Yorkielass
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Am trying to decide if it’s safe to lock e bike in public bike racks. I am planning to get ebike but budget depends on how much use I will get. Commuting is fine, we have a bike cage at work I can lock bike in, and I plan to remove battery during the day to keep it at better temperature. To justify spending a bit more I would want to use it for trips to local shops, where my only option is public racks, and batteries are heavy. I’ve looked around locally and haven’t seen any e bikes in public racks. . That may be because most people don’t have e bikes, but may be because it’s not safe enough. If you do use your bike to nip into local town, do you remove the battery? I always take lights off, when i’ve used manual cheap bike and not had a battery to think about. if I get an ebike with a pannier mounted battery, and double pannier bags (I have the basil ones) should I chance it? I figure it wouldn’t be obvious. It would make e bike much more usable. What do people do?
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Have read up on both, really not sure which would work best for me, I suspect I need a test ride to see how I respond to it?
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Will try and pop into store sometime
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I am Looking for ebike to get me back to cycling to work. It’s 4km and I have chronic hip and groin issues. Have given up regular bike as can’t manage. It’s mostly flat, with some gradient. Not hills. Am bit shocked at prices of ebikes, last bike manual bike got was 4 years ago and was £300, but looking online I think I’ll need to spend at least £1000, but can’t stretch to more than £1500. Am trying to balance cost, getting locally , follow up maintenance and repairs, and already having pannier, lights, mudguard. My best option appears to be a Gazelle 7 2018 orange HFP. It’s discounted locally at an ebike store for £1200. It’s their entry level model, which makes me weary, but cannot afford the HFM version. Has anyone got this one? Halford’s do a range of ebikes near me but am sceptical about quality there. Not many other ebike stockists near me. There is a Giant store locally too but not sure I can afford them either. Any advice??