Replacing commuter with eBike
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Hi all,
I’ve cycled to work 2-3 days per week for the last 5 years up until March ’20 (for obvious reasons) my fitness has taken a dive and along with it my arthritic joints. My current commuter (for those 5 years) has been a Boardman Pro 29er that has handled my route of Stockport to Macclesfield (15 miles each way) brilliantly in all conditions which can be horrid (gravel paths, large puddles, muddy, horse poo etc...)
I am going to replace it with an ebike (to help with the hills) – I do not need suspension so I’m looking at Hybrid bikes with a more upright position.
I have no idea where to start, so any help and advice would be great.
Budget around 2.5k
I’m just under 6ft 5
Thank you!
I’ve cycled to work 2-3 days per week for the last 5 years up until March ’20 (for obvious reasons) my fitness has taken a dive and along with it my arthritic joints. My current commuter (for those 5 years) has been a Boardman Pro 29er that has handled my route of Stockport to Macclesfield (15 miles each way) brilliantly in all conditions which can be horrid (gravel paths, large puddles, muddy, horse poo etc...)
I am going to replace it with an ebike (to help with the hills) – I do not need suspension so I’m looking at Hybrid bikes with a more upright position.
I have no idea where to start, so any help and advice would be great.
Budget around 2.5k
I’m just under 6ft 5
Thank you!
Hi, I went from this Boardman commuter:
To this:
I added decent mudguards and road tyres.
Cube hybrid with a Bosch mid drive and 400wH battery.
I paid €900 used with 1900km.
The main drive bearing has just failed at 9800km so that’s (hopefully) being replaced for approx. €150-€200.
Other than that it’s been terrific.
Have a good look through the e bike thread, loads of advice there.
To this:
I added decent mudguards and road tyres.
Cube hybrid with a Bosch mid drive and 400wH battery.
I paid €900 used with 1900km.
The main drive bearing has just failed at 9800km so that’s (hopefully) being replaced for approx. €150-€200.
Other than that it’s been terrific.
Have a good look through the e bike thread, loads of advice there.
I highly recommend you get a derestricter for it. It’ll remove the limiter from 15mph and makes a huge difference in its usability.
Currently anything over 15mph and it’s all you, turning the motor and dragging a heavy bike everywhere. If you’re a regular cycler then you may find 15mph a tad slow.
You can switch it on and off whilst riding with one click of a button which is nice and handy as when you’re on a public road you’ll have to switch it off of course for legal reasons. Obviously I do that every time.
Also no need to worry about reliability, you can set the limit to whatever you like with many people setting theirs to 20mph which is the same as the US market bikes. 15mph is EU law and not a manufacture/component restriction.
Currently anything over 15mph and it’s all you, turning the motor and dragging a heavy bike everywhere. If you’re a regular cycler then you may find 15mph a tad slow.
You can switch it on and off whilst riding with one click of a button which is nice and handy as when you’re on a public road you’ll have to switch it off of course for legal reasons. Obviously I do that every time.
Also no need to worry about reliability, you can set the limit to whatever you like with many people setting theirs to 20mph which is the same as the US market bikes. 15mph is EU law and not a manufacture/component restriction.
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