Help! Buying online help

[Davetaff]

Hi all, I'd really appreciate your help. I'm looking to buy a ebike but don't know what to do for the best. I want it for commuting but I need to go up a big hill to get to work. I don't want to be all sweaty when I get in so would like something with power. The route is off road so I would like something with decent power. I've tried a 750watt bike which was ideal, but not sure about the legalities. 250 watt sounds quite low in comparison. I'm 6 ft 2 inch and looking to spend no more than £1.2k. This bike looks good but not sure if it is legit good or not. I'm so sick of looking I will literally buy what someone in the know sends me a link to! Please help.

Paselec GS9 27.5

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[vfr400]

Okay chaps, very close now. I found a local builder those going to do me a bike. He's suggest this. Anything glaringly wrong? Price okay? Keen to put my search to bed. Appreciate all your help.

Like the owner of the other one in post #42, you'll be trying to sell it on Ebay after a month. IIRC, we already explained why earlier in the thread.

P.S. I hope they're not cable brakes. Even if they're hydraulics, it's going to be fun seeing how much glow you can get out of the discs when you try and stop from 30 mph.

Here's some simple physics for you. The amount of energy that you have between you and the bike increases with the square of the speed plus proportionally in relation to the total mass, so if you have brakes designed for 12 mph and you ride at 36 mph with an extra 15kg of mass you have 10.35 times as much energy to dissipate in order to stop. That means that to get the same sort of braking, you'd need 10 sets of brakes on each wheel. If you had that much breaking, your knobbly tyre would have no chance of gripping and you'd fall off . You will see all this if you ride a bike like you're proposing.

 

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[vfr400]

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Show him your blue discs

 

[kleo88]

you shouldn't buy an ebike online