about the cargo bike they had a few weeks later, the lower estimate is/was the reserve price.