Emmellar

Ah thats interesting. I whacked it straight into eMTB as I was led to believe that was the top mode - wasn't aware of the point you make regarding Turbo mode needing less oomph from the rider. Thanks. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Thanks Mike. Not just us then. Shame about the reliability issue. IV7 8GY had read about it elsewhere. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Correct. Not over-thinking it, just initial impression and gut feel. Thanks for recommendation for conversions. Was looking at them on your site and may get in touch once I've done some more digging.

Well we had a surprise yesterday regarding trialling different electric bikes and I wonder if others recognise our experience.... My wife took out a Carrera Crossfire E on Halfords 48 hr trial recently. We were told not to expect wonders given the Suntour rear hub drive versus the likes of the Bosch mid mount motors. Anyway the Crossfire was a blast. A genuine delight up hills a hoot on the forest tracks around our place in the Highlands. Everyone wanted on it. Fast forward much online research and a trial at our LBS on a Cube Touring Hybrid with the new Bosch Active Plus motor. We were expecting wonders given the x2 price tag and all we'd researched about crank motors being better etc. But what a disappointment! Much more effort was needed on the hills with the supposedly better Bosch motor. It just didn't have that grin factor and left us underwhelmed. We were then offered a MTB with the Performance CX motor and on eMTB mode it seemed on a par with the Crossfire! Certainly not noticeably different. Is this a surprise? I would love to know... We are now in a quandary and in fact I have started looking at converting my wife's Giant CRS 3 but that's going to be another thread!