Hello all, after some lowlife scum decided to steal our bikes from a motorhome show a couple of weeks ago we have decided that we should take the chance to upgrade to e bikes.
What we need.........
basically we do a little bumbling about when we are parked up in our RV around the UK and in future around Europe, we just do a mix of around towns and villages, cycle paths and a little along roads. I can and do cope with a little bit of harder and further distances probably up to about 10 or 15 miles rides and hoping that with the aid of a bit of battery power we can both stretch our legs a little and aim for further distances.
So hopefully from that you can get a feel for what we need??
We've had test rides on a few different bikes, front and rear wheel motors and crank driven. What did frighten me was the prices!! My last bike that got stolen was just a Carrera Subway with no suspension which I was basically happy with and my wife's was a bought on style!! Pendleton Somerby complete with basket on the front!! She prefers to stay with this style, she has fallen in love with the Roodog polka dot bike but at £1,075 and then bikes I've tried that tend to be a similar price I'm a little worried about them sat on the back of the RV waiting to be stolen again!!
I'm tempted to by a good and hopefully better quality Hybrid bike and a kit, and probably the same Pendleton bike for Elaine again and a kit for that. so then do I go, front or rear wheel or even crank drive? I'm thinking front wheel for Elaine's bike for ease of conversion and for what she needs and front or rear for me? I'm a bit in your hands for that, though for some reason I'm leaning towards the rear wheel option. I want to stick with 250w motors to stay within the rules of the land though I think I would prefer a throttle control as well as assist drive.
Sorry for long 1st post but hopefully that gives you enough info for all you good people to give me some good advice!!
Oh and budget.........I'm Welsh and tight but within reason I'm happy to spend what I need to but don't want to throw silly money at it!! I've asked on a Motorhome forum but they are suggesting if I don't spend between £1,400 to £1,700 per bike and crank drive then I'm wasting my money, I'm afraid that is wayyyyyy of my budget and not what I've been led to believe from my googling and this forum!!
Thanks for any help you can give!!
Steve
What we need.........
basically we do a little bumbling about when we are parked up in our RV around the UK and in future around Europe, we just do a mix of around towns and villages, cycle paths and a little along roads. I can and do cope with a little bit of harder and further distances probably up to about 10 or 15 miles rides and hoping that with the aid of a bit of battery power we can both stretch our legs a little and aim for further distances.
So hopefully from that you can get a feel for what we need??
We've had test rides on a few different bikes, front and rear wheel motors and crank driven. What did frighten me was the prices!! My last bike that got stolen was just a Carrera Subway with no suspension which I was basically happy with and my wife's was a bought on style!! Pendleton Somerby complete with basket on the front!! She prefers to stay with this style, she has fallen in love with the Roodog polka dot bike but at £1,075 and then bikes I've tried that tend to be a similar price I'm a little worried about them sat on the back of the RV waiting to be stolen again!!
I'm tempted to by a good and hopefully better quality Hybrid bike and a kit, and probably the same Pendleton bike for Elaine again and a kit for that. so then do I go, front or rear wheel or even crank drive? I'm thinking front wheel for Elaine's bike for ease of conversion and for what she needs and front or rear for me? I'm a bit in your hands for that, though for some reason I'm leaning towards the rear wheel option. I want to stick with 250w motors to stay within the rules of the land though I think I would prefer a throttle control as well as assist drive.
Sorry for long 1st post but hopefully that gives you enough info for all you good people to give me some good advice!!
Oh and budget.........I'm Welsh and tight but within reason I'm happy to spend what I need to but don't want to throw silly money at it!! I've asked on a Motorhome forum but they are suggesting if I don't spend between £1,400 to £1,700 per bike and crank drive then I'm wasting my money, I'm afraid that is wayyyyyy of my budget and not what I've been led to believe from my googling and this forum!!
Thanks for any help you can give!!
Steve