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The Bosch motors work best with a particular riding style. Change down early keep your pedal speed up and increase power setting as required. Waiting until you are struggling and cadence has dropped before increasing power doesn't work well. The Bosch motor is a high revving sports car not a V8 slugger.
Anything that is decent to ride is going to be rather expensive. If all you want is healthy recreation and a toodle round, does it need a motor? On flat terrain a conventional bike is easy to pedal at modest speed, cheap and simple. Choose one (two!) for comfort, not speed,and just enjoy trundling about.
I don't mind spending a bit for a good quality bike that will last .
I'd shortlist the Cube Kathmandu Hybrid with that requirement. They're 2500 but 2 grand may be possible if you keep looking and can wait. Or the Cube Town Hybrid, already under 2 grand.The issue is the flat terrain, there is none, not even on the coast road, it's all drumlins around here, so while neither of us are particularly unfit or overweight neither Tracy or myself really enjoy pedalling uphill, but it really would be for just trundling around, going into the village and certainly comfort would be a priority too, I don't mind spending a bit for a good quality bike that will last .
Sounds like a motor is the difference between using it and not, then, so e bike it is. A mate has a very cheap one from China, uses it a fair bit. This is a man who previously went no more a mile, and on dead flat terrain at that. Prior to that he had a series of conventional bikes sitting with flat tyres in the garage, hallway, etc.The issue is the flat terrain, there is none, not even on the coast road, it's all drumlins around here, so while neither of us are particularly unfit or overweight neither Tracy or myself really enjoy pedalling uphill, but it really would be for just trundling around, going into the village and certainly comfort would be a priority too, I don't mind spending a bit for a good quality bike that will last .
This is exactly the problem with which I was faced. The hill on top of which we live averages 16%, and in some places goes up to 23% - even the road racers are up dancing on their pedals. I simply can no longer do it on the old touring bike, and I really don't want another knee operation. The motor I have is like having three extra gears below the already low bottom gear, and I only need the second one to make the hill. It's good knowing that, when the physical effort is too much, I can simply press the magic switch.The issue is the flat terrain, there is none, not even on the coast road, it's all drumlins around here, so while neither of us are particularly unfit or overweight neither Tracy or myself really enjoy pedalling uphill, but it really would be for just trundling around, going into the village and certainly comfort would be a priority too, I don't mind spending a bit for a good quality bike that will last .
My Bafang doesn't have the torque the Cube has for hills. I'd be wary if you live in a hilly area. I just use it for Strasbourg cycle paths and to get back from the pub pissed.Sounds like a motor is the difference between using it and not, then, so e bike it is. A mate has a very cheap one from China, uses it a fair bit. This is a man who previously went no more a mile, and on dead flat terrain at that. Prior to that he had a series of conventional bikes sitting with flat tyres in the garage, hallway, etc.
I would not worry about battery replacement either. I have one from 2016 that seems fine and bosch batteries can be repacked for about 300 quid last time I looked
Why do I need to?I think you need to re(read) what I actually said about the Bosch batteries
Why do I need to?