Last year I voted for the Agattu, which I still think is the best general purpose reasonably priced quality bike
available. However, time for something different.
This year I'm voting for the traditional Powabyke, yes really! Here's why:
1) For ten years this traditional bike has reliably flown the flag for e-biking through all the years when e-biking
was little known.
2) The company has given good service thoughout when few e-bike suppliers supplied any sort of service,
making them our friends for the example they set to others.
3) Sold through local bike shops, these have been the entry into e-biking for many and given sterling service
for utility cyclists.
4) The £500 that many have to pay for a new battery now would have kept a Powabyke owner in new batteries
for the whole decade with some change left over.
5) These models may be heavy and old tech, but they climb better than most, don't just cut out when the going
gets steep and have a good range as well.
6) The recession has brought a bad patch for the company, and it's when they are down that we stand by our
friends.
So for all these reasons it is uniquely the e-bike of the decade and I recognise that by voting as e-bike of 2009
this representative model:
New bike......Powabyke Euro
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