A few months ago, I posted my one and only post on my dilemma living in Cyprus and being interested in purchasing an Ebike. I was only able to try here an unknown make, Chinese rear hub bike. I enjoyed this but realized that the bike was a poor example. We have only one man on the island who owns a bike shop and is familiar with Ebikes but he does not stock any, as there is no demand here. Because of this I was unable to have a test ride on anything of quality. On our annual trip back to the UK to escape the heat, while in the Scottish Highlands I managed to try two bikes, a ladies Giant rear hub and a Haibike MTB. The Haibike showed me this was the way to go. While stopping with relatives in the midlands, I took a trip to Onbike in Worcester. Martin there was excellent allowing me to try two MTB’s, one of which was a Haibike. I was ready to buy this one there and then but only if they were able to get the bike to Cyprus at a reasonable cost. This proved impossible as the couriers they deal with were quoting ridiculous sums. So back to square one! On my return to Cyprus I contacted the guy here to see what he could do. He is a dealer here for Moustache, talks to the guys in France regularly and his personal bike is a Bosch drive bike. So I took the decision, with much trepidation, to buy blind a 2016 series yellow Samedi 27/9 OFF bike. Moustache had bought forward the build date for these bikes and the bike was ready for dispatch. So three weeks later I have now just took delivery. The bike is all I hoped for. Build quality seems excellent and on my only ride so far I have been very pleased with the way it goes, especially its hill climbing ability. There are less than a dozen ebikes on the island and mine is the only one of these, so I am nearly unique!