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All you can do is go for a known brand and avoid anything described as 'lightweight'. Schwalbe as good as any, or Continental or Michelin. Nowt wrong with the Halfords own brand ones, although I don't know what the shopping arrangements are currently. I think some branches are open for...

At one time the speed restriction was a simple enough user setting on the display. Might have changed on 2020 bikes. Bear in mind you won't get any extra power, but the motor will assist above 15.5mph so you will notice a difference.

Routinely, the motor cuts out at 15.5mph so for most of your use all it will be doing is slowing you down due to its weight and slight running resistance. There are (illegal) ways and means to restrict most ebikes, particularly the kits. Woosh is a responsible retailer, but it may be all you...

You do have particular gearing requirements, so converting a bike which has gears with which you are happy is a good solution for you. Mind, the motor will slow you down unless Tony gives you a naughty button.

I like the look of the Rambleta - no crappy suspension fork. The 20" balloon tyres are very comfortable and capable. The bike is easily good for rides as long as the battery will allow.

Your Nexus hub is bomb proof reliable, bit its range is not great. Many internal gear hubs are the same, apart from the Rohloff which has a range comparable to a mountain triple. I have one and reckon it would do what you seek. Hardly a viable mod at £1,000, so you are better off with your...

Nice and full sus for £2k are mutually exclusive. You will need to up the budget. A quick look at the discounter Tredz produces this Giant at £3,500. There may be something a bit cheaper elsewhere, but that's the sort of money you are looking at for an entry level full sus emtb...

The cheap suspension forks fitted to the bikes you are looking at add weight and very little else. You will notice the quality KTM folder linked by Croxden does not have front suspension because KTM know it's useless on that type of bike. What these bikes do have is 20" balloon tyres which, if...

Some German light set ups have an isolation switch for the rear. It might be a tiny slider which is quite hard to see on the back of the light.

Several years ago Bosch made their millionth crank drive motor - they celebrated by producing a gold one. That is a massive number for a bicycle component. Since then, ebikes have taken off. Bosch powered bikes have become ubiquitous around the world, so goodness how many millions of Bosch...

Quite stylish in a sort of retro, dare I say hipster, way. I wouldn't worry about the warranty. The bike has basic ebike technology which has the benefit of being reliable and well-proven. Ebikes are finally gaining a little bit of traction in the market, which means there are now more shops...

Go grandad! Actually, I was expecting, and have seen, much worse. Decent buy for the money.

That is about the strength of it, but another thing yet to be resolved is whether the Crossfire's problems have been resolved at the factory. The bike has been around for a long time, so many of the problems you've read about will be of some age. Crossfire owners who get a reliable one, and...

As said, the Stealth would be worse than useless because of its 1000w direct drive design motor. Those motors have their strengths, they are very quiet, and go well on the flat (with no wind) once wound up. But they are hopeless against even a mild gradient/headwind, and in stop/start...

To me, this shows your Camino may be a little more pokey than the weakest Bosch motor, but close to about the same when compared to the most powerful Bosch motor. Which is what I as a non-technical numpty would expect. The differences are not as great so as to justify them as a reason to...

My AVE has the original Bosch Classic motor. No idea how much grunt that was supposed to have, but in use it's not so different to my later Bosch motors. All of which are relatively weedy compared to others, both hub and crank. People will be attracted by bigger numbers but there is a big...

No, it isn't important. We are talking about riding a bike, not microbiology.

Given the bikes have a similar amount of grunt, what is your point? I think you just ran over one of those split hairs.

Yes, and he might have trouble cycling over the straws one or two on here are clutching at. No worries, so long as keeps between the split hairs.

The OP's requirement was for us to compare your Camino, a Chinese hub bike, against a Motus, a European design crank drive. That is what I did. There is nothing in his other requirements that expressly rules out one bike or the other. But there are hints. One of those is carrying a...