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Originally Posted by Django
Hi Maestro,
There isn't a simple answer, but my experience tells me that your relationship with the supplier will be very important indeed. That is a good reason to buy local or at the very least to visit, talk to and test ride before purchasing from an online supplier. You need to be able to trust them.
Have you considered buying second hand? Unless you have very steep hills and given your description of yourself as 'very fit', you may find a Mark 1 Torq ideal. I'm not sure I would be happy with 15mph now that I am used to zipping along at over 20mph and I suspect you may be similar.
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Yep I think the 15 mph cut-out could make the bike a bit pointless a lot of the time since I'd generally be doing above that on the flat anyway. My trip to work is very flat. If I was cycling normally on my Marin bike I'd be doing 25+ for reasonably chunks of the trip. I'd like to be able to do that but not get sweaty. I also agree with the other poster who said that a throttle would be essential for those days when I'm really not up to it.
I like the look of the Wisper 905se at the moment because it looks pretty cool and has 20mph derestricted mode. Problems are its a bit pricey and the company are a very long way from me. I'm trying to find out what their returns policy is or if they have any local dealers near me.
The Torq you mention also sounds good but I've not had much luck locating any decent bikes second hand, the ones on ebay look a bit like old heath-robinson affairs.
The bikes I can get locally are Giants, PowaCycle, powabyke and urban mover. At the moment the Salisbury is still winning out if only because of the throttle and decent range. On most days I suspect I'd find the 15mph cut off a pain though. Is there any scope for derestricing any of these brands?