Urban eBike to complement road bikes.

moyesie
moyesie Posts: 68
edited October 2017 in Road general
Recently moved to a larger, hilly town and I've a desire to pick myself a funky, Urban eBike.

My wife has an electric Pendleton from Halfords and is surprisingly good fun for what is relatively speaking, cheap and cheerful.

Looking round there is a clear distinction between 'cheap chinese' and 'expensive european'.

The Kalkhoff Sahel Compact is a properly engineered bike and it looks as if it would provide a whole lot of fun around town.

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It is however £1800.

The market seems to be massively missing a 'good' bike around the £1k mark or I'm Just not seeing it?

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I guess a good road bike would probably account for most of the 1000 - so add the motor and it's bumping up the price.
  • janwal
    janwal Posts: 489
    http://road.cc/content/tech-news/226914 ... -road-bike
    Hate to ask the price of this one but it is one lovely bit of kit! Perhaps when I’m down to one bike.
  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    Another e-bike that looks, well like a bike.

    https://www.orbea.com/gb-en/brands/gain-road/
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Why not buy a good bike for £1000, save £800 and get fit into the bargain?
    Alternatively, a second hand scooter.
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    put a trebuchet in the garden and buy a skateboard
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    So no assistance when over 15mph?
    https://www.gov.uk/electric-bike-rules

    Not down my local Bratislave Street it dont apply ... one doing at least 40 by its non pedalling pilot ... at least back in the day the could hear fizzers going past...

    Obviously no policing on these and where do they get these motorads from?
  • moyesie
    moyesie Posts: 68
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Why not buy a good bike for £1000, save £800 and get fit into the bargain?
    Alternatively, a second hand scooter.

    Because I've two good bikes that are worth a fair bit more and I'm occasionally fit :)

    An eBike is a viable alternative to using the car at the weekend for all my town journeys, I've an old steel mountain bike which I've been using but TBH with the hills around here, I invariably arrive a sweaty mess, not ideal.

    An eBike for me, in this scenario, is the perfect solution,
  • 6wheels
    6wheels Posts: 411
    If your mountain bike is surplus to requirements, you could buy a kit to convert to an E commuter for around £500/£600. Lots of information on Pedelecs.

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