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hi, anyone have pitlocks on their front wheel / seat tubes...any good? Experiences? alternatives?

Wow Dave...you could get a tan in front of that! Thanks for the comments. I do like the idea of a 'comfort cross bar'. The bike still looks really good with it and I don't care too much what hardened cyclists may think about it. I've found a place fairly locally that has a good range of bikes so next week end I'll have a few tries. Good to hear about the tyres, It has been suggested I got an eMTB and could change the tyres around if needed but I'm not too sure about that. Just don't think I would use those knobbly ones yo their full advantage.

Hi all, A total e-bike newbie here so please excuse any of my ignorances! Wanting a couple of e-bikes for holiday jaunts with the motor-home and rides out at the week-end to start getting a little fitter. We'd be using them on roads, lanes and tracks (bridleways, old railway lines such as the Tarka trail etc) but not so much of the racing through mountainous trails! I've taken a liking to the KTM macina tour 10 P5 2016 and was wanting to know of anyone's experience with this bike. I suppose it's a hybrid and I'd like to know if the tyres it comes with (Schwalbe Energizer Plus Tyres? ) will be robust enough for say foot paths through forests (not 'off-road' though) as well as towpaths, gravel paths and the like? How do you know which frame size to get? What are the advantages / disadvantages of a cross bar or comfort cross bar frame? (2 men here..) I've looked at a few charts and they appear to suggest different sizes for different types of bike but they didn't have e-bike on the KTM chart as far as I could see. I'm 6 foot about 76 kg, the other half is about 6 foot with a bit more weight say 100kg? Also, the lights supplied (B+M Lumotek Eyk IQ, 50 Lux, 6VDC, TF), will these be bright enough for travelling along unlit lanes? It's a bit of a voyage of discovery so far...any input or advice most welcome!