Some good road bikes for 2018

[Steve A]

Noticed that Focus and Cube have some really nice e-road bikes in the pipeline. Very hard to tell them apart from a standard road bike. I like speed dongles so if i added one that would make a great road / commuter bike and i can really see the point. With dongle i can cruise about 20-25mph on my mtb, and can see a road bike beating that by about 5mph.

If sensible, a real car beater in summer for commuting.

 

[OilyMechanic]

Noticed that Focus and Cube have some really nice e-road bikes in the pipeline. Very hard to tell them apart from a standard road bike. I like speed dongles so if i added one that would make a great road / commuter bike and i can really see the point. With dongle i can cruise about 20-25mph on my mtb, and can see a road bike beating that by about 5mph.

If sensible, a real car beater in summer for commuting.

It's a shame that there's no dongles for the Fazua motor yet

At 10.2kg and no motor resistance - you shouldn't need one anyway.

 

[Steve A]

It's a shame that there's no dongles for the Fazua motor yet

At 10.2kg and no motor resistance - you shouldn't need one anyway.

I personally wouldn't buy an e-bike that i couldn't use with a dongle. On my old road bike i averaged about 18mph when i was reasonably fit over a fair distance, so a dongle is a must for me.

Anyway, point is some really nice road bikes coming through.

 

[OilyMechanic]

I personally wouldn't buy an e-bike that i couldn't use with a dongle. On my old road bike i averaged about 18mph when i was reasonably fit over a fair distance, so a dongle is a must for me.

Anyway, point is some really nice road bikes coming through.

The whole point of the low weight is so you can pedal at whatever speed and average a normal speed.

The motor is there so you can average your 17mph up the hills only.

Bare in mind that the Fazua motor only went into full production last week, I wouldn't be in any rush on dongling the first batch.

https://www.cube.eu/2018/e-bikes/road/agree/cube-agree-hybrid-c62-slt-disc-black-edition-2018/

 

[Trevormonty]

If they are smart it may dongle proof.

These bikes are not ideal for dongles anyway as motor is not as powerful as likes of CX and battery is to small.

 

[nemesis]

Focus project Y.