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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Well we did it yesterday, first time for both of us using an ebike and I really enjoyed it! We did the whole circuit of Grafham water which was about 10 miles in 1.5 hours which considering shes not been on any bike for about 15 years and had an achilles tendon repair 6 months ago is pretty...
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Not for my Mrs! Pedal assist will do, Im not having her behave on an ebike how she flies along on her motability scooter :-)
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Oh believe me I know, again partly why we are hiring one on monday.
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Aye, I can see where you are coming from, when she used to cycle years ago she rode a 26 inch wheeled bike with no problems, this is partly why I want to hire one on monday at rutland and see how she goes on it, rutland has a variety of terrain and we're going to bring a picnic so its like a day...
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    I have to admit I know nothing at all about Kalkhoff?
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Hmmm maybe a grand off but makes it essentially the same price as the scott, in fact a quick google shows Scott now own the Bergamont brand so explains the similarity. The biggest downside of the Bergamont (ignoring the lack of rear rack as thats an easy fix) is the ability to easily get it...
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Hi Trevormonty, it does have built in lights actually :-) theres a discreet one on handlebars and a small led built into the rear. Personally, I actually dont like the idea of built in ones but can see the advantage of them I guess.
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Agreed, and rutland do the cube too, I looked, problem was that saddle is nowhere near good enough for her ample bottom, plus the lack of mudguards etc etc. But the biggest issue for her due mainly to her recovering ankle is how high she can get her leg therefore the unisex version of the Scott...
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Yes, they are all quite similar but I think she likes the battery on the seatpost for greater stability, something else I should have mentioned is that Rutland actually use these particular models as part of their hire fleet so me and the wife are going to go back on monday and hire one each for...
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    Continuing disappointment in Scott

    where did the replacements come from, Im looking at buying an e sub for the wife when i noticed this thread :-/
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    Was considering a Halfords bike and suddenly now looking at a Scott Ebike for the wife!

    Now how on earth did my budget just go from sub £1000 to nearly double!?? So, the wifes finally had her achilles tendon repair and is cracking on very nicely, early days were hard on her so I bought her this to get out and about Now, she's not even 50 but it gave her freedom for the last 3...