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Hi,

I live in Essex. Haven't ridden a bike for ages but really keen to get back into it and electric bikes open up a lot of doors for me, the biggest one being there is now no obstacle to stop me being able to cycle with my children when they are old enough !.

I haven't bought one yet but I am seriously looking around right now, I've got some minimum criteria to meet.

Firstly I'm 6'1" so it absolutely must be comfortable for my height, no point in buying one I just about fit or must be set to max height on everything.

Looking for something fairly good looking. There are some nice ones out there now like the wispas, the Kahlkoff but I haven't quite decided yet so I'll keep an eye on the classifieds.
I have considered actually buying the electrics off of eBay and fitting them to a bike but cost wise it possibly isn't worth it.

It must be able to get up and down a hill without my help, I have noted that some need assistance or the user to do most of the work, this is no good.

Lightweightish would be better, good range and maybe suspension, not sure if I need it or not but it can't hurt.

I am not sure how much i am going to spend, the right bike is more important but I'm not made of money so it may take a while. I saw a wispa on ebay but as i write it's about £550 which is a lot of money for a bike.

I can't say exactly how i found the forum, just surfing for electric bikes on google but really glad I did.

Kevin