Walmart Electric Bike Review: Kent 700c Long-Term Test

After considerable time spent reflecting on my experience with electric bikes, I felt compelled to share my journey since acquiring a Kent 700c step-thru from Walmart in January 2020. My initial impressions quickly evolved into a deep dive into the mechanics and performance of this budget-friendly e-bike. What started as a simple purchase has turned into a long-term exploration of the capabilities and durability of a Walmart Electric Bike.

Upon receiving the Kent 700c, my meticulous nature took over, and I embarked on a comprehensive inspection and adjustment process. I meticulously went through every component of the bike, ensuring optimal performance and longevity. This involved adjusting the brakes and derailleur for smooth and reliable operation. Every nut, screw, and bolt was tightened and torqued to specification, and I even applied thread lock to critical fasteners for added security. The wheels were thoroughly inspected, with spoke tension adjusted and wheels trued to eliminate any wobble.

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Original file content: Hi Everyone, I’ve had some time to reflect since my post and thought I would share what I’ve done since that post. In Jan 2020 I picked up a Kent 700c step thru at Walmart. Once I received the bike, my OCD kicked in and went to work going through the bike. Adjusting brakes, derailleur, tightened and torques all nuts,screws bolts even using thread lock. Tightens and adjusted all spokes and trued the wheels. Took apart the front forks,headset,bearings in pedals,front wheel hub bearings to check for grease all had plenty but I cleaned and replaced with my own grease. The forks are cheap made by Mode with only a single coil spring with a damping adjustment. Added a different seat, rear rack, lights and added a Ranico pc commuter to help with distance and miles. Its cheap but does pretty well in distance and total miles. Compared distance and miles against it with my car on the same route and also use a cycling app in addition. I ride approximately 10 to 20 miles a day weather permitting. There have been a few occasions where I ride what we have here in Houston greenway paths along the Bayous. This bike has done 27 miles which that path ended and with 2 bars left in Mode 1 . When I go to mode 2 or 3 the battery wont last as long, I’m also on and off this bike a lot during my rides along the bayous to do a little fishing. So stopping and going I believe has a impact on the battery life. As of writing this the bike approximately has over 1100 trouble free miles. Not a single flat, no chain falling off, no electrical issues. I did contact Kent for replacement brake pads and was told that the pads cant be removed. So for $20 that includes shipping I received front and back calipers with pads.

As far as I can tell, the bike frame looks very similar to a Espin Flow ebike. I keep up with regular maintenance and it has been rock solid for me. Its comfortable , super quiet and zippy. A noisy bike doesn’t work well with me hence my OCD. I have been chasing down a rattle for some time that seemed to be coming somewhere around the front. I did everything I could to find the culprit but no luck. But then one day as I took the battery out of the bike after my ride I felt a light knock. Sure enough it had been my battery moving around against the enclosure. I opened up the battery and installed plastic straws at certain points of the battery frame to dampen the battery knocking on the inside case which is a reention case ( see pic). And yes that fixed the knocking issue. I know that once I opened the battery the warranty has been voided. But I needed to know the inside of this battery, whats inside and how well its put together. Kent states Samsung batteries and I can not say for sure they are since I did not remove the battery from its case. But the color of the battery might be right.

When I called Kent to inquire about a second battery, they stated $325.00 that included shipping. In February 2020, the bike went on sale for a short period for $598.00. I pulled the trigger and now have a second bike in the attic for spare parts and got an extra battery. Recently when charging my battery I was getting a green/red light blinking on the charger. I thought it might the battery going bad. So I took my second charger and all was fine. Looks like if the charger flashes red and green on the charger its either the coil is shorted or the rectifier tube is broken according the manual. Will be calling Kent to see about a replacement. In the pics you will see a 2in velcro strap around the battery. This is for my piece of mind only when riding as a extra secure measure for me. How much longer will the bike last I am not sure but will up date of any new develpoments.