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Here's another decent commuter from KTM. Bigger Bosch battery, hub gears for cleanliness and low maintenance, and balloon tyres rather than a suspension fork which is better solution in some ways. Reasonably priced at £2,150...

My local bike shop had a look at the Sirocco I had on test and said much the same thing. They had seen many poorer quality Chinese bikes and reckoned the Sirocco was pretty good for the money. Fitting Marathons is a good move, the supplied Kendas are not the bike's strongest point.

I made first use of my second battery in a ride on the C2C path from Sunderland to Annfield Plain in County Durham. It's a long grind up hill from Washington onwards, not steep, but the incline goes on for miles - they used two locomotives on this stretch when it was a railway line. Add a head...

Hard to say, Marathons - Plus or not - are well regarded for puncture resistance, but obviously Michelin know a thing or two about making tyres so there may not be much in it. Generally, the wider the tyre, the less likely it is to puncture, so look for something with a bit of width to it.