The Rockrider ST 100 has become Decathlon’s best-selling electric bike. It combines good performance as a mountain bike with a reliable and correct electrical part. But, above all, it has an attractive price for this type of mobility product.
Electric bicycles are experiencing a sweet moment, with significant growth in sales. Y decathlonas is evident, has several models and options, among which is the Rockrider ST 100. And this, in particular, is his electric bicycle best seller. Not only in its category, which fits within the mountain bikingbut between all the models they currently offer.
Its 6061 aluminum frame has a 250W electric motorconnected to the rear wheel, and to a battery of 380Wh capacity that can be Samsung SD or LG; in any case, leading manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries with excellent performance and unquestionable reliability. With this, it offers us an autonomy of just over 2 hours and, according to the experience of other users, around the 50 kilometers.
The keys to the Rockrider ST 100, Decathlon’s best-selling electric bicycle
The Rockrider ST 100 has a weight 22.5kg in size XL, which is the largest, and its transmission is made up of a 32-tooth chainring together with an 8-speed Microshift MS25 gearbox. The connecting rod is 175 mm and both the lever and the cassette are also Microshift, with 8 sprockets and 11 to 34 teeth for the latter. And being a mountain bike, obviously the suspension is also important.
Have you installed a Suntour XCT 30 fork 100 mm travel and 30 mm plungers. The brake system is mechanical discs with single piston calipers. The discs are 180 mm in both the front and rear wheels, but one of the key points is in the small board computer that it carries on the handlebar for the control of the electrical system.
The Decathlon Rockrider ST 100 lets us, through this command, manage the electrical assistance on four different levels. The first is without assistance, the second uses the motor between 20 and 100 W; the third does it between 80 and 175 W and the last of them all, and with a higher level of assistance, moves between 150W and 250W. Always, yes, with the speed limit of 25km/h as established by European regulations.
It is an electric bicycle with ideal features to move daily, or to do mountain bike routes for almost all levels. Its autonomy is good and the level of electrical assistance is also correct, but above all it has a battery from a reference manufacturer. And perhaps it is the most sold for its attractive price of 1,099.99 euros.