Need advice on selected models

[newbember]

Cycle2work scheme with budget up to 3000. Im 45yo 182cm/80kg. Want to get ebike with mid-drive motor, that looks like a bike and with weight below 20kg. Riding just for fun 10-30 miles a day and will glad to do more.
Before I start search ideally it was crosscountry hardtail and then I`ve found that most of them much higher than 3k. So current list is:
Specialized Turbo Vado SL 4.0
Boardman HYB 8.9E
and just today found that prices goes down for Orbea Urrun 40.
Its my first ebike so any advices/recommendations highly appreciated.

Complete list from what I try to choose is here

 

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thats how big my equivalent chain ring size, unless a rbw has gears that big i just out gear them as i have 10t at rear.

 

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m8 has over 30k on his bbshd set to 30a with a throttle sounds like a bag of spoons tho

 

[guerney]

thats how big my equivalent chain ring size, unless a rbw has gears that big i just out gear them as i have 10t at rear.

I didn't know you had 10T on the rear. I've got 11T, I want 10T! Don't think I can on this bike, actually I don't need 10T.

 

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you need a xd driver for a 12spd cassette to fit on just go bigger at front

 

[guerney]

m8 has over 30k on his bbshd set to 30a with a throttle sounds like a bag of spoons tho

30k sounds bloody good going, used like that. I didn't see any Bafang motors on Peter Performance Ball's videoed reconditioned shelf, no TSDZ2s either.

 

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it wont cost a lot to fix it so he just running it in to the floor and peter could service them but are so easy not much point plus you could just send it to red dragon to get it sorted if you had to

 

[guerney]

you need a xd driver for a 12spd cassette to fit on just go bigger at front

I could go bigger on the front, a younger me would have done that immediately after it arrived lol. I don't reckon I need it - crumple zones of my bike and body aren't designed for high speed collisions with big metal boxes on wheels.

it wont cost a lot to fix it so he just running it in to the floor and peter could service them but are so easy not much point plus you could just send it to red dragon to get it sorted if you had to

Cheers, good to know, but there are still loads of Bafang motor parts out there, so I'll probably attempt installing Thundering Balls Of Performance myself. And those balls will be extra greasy.

 

[newbember]

I suppose out of the 3, the boardmans the only one which is a goer. And i see its on special offer in helfrauds.
£2159.10

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1800 right now, but I need to wait for my voucher at least 3 weeks.

 

[AndyBike]

1800 right now, but I need to wait for my voucher at least 3 weeks.

You should be ok. Entire cycling industry is on the back foot currently, with even big companies gone to the wall and others in ultra sale mode, so helfrauds should still have it on special. Or if not, someone will.