Spanish · 5 years on Samui
Spanish cycling enthusiast and eco-travel advocate on Koh Samui for 5 years. Carlos covers all bicycle and e-scooter content with a focus on sustainable exploration.
Updated: June 2026
I rode the NQi GTS around the entire ring road last March - Chaweng, Nathon, Lipa Noi, Hua Thanon, home - and parked with range to spare. Samui's main loop is just 51 kilometres, comfortably inside the GTS's 135-160 km reach even with detours. The classic see-the-whole-island ride is the GTS's natural habitat: one charge covers the loop and every viewpoint along it. For the rider who wants to circle Samui in a day, range simply never enters the conversation.
Pushing the GTS down to Taling Ngam and Thong Krut last season, I reached the quiet south-west that defeats shorter-range electrics and still rode home after sunset. The far south is where range anxiety usually bites, with long empty stretches and few charge options. The GTS's dual battery erases that worry - I have done the southern loop and the return on a single charge more than once. If the far corners of the island are your goal, the GTS gets you there and back.
Riding back from a Lipa Noi sunset along the dusk ring road last April, I had plenty of charge in hand for the dark run to Chaweng. Range anxiety is worst after dark, when you least want to be stranded. The GTS's reserve means an evening return is relaxed rather than tense - you ride home watching the road, not the gauge. For travellers who like to chase the sunset and ride back in the cool of night, the GTS removes the usual electric worry.
Checking the NIU app before a long day last season, I saw the GTS's exact range and the nearest charge points mapped out - so I never had to guess. The app is the antidote to range anxiety: it replaces a vague fear with hard numbers. Glancing at it at a Mae Nam café mid-ride, I knew precisely how far I could still go. With the data in your pocket, the question of whether you will make it home answers itself before you even set off.
Plugging the GTS in overnight at my Bo Phut guesthouse, I start each day at full charge no matter how hard I rode the day before. This is the habit that kills range anxiety for good on Samui: a 6-7 hour charge fits easily into an evening, and you wake to the full 135-160 km. As long as you can reach a socket at night, every morning resets the range, and the gauge never has a chance to worry you.
Pulling it together, the NIU NQi GTS lets you ride the whole of Koh Samui - the full ring road, the far south, the night return - without a flicker of range anxiety, backed by an app that turns range into data and an overnight charge that resets it daily. I have ridden mine to every corner of the island and never once been caught short. With the GTS, where you ride is decided by your curiosity, not by your battery.
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