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Schwable Almotion, to get minimum rolling resistance and best puncture protect run tubeless. Folding tyre so easy to fit. See rolling resistance website to see how they compare to other tyres.

Did you power Di2 off bosch system?

There are few members using hub drive Oxygen bikes for similar commutes with good results. Check out their forum. A few essentials that will make long distance commute more comfortable. Quality suspension seatpost eg Suntour NCX, thudbuster, bodyfloat. Full length mudguards, rack, quality...

Quite normal especially if air in brakes. Pumping or leaving over night normally brings it right, air moves back up to reservoir. Nealh trick of keeping brake level squeezed overnight with rubber band worth try. Long term look at getting them bleed. Kits are cheap and is easy depending on...

165mm cranks are on my shopping list, always hitting 175mm on rocks.

Few brands have 2019 FS and HT bikes with rack, full mudguards, stand and lights ie SUV of ebikes, which R&M has being doing for a while. Checkout Gaint, Bulls and Trek full range.

Find rough bridle track how see how your two ebikes go back to back.

The Thule is about €75 from bike.discount, don't forget to order 2 sides for panniers. I also bought pair of quality Vaude panniers(2x24L) for €75. Thule rack is weight limited to 11kg compared to 25kg racks on most HT racks. Shouldn't issue for commuting. See my Powerfly 7 HT review(review...

Powrrfly 7 comes with spare quick release seatpost collar that has attachment points. Best get shop to fit it as the dropper post has to be removed.

FS differently gives better ride, but with HT you can fit full mudguards which makes big difference when commuting in wet, plus option of 25kg racket and kick stand.

If you use quality chains and change them regularly broken chains should 't be an issue and nothing chain break tool and spare link can't fix in 5 minutes.

I like fact its not removeable, one less thing to do when locking bike up. I've has intuvia come off when push though heavy brush, luckily found it again. I place bell next to purion to give it some protection. Whether its purion or intuvia plus remotes still vunerable in crash. Specialized...

The change over is straight forward, just be careful removing plastic cable guides where cables entry frame. On Cube if you undo screw totally the nut on back will full off into the frame. Luckily I watched video of guy fitting one to Cube MTB, before tackling my Cube.

This is Cape to Bluff ride that Kennett brothers organise every year. Route is mixture of quiet country roads and moderate off road MTB tracks. Best done on hardtail MTB, but if you bypass odd offroad section any touring bike should do it...

How do plan to store bike at station?

There is no speed limit in NZ at present but I suspect it will come, there is 300w power limit. Unfortunately we endup with lot of 25kmh Euro sourced ebikes instead of 32kmh USA ones. LBS said it was because lot bikes come from Australian distributors and they don't want to carry two versions...

Also check seat and seat post.

When you sell it switch back to original brakes. Hang onto better ones for new bike.

This is quite common, mine had XT brakes but cheap rotors. Who checks rotor quality when looking at specs.

This guy offer has correct bearings and documentation on replacing them. electricbikereview.com/forum/threads/replacement-bearings-for-bosch-ebike-motors-now-available.24254/ As he pointed out these bearings aren't water proof.