Hello,
Appreciate there are a few other threads regarding this just wanted to make sure I am not missing anything before I commit. Test rode a Haibike trekker and what took me 1 hour and 25 minutes on a steel frame tourer took me 20 minutes less and I switched off the assist when I felt I could go over 16 miles an hour. The route is on an A road and fairly hilly, there are several points that I never look forward to. However, the haibike was amazing, the hills did not exist. Doing this commute on a non ebike I could never get past 3 days in a row, legs were like jelly. This is my rationale for an ebike to commute 5 days a week.
So I thought I wanted a tourer style ebike and like the look of the Haibike Trekker, however, some niggles. The pannier rack has very thick tubing and my Carradice panniers did not fit and it looks like a hard tail but not really any good for more than gravel roads. I looked at other bikes and for the same sort of money (£2500) well nearly, you can get a Trek powerfly 7 hard tail, droper post etc for £2800. It just seems that with the Trek or a mountain bike you get more for your money and more multi use from the bike. Then I discovered that you can get a Trek powerfly 5 fs for £3000, where you can lock out the rear and front sus for road use in the week and then use the bike for off road at the weekends. Thinking a new set of wheels and tires in the future so that I can have slicker ones for commute and off road for the weekends. There seem to be several options for taking a small amount of luggage such as saddle bags and seat post racks. I guess my only concern is the lack of mud guards for the rain on the front of the bike. Guess I can uses over shoes and water proof trousers. So to me it seems a no brainer full sus £3000 for multi purpose use or a £2500 bike just for commuting. Am I missing anything here or have not considered?
Appreciate there are a few other threads regarding this just wanted to make sure I am not missing anything before I commit. Test rode a Haibike trekker and what took me 1 hour and 25 minutes on a steel frame tourer took me 20 minutes less and I switched off the assist when I felt I could go over 16 miles an hour. The route is on an A road and fairly hilly, there are several points that I never look forward to. However, the haibike was amazing, the hills did not exist. Doing this commute on a non ebike I could never get past 3 days in a row, legs were like jelly. This is my rationale for an ebike to commute 5 days a week.
So I thought I wanted a tourer style ebike and like the look of the Haibike Trekker, however, some niggles. The pannier rack has very thick tubing and my Carradice panniers did not fit and it looks like a hard tail but not really any good for more than gravel roads. I looked at other bikes and for the same sort of money (£2500) well nearly, you can get a Trek powerfly 7 hard tail, droper post etc for £2800. It just seems that with the Trek or a mountain bike you get more for your money and more multi use from the bike. Then I discovered that you can get a Trek powerfly 5 fs for £3000, where you can lock out the rear and front sus for road use in the week and then use the bike for off road at the weekends. Thinking a new set of wheels and tires in the future so that I can have slicker ones for commute and off road for the weekends. There seem to be several options for taking a small amount of luggage such as saddle bags and seat post racks. I guess my only concern is the lack of mud guards for the rain on the front of the bike. Guess I can uses over shoes and water proof trousers. So to me it seems a no brainer full sus £3000 for multi purpose use or a £2500 bike just for commuting. Am I missing anything here or have not considered?
