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On the Cube Touring One 500 Iridium with Activeline Plus my real world riding from last week suggests a winter-time mixed surface flat range of 220km and a 'some elevation'/'slightly hilly' range (540m of elevation on a 46km ride) of about 130km. Total weight of rider, bike and gear 125kg...

I have a new Cube Touring One Iridium 500 and put 102km on it down cyclepaths, forest and farm paths, river banks and canal sides over Xmas (56km was flat down the Mersey and Bridgewater Canal but 46km was a venture up into the High Peak from Stockport with about 1750 feet of elevation). Total...

Really useful thanks - and means it meets his 10% requirement - but won't your stall speed depend upon your lowest gearing? It isn't always 10 kph is it? http://www.shiftycycles.com/blog/2015/7/25/how-slow-can-you-go Sustained 300W is elite athlete levels of power after all (although of course...

Going up what gradient and at what speed Stuck? Or are we just assuming the 300% assist means 300W so you are fine in a low gear for any gradient?

Any similar studies on the new 3rd gen Activeline Bosch motors? They aren't geared and run at lower maximum torque - so I take it we can expect even better lifespan for them?

The Cube Touring Hybrid One 400 Iridium version (slightly higher spec than base One - including suspension seatpost and Intuvia display) is going for just over £1400 at the moment. e.g. Cube Touring Hybrid 400 Iridium I have the 500 version but can confirm that the range on them is insane so...

As Einstein said "Madness is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result" He never actually said that by the way. The real answer is to properly segregate cyclists from road traffic. As they do in Denmark and Holland. Living in Manchester, I am still appalled...

Well according to Strava at the end of a 2 hour ride today I flew up the hill to my house (7.4% gradient) at max assisted speed (25kph) and 122 BPM. And that was just using 280% assist on a 50NM motor. And I weigh more than you. So I would have to imagine that 300% assist on a 75NM motor would...

Well both the premier Bosch CX and Yamaha PW mid-motors can easily be de-resticted so I understand and if you can probably pick up a Haibike with one of those in the sales at the moment for around £1500. 20 mile range shouldn't be an issue with a 500Whr battery (and nor will any hills)...

What is very low? Under 120BPM? Best bikes for hills are those with the Yamaha PW or Bosch CX mid-drive motors - look for Haibikes from around £1500 in the sales. The important stat to look out for is the max torque in Newton metres. You'll be wanting at least 70. Rear hub conversions can't...

Well went out this morning for a couple of hours. 25 miles or so - down the Mersey via cycle path and gravel, and then (very) muddy bank (they had shut the gravelled one for some reason), across fields, down onto Canal and then back along A road and cycle lanes. So mixed terrain but basically...

What is the max gradient of the 'big hill'? If it's really steep it might be a bit much for a 250W rear hub motor to push 17 stones up. The guys from Woosh on here will have a good idea of what gradients their 250W rear hub kit can handle with 17 stone on board. If you buy a pre-built bike new...

The Crossfuse is a much better bike than the Crossfire. The Crossfuse runs the Bosch Activeline Plus motor which is best in class for touring type bikes and is going to be a reliable and fun bike. The Crossfire, not so much (unless you are really lucky)...

I weighed the Marin last week - it's definitely 18kg. It's a Marin Muirwoods if that makes any difference.

Well yes - I think the Cube must be 25kg or so with the kit on, so that is around 40% heavier than the Marin.

Old bike is 1993 Marin - solid steel and built like a tank. 18kgs. The speed issue on hills is that once I get within 10bpm of my heart rate max I ease off, so getting up a longish one takes a LONG time for me (and is little to no fun).

Yes - I could raise the saddle height and drop the three spacers out of the handlebars I guess. I'll just run it unchanged for the first couple of months though, no need to make any snap changes whilst I get used to it...

Went for a ride at dawn today down the Mersey down the transpennine cycle path - freezing mist coming off the water made it look beautiful. So first of all I just cycled with the motor off to get a feel for the bike. As I suspected it feels heavier than the Marin and in comparison the riding...

I'll probably just lock them out for most rides - I;ve managed the last 30 years on my Marin with no travel at all :) Seriously though, I'll work out what to change after I've put a few hundred miles on it... I supect the first change will be to upgrade tyres to Marathon Pluses...

Sure the changes aren't worth anything like £400, but I'd still rather than an Intuvia for a touring bike than the Purion and a better rack is nice.