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Fork most importantly as it is very expensive to upgrade.

Complaining wheel nuts can't be undone using adjustable spanner says lot about your mechanic skills or lack of them.

Had first ride where I put new eMTB mode to test. Not much of benefit on tight technical tracks but on flowing climbs with tight hairpins its assume. Power delivery is perfect, especially on tight hairpin corners.

If tires have TLE them then they are tubeless. One big plus of tubeless is better puncture resistance, sealant will seal any small puncture. Lots of youtube videos on it.

Big plus of going to HS11 is long term maintenance free operation. Better braking plus lot lighter pull required especially on rear where long cable run adds more resistance and stretch. HS11 can be bit fiddly to setup initially, the online video wasn't much use in my case. Brake housing has...

I assume your've tried them.

Try reading all thread.

Battery capacity is drops off in cold, so summer range should be better.

Given your specification, a electric motorbike is what you are after. Petrol ones are better value. Once you start going over 500-750w then you are getting into motorbike territory.

If buying factory middrive bike, Bosch, Shimano and Brose have good support in NZ. Not sure about Yamaha. There maybe option to upgrade Shimano STEP and Brose to 32km/hr cutoff in NZ when you return, not option on Bosch its 25km/h or dongle. As for rest of bike parts eg, gears, brakes etc are...

A lot people do that here, park on edge of town where its free and cycle a flat 3-4km into town. The fit ones park at top of hill to get workout on way home.

On this climb you would need tour or above, its a gut buster of climb on normal MTB.

There have been couple other members doing similar distances, find their threads and see what bikes they choose and why. Hopefully they will reply to PM with how they are getting on. In mean time get out there a do some test rides on different drive systems and bike styles.

Wellington to top Mt Climie and return 108km 700wh. Incredible weather warm and dead calm at top. The climb is about 650m over 5kms, very steep, don't how I managed it 20yrs ago on my MTB would've been granny gear for 80%. Awesome descent on FS MTB if you don't cook your brakes. 1) south to...

Thanks for thus posting. Just installed mine today, note about not undoing cable gland screw saved me lot of potential work. I found taping bit string to Intuvia cable before removing worked well, then tape string to Purion cable and pulled it through. Had one issue with Purion would always...

Mine came with european plug, very poor oversight by LBS. Had spare lead so let it slide.

Most of Bosch failures have been with MTB CX drive bearings from water ingress. More of issue on MTBs because they ride in mud and need to be washed regularly. New upgraded seal on later motors should help lot especially if maintained. Shouldn't issue on bikes that do mainly road riding.

If I wanted in cheap reliable commuter I'd go for hub drive kit. For long distance riding/tour and MTBing I prefer factory middrives as I like smooth nature power delivery of torque sensing middrives. Bought my cube MTB because of excellent sale price would of preferred Merida but they weren't...

So all the chinese controllers and motors are interchangeable, use same connectors and pinouts?

Having external electronic controller and separate motor for hub drives bikes is double edge sword. Yes it is cheaper to replace components and repair if repairer has electrical back ground but not so easier for your average bike mechanic with no electrical knowledge. With Bosch middrive, most...