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Bought a "Cube Touring Hybrid One 625 2024 Electric Bike" from Swinerton Cycles. Bit daunting to assemble, but local bike man too busy, so I did it. First go, I found the kevlar reinforced baloon tires do not have as much traction as my normal bike tires - going up a pavement ramp at an angle...

I am trying to select a "sold secure" standard lock: " gold powered bike" aka "diamond push bike", for my new Cube ebike. I bought a Yale YUL3, but found that it is just slightly too large to fit within the frame (medium size, I expect the large frame version would take it), in any position...

Thanks for all the answers folks. I have found www.ebike24.com can supply them to UK, though it says to expect 4 weeks delivery and the Bordo 6500KA I was looking at is around £50 dearer than the cheapest (same day delivery) local purchase (without key matching).

No I have not. I am looking to buy an Abus lock, manufactured to match my existing Abus key (for the Bosch motor), not to get a key. This is something they offer - takes about a week I understand - but I need a supplier to organize it. I suppose a locksmith might have the connections. I...

No. The Bosch motor has an Abus key, and Abus can provide their locks manufactured for your (registered) key code. I just have not been able so far to find a supplier in UK who will get this done for me, and Abus does not deal directly with customers.

I would like to use the same key for my bike and an Abus bike lock - anyone know the best way to get an abus lock manufactured and delivered to UK, given the key code?

Finally selected and ordered: Cube Touring Hybrid One 625 2024 Electric Bike, from Winstanleys (good sale price) (same spec except bigger battery). The Kalkhoff in the right size disappeared from the on line sale, and anyway the Cube offering looks a better deal. Thanks all for advice and...

I have looked at 48v TSDZ8 kit data on line briefly. It would take me some time to get familiar with the terms and evaluate. It would clearly be fun to do and a lot cheaper than buying a similar spec bike, but it sounds like the power output (>250W) and the availability of a throttle mode...

A Kalkhoff Entice 3 move for £1999 looks similar? Bosch performance line smart 75 Nm, 9 gear ratios, disc brakes, all frame sizes, from vansprint.co.uk.

Interesting about the controller. I looked at some kits on Amazon, including Woosh. Looks like there could be trouble getting stuff to fit a given bike, and waterproofing things, and having it legal, and battery safety acceptance while touring ... I do have a spare push bike I could adapt...

I sort of assumed there would be a practical stall threshold torque for a controlled motor system, with max current from the given battery at min reasonable rotation speed. Near that point the system would be non linear and the motor and control components would get hot, wasting power and...

Thanks for the info on touring. The Agutta uses the 50 Nm torque drive, surely the weakest is the 40 Nm, requiring the widest gear ratio for a given hill? The hill ability would depend on the lowest gear's ratio, rather than just the number of gears. I have read that some complain that the...

I see I can get a Kalkhoff Agattu 3.B Excite 2021 for £1900 delivered and mostly assembled. It is tempting, though possibly OTT for my expected usage. I think that you have to charge its battery with it in the bike? Can the 500 Wh be replaced with a 625 Wh battery when it dies? I am also...

"ease of maintenance and customer service / long life" would be good things, though not obvious from this supplier. I would expect a Bosch motor and battery, and a thrust sensor as a starting point normally. I have not seen the make of motor or battery they use mentioned elsewhere, and what on...