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    Looking for a decent ebike to buy, on a bit of a 'budget'

    I've calculated the grade myself, they start at around 16 degrees up to 25 at the steepest. I live near a lot of mountainous terrain. Not super high mountains, but mountains. Some of the hills are steep enough that I had no problem keeping up with and overtaking cars on them when I used to...
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    Looking for a decent ebike to buy, on a bit of a 'budget'

    Thanks for further explanation on the regs, I was wondering why there were no 72V kits here. Have seen videos of them in other countries. However, surely a motor rated for 250W is not going to be at all happy with the additional current being run through the stator windings. You'd need some...
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    Looking for a decent ebike to buy, on a bit of a 'budget'

    Thanks for recommending alternates. As for building a kit myself, I've worked on bikes before, both motorcycles and pushbikes. Changed cassettes, chains, derailleurs. Nothing overly difficult like pulling a bottom bracket out which looks a bit more technical, but most of the kits, for hub...
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    Looking for a decent ebike to buy, on a bit of a 'budget'

    FIrst off, I'll state that the highest I'll go is £1700, maybe £2k if it was an absolute bargain bike down from more than double that. Though I'd rather stay under 1.5k Reason I'm looking for an ebike is because I need to build up strength in my legs, I live in a fairly hilly area >20 degree...