Any help in Suffolk?

[Steve hoffi]

Hi
I'm new on here. Wondering if anyone can help direct me to either a good ebike shop in the county or a bike guy who can build me an ebike.

I unfortunately bought an electric fat bike from bicycles4u in Feb 2014. Waste of time to be honest and the support was very very poor. So got rid of that bike and now decided to act my age and get a good quality bike or get a kit fitted onto a standard bike. When I say good quality I mean a budget of up to £2000 which I hope is a decent price to pay!
From the Internet and forums there isn't that much choice in Suffolk and I'm very wary of buying from further away in case of problems.

Where do you guys get your bikes from and what happens if you have faults?. Any feedback would be great as I'm getting more and more confused ha,

Thanks in advance
Steve

 

[gray198]

hi steve. welcome to pedelecs. You will find lots of info here.Some very knowledgeable people on here (i'm not one of them ). It would help if you give some detail about your requirements etc.

regards gray

 

[Steve hoffi]

Hi Gray

Appreciate the response and apologies. You're right I should have given some info on what I need,
Well I'm 45, 6ft and stocky. We have a farm so I need a bike good for flat but bumpy fields. No hills to worry about. I'd like to have ability to carry items so either panniers or racks would be good. Because it's private land I'm tempted by the déclassé potentials but then again I'm not a speed freak. Tractors are usually my thing! Ha.

Basically I'm looking for a sold bike, that can move well with a throttle I think. The Bosch ones look great but I'm not sure they'd get me moving through some of the heavy wet mud we get here.

Hope this helps at all.

Cheers
Steve

 

[soundwave]

https://www.e-bikeshop.co.uk/Electric-Bikes-UK-Dealer/Lapierre-Overvolt-FS-400-2016?filter=24

 

[EddiePJ]

The Bosch ones look great but I'm not sure they'd get me moving through some of the heavy wet mud we get here.

My Bosch powered KTM copes fine in the mud. A hard tail would be more practical in these conditions though, so if it's flat riding and mud that you thinking, rule out full suspension right away.

Wet Wealden clay.

Wet Sussex chalk, sand and clay.

Wet Sussex chalk. The worst possible mix!

If I were you though and wanted electric transport for a farm, I'd be looking for an Oset trials bike, or similar. No pedalling, wider section tyres with low ground pressure, more space to make the fitting of racks etc easier, and more robust.
Mind you, I also like the Eco Rider Hippo diesel bike. Now there is an oddity.

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[anotherkiwi]

The ideal muddy farm vehicule: