Swytch Bike Reviews

Name: Swytch Bike
Rating: 4.11

4.1 Rating 1,659 Reviews

86 %

of reviewers recommend Swytch Bike

4.1

Based on 1,659 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 44%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	98%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Live Chat, Telephone, Email
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	3.3 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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Swytch Bike 5 star review on 29th April 2025

Ruedi Kühne, Sevelen, Switzerland

699

Anonymous

Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Having cycled for over 70 years, but now suffering from chronic lung problems, I was anxious to find a way to carry on using a bike, especially in windy weather. The Swytch kit fits the bill and, fitted to a Ridgeback Avenida with a 3 speed hub gear, makes for an enjoyable ride. The fit looks a a bit "Heath Robinson" but that is inevitable when looking for a solution to retro fit so many types of bike. The only down side is that the lights on the controller have already stopped working, although the on switch and motor still function. i had already found the switch a bit "spongy" and slow to react. I'm hoping that after service is not as bad as many of the online comments suggest! Disappointing that this fault has developed to mar an otherwise positive experience.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“As of now, I am very pleased with my Swytch kit. However, that has not always been the case. A problem with loss of power was finally resolved last August but I first raised the issue about 12 months earlier. I was sent, and fitted, 2 new handlebar brackets and a new battery bag, as well as doing innumerable tests which you advised me to carry out. None of these solutions worked but finally I was sent a new sensor. I fitted that and since then, the kit has performed well. However, it is disappointing that identifying the problem took so long. In the interim, I could use my bike, but never felt confidence in it as I never knew when the power would drop out. I had mentioned the sensor in an email some time before the issue was finally resolved. As I say, I am perfectly happy with my kit now and it is a pleasure to use, but I feel if I could have taken it to a mechanic in person, rather than everything being done remotely via email, the problem could have been resolved much earlier. Maybe having regional, approved mechanics to which customers could take their bike in the event of problems is something look at.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Great product, a game changer for me, gives me the boost & confidence to ride to work every day. However I always recharge the battery while at work as it doesn't last as long as I'd expected. 100% recommend the Swytch but would get the higher capacity battery.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I love my Swytch bike, easy to use good, value for money, easy to install. Communication from the company before arrival was frustrating but the product has been good.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I am happy with my Swytch Bikes but would like a bit more distance capability especially for climbing uphill where the distance capability on full power is not great. A light, easy to carry, spare attachment which could be fitted into the PRO Battery connector when the PRO battery becomes empty could be very useful to extend distance capability. Perhaps this will become possible as battery power development improves. Please keep me informed of any progress in this direction.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“The kit works perfectly and although it took quite long to arrive it was worth it, I am very satisfied. However, the battery last really short (only one day of ca. 4km riding uphill). It would be recommended to order a higher capacity battery than just the simple one I bought.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“At 70, arthritic knees & 6 stents were restricting my cycling & I bought an electric offroad bike. Brilliant! Didn't want to sell my road bike which I had built myself around a Ridley Orion carbon fibre frame so went for Swytch in 2021 after seeing +ve press reviews. 4 month delivery time was fine when balanced against discount. Had two major problems: 1 - Axle flats had to be filed down accurately to fit 8 mm drop-outs. This was not easy and took over an hour - it should be an option when ordering as much better when preofessionally machined. 2 - Sensor could not be fitted to carbon fibre frame as the bottom bracket housing is much thicker than a metal frame. Swytch provided a new sensor that fitted into the bottom bracket, but I still had to cut away the splines on the crank disc to fit it onto the boss of the crankset to avoid the sensor and disc from touching. After a test ride, an extra cable-tie was found to be needed to hold the sensor in place. Other than these (major) issues fitting was straightforward and neat. I'm also happy with component quality, though disappointed it's produced in China, not UK. I've now ridden around 700 kms locally on hilly roads and am very pleased with performance. The motor only kicks in on hills or when starting off (my average speed is 27 km/hr overall and 32 km/hr on the flat) and I only generally use the lowest setting, so the battery range is much more than the 50 km quoted - about 20-25% down after a ride of 25 km. Instead of struggling up hills at 8-15 km/hr, I now swan up them at 18-22 km/hr! Compared with my purpose built E-bike, it doesn't have the same range, but it is more than adequate and the system is much lighter. It is also less easy to increase the power setting while riding, but I rarely need to do this and, of course there is less info on the display (no remaining distance, etc). Another unexpected issue was that my wireless computer stopped working due to interference from the Swytch system, so I had to fit a new wired computer. Having overcome the initial fitting issues, I'm very pleased overall and it enabled me to keep riding a great bike at about 15-20% of the cost of an equivalent purpose made E-bike. Swytch were also very helpful with the issues I had, although a bit more ingenuity was needed than I expected!”

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Posted 1 year ago

“No bike repair shop in Amsterdam would fit the system to my bike so I spent over a grand on it but it’s just stayed in the cupboard for 2.5 years”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Unfortunately neither of my bikes was compatible with the Swytch kit (it doesn't fit any bike like it says/ implies on the advert. On my old bike the distance between the forks was too narrow to accommodate the motor, on my newer bike they couldnt provide the correct size wheel and said I would need to either build the wheel myself or find a local bike shop to do it (my local bike shops declined as they did not feel comfortable using 3rd party parts to build an ebike wheel). In the end I bought an ebike from a different company”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I am pleased with the overall with the installation but battery life is definitely not as good as I would have expected. Still testing but something I may have to seek advice from Swytch. An issue with the wheel sizing was very well supported by customer service and a credit to Swytch. The install is neat and tidy on my folding bike. Overall a good product.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“The ordering process is very complex and painfully long. It's also convoluted to get to speak to a person. The advice you get from SWYTCH is awful. I ordered a SWYTCH kit for my folding bike, only to find when it arrived it it was not compatible with disc brakes, even though the order system had allowed me to add an extra, "hydraulic disc brake sensors" to the order, there was no point in the process when either the system or a person realised something may be wrong with this order as due to the kit not being compatible with disc brakes, yet an order being places for disc brake sensors. At no point in the process was it made clear the folding bike kit would not be compatible with a disc brake bike, they advertise as being able to convert any bike into a SWYTCH bike, this is not the case. Disc brakes on folding bikes are a lot more common than rim brakes. The absurd advice from SWYTCH was to reach out to my local bike shop and simply have the brakes changed to rim brakes, which would be a major downgrade in brake quality. The first shop, wouldn't entertain this idea or anything related to SWYTCH bike, another quoted £500 for the change, and another required, £100 to even look at the bike and check if this change was possible, and not to mention this change would have invalidated any remaining warranty I had on my bike. I was left with no option but to request a full refund and return the kit that I'd been waiting 3 months for.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Multiple connections (12 contacts) into the battery pack are a critical weak point. A bad contact can and does kill the controller. keeping the contacts spotless is the only way to keep it reliable. I completely redesigned my Switch kit by mounting the controller permanently on the bike, and connecting just the DC feed through new plugs from the battery pack. This fixed everything and I've since cycled thousands of miles without issue. It might be Switch now have it sorted, but my fix was 100% solid.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“My boyfriend built the electric bike for me, and he said that the assembly was easy and the manual was easy to follow. However, one of the issues with the bike is that it becomes quite heavy, which could be improved. Additionally, it would be helpful if a bag was included to carry the battery pack. As a woman, I don't have pockets that are long enough to fit the battery. Therefore, a lockable pack or something that can be installed on the bike to reduce the risk of theft would be great. Lastly, it would be helpful to have a feature on the screen that displays the time or battery warning.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Nice battery pack and mounting click system bracket. The battery delivers what is Advertised, about 30 km assist on my folder 16” wheels. What was a pain are the supplied” universal” magnet mounts, impossible to fit on my XTR cranks, had to be creative and experiment with custom cast plastic Attachment pieces to fit on a complex shape crank. There has to be a better and more reliable way than plastic zippties! I am shure it works on a simple basic crank. Otherwise works fine once this was resolved.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“I paid for the longer transit and the shipment arrived down to NZ after three months. The packaging was excellent and there was no damage. The big issue was the difficulty I experienced putting the kit together on my mountain bike. Eventually I got there, although I had to get a new disc front brake.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Use of my preferred frame was really cool, but customer service kinda sucked. I had issues with battery power and many messages accomplished zero. They just kept describing how it is supposed to function, instead of listening to the customer telling them about electrical misfunction, or no function at all. Unfortunately, a school bus crashed with bike and ruined the ride and I must retain bicycle, as is, for evidence of wreck. I cannot help but wonder if the kit had a fault, which contributed to the accident.?”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Generally very happy with the Swytch Bike, which I have had for two years. The range of the battery is only 10 miles, if use full-time on its lowest setting, but I tend to only use the battery to assist with hills, strong winds, or both, and so am able to do trips of 20 miles plus, without using the battery. I am now awaiting a new Go battery with a claimed 40 mile range, which will be very useful. Two gripes about Swytch. First, delivery times. Neither with my original kit nor the Go system on order, has the delivery time stated at the time of order been met. Given that the time between order and stated deliver is always several months, one would have thought the logistics could be better organised. Secondly, the instructions for fitting the kit were not as clear as they could have been. I worked out what to do in the end, but only by trial and error. For example, I filed down the forks on the bike to fit the front wheel, before coming across an instruction to file down the bolt on wheel to fit the fork. Overall, good value, but room for improvement in terms of fitting instructions and delivery dates.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“The service for delivery was good. The product itself is easy to install. A rear wheel option would be better. Product quality, the bracket for the standard display seems weak. The first one I had broke on the first ride. After pressing hte button I noticed the unit move, I went to tighten it up and the plastic had shattered. The customer service to replace the part was good. A free replacement was sent and it has lasted a few rides since without issue. Maybe just an unfortunate flaw in the first product.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“The purchasing process was a little confusing. I was invited to purchase extras but it was not clear what came as standard. I ended up buying an extra charger (when I should have bought an extra battery) and brake sensors (which I could not see how to fit, and I don't think I need them). The motor only works when I am peddling (so it is important to get into a low gear before I stop on a hill). The motor sometimes doesn't appear to make much difference but then I remember I could not have cycled up the hill without the Swytch kit.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Price and installation were great! My only disappointment is that my battery and sensor light give different readings!”

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Posted 1 year ago

Swytch Bike is rated 4.1 based on 1,659 reviews