Thanks for tuning in today we're going to be reviewing the E11even Fitness bike.
The E11even Fitness bike is a budget friendly bike that is designed to make fitness fun.
Unlike other brands which focus on lightweight high price and boutique styling E11even products are
really accessible and they have great warranties to back it up. So with this bike you get a lifetime
frame guarantee and one year guarantee on the rest of the components which is pretty competitive.
As you can see here when you first get the bike it comes in a nice cardboard box with E11even branding on
there. There's minimal assembly required just enough to make it fit the box so the wheels
removed and the handlebars are just tucked on the side really straight forward to put
together and you can see all the components on the little box with the tools in there. The only
thing you do need that's not included is a torque wrench just to make sure everything's tightened
down to the proper measurements. There's a lot of protective gear here which probably
takes more time to take off. In terms of specs this is a $600 bike which is really impressive.
It's only offered in this one gray color that you see here has a full aluminum frame with alloy flat
bars. So really well suited for urban riding or just kind of thinness and trail riding around you
it has a 3x8 LTwoo A3 drivetrain. So you have enough gears to do steep climbs or faster flat roads
and what's also impressive you get a mechanical disc brake. So disc brakes went from mountain
biking only down to even these budget bikes so it's really impressive to see here. It has a lot more
stopping power than traditional rim brakes and that's great for mixed weather riding. It's also
a bike that's optimized for comfort so you get 700 by 35 tires so nice and wide so they absorb all
the impacts and can be even used for light gravel riding. The bike itself comes in at 29.2 pounds
at least for the large version that we have here which is not the lightest but pretty
competitive still. In terms of assembly pretty straightforward to put together as you can see you
just have to put the handlebar using the provided tools make sure everything's lined up straight.
Take off that protective gear slide the front tire on which is qr put on the seat post with the seat
and just wanna make sure you don't over tighten these with bike components they are sensitive to
that. Then other minor things like the flat pedals you gotta remember these are reverse
threaded on the non drivetrain side so it's righty tighty on this side and then flipped on the other
side so you just put him in by hand and then use a wrench to tighten it the rest of the way.
Now let's take a closer look at the fit and finish of the E11even Fitness bike. Although the name is
not that creative it gets the point across a nice fitness bike that's kind of a mix between a hybrid
urban bike. You can see the head tube and the seat posts are not very tilted so more slack angle
which is more comfortable for urban riding and not that much of a drop even with this tall seat
post that I've set up here. This is the other side again so very simple swoopy frame and I
think it's all aluminum so you get the premium design even though it's only 600 dollars. So now
let's jump into details you can see on the rear you have all the attachment points for fenders
or a rack so you get that versatility of a more urban bike. You get a nice seat clamp instead of
cheaper options so really easy to use and gives you a lot of flexibility. The handlebars are flat
handlebars with these thumb activated front and rear derailleur. They even have little indicators
to show you what gear is active and are really easy to operate.
I have the setup a little bit more aggressive here with lower stem but you can see plenty of spacers.
There's an aluminum frame bike and you can see the welds on there so pretty clean they haven't
smooth them out as you see with higher end bikes but the nice and clean obviously machine done with
simple branding. It literally just says F3 on top on the rear you get an eight by three drivetrain. So it's an
eight speed cassette on here standard chain drive is not a belt drive so you do need to grease it
and at least make sure it gets replaced every so often depending on mileage and standard qr
skewers for the rear wheels. On the front you have the triple crank set a little bit clumsy
as you have triple gear so it has to go up and down but works well and gives a lot of versatility.
On the front you can see simple branding again with the black E11even. I really like the color in
person that's more of a nardo gray instead of the flat gray that the photos on the website
make it look like. You have external cable routing and again you can see the welds here
so pretty clean overall and again you can see the color a little bit closer here as well.
What I really like about this is that top tube you can see it has almost like a carbon
shaping so it's partially hydroformed which means they can deviate from the standard cylinder. On the
rear you have post mounted disc brakes so you can see the calipers there and some mechanical
design so there's no hydraulic fluid you can see the cable actuates it it's not as good as
a hydraulic brake setup but for the price point it's hard to complain. Here you can see the bottom
bracket set up so you have the reinforcements flat pedals which are really easy to use
and then you can see where the clamp for the front derailleur is. Jumping to the front again
you can see the post mount disc brake again really impressive at this price point and
you can even mount the light as we've done here on the front fork for extra visibility.
Now let's take a look at the E11even Fitness bike on the road. What we like about it is that it
looks a lot more expensive than it actually is. You don't really see mechanical disc brakes
swoopy aluminum frames on this dark gray color scheme at a $600 price point in any other brands.
It is typically a thousand or even more even for a dDcathlon which is usually quite affordable
and the bike itself is not only very accessible in terms of price but also the geometry. You can see
it's quite upright the handlebars and the seat are nearly identical in height so it makes it
more upright and comfortable to ride so it's great for urban riding
short to medium length rides or even commuting as is something you can easily take around town.
The flat handlebars are really comfortable as well so it gives you nice responsive handling
so this is great in urban situations when you need to dodge cars or pedestrians so very
versatile bike. The other nice thing about this bike is that you do have a wide 8x3 gear ratio
so with 24 gears you have low gear ratios and high gear ratios and that means you can ride
up steep pills really easily by just shifting down or going to higher gear for flat higher speed routes.
What's nice about this is the thumb shifter is also easy to use we would like to see a 1 by
10 or similar situation where you drop the front derailleur but with this setup it does work well.
You just have to do some slight adjustments we had to do a little bit of a tune-up out of the
box just to get it smoothly but it's all really easy to do and something you just have to over
time as the chain wears otherwise the bike is very versatile and the 700x35 tires are very
comfortable. It absorbs all the impacts and you can even take this on gravel or off roads and not
worry about it so a lot of flexibility here and a very affordable price point.
Now let's go over the grade card for the E11even Fitness bike. We're going to grade on four
different categories: design, components, handling and value. For design we give it an a get that
sleek aluminum frame with that shaped tubing so it almost looks like a carbon bike instead of a
cheaper aluminum bike. Components we give it a b plus you get a nice 3x8 drivetrain which is
really flexible to use but we would have liked to see something like a 1 by 10 or even a belt drive
which would just make the maintenance easier. Handling we give it an a it's a very upright
more endurance style geometry which gives you a nice responsive handling.
In terms of value we'd give an A+ this is a $600 bike with mechanical disc brakes so very hard
to beat especially in the current market where all the prices seem to be going up all the time.
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