After some considerable time considering the purchase of an e-bike I've decided to treat myself for Xmas.
I'm a lifelong off-road motorcyclist (ridden in Europe, Greece, S Africa, the Himalayas, Cambodia, and again in the Himalayas in August this year) but have now decided to move to off-road cycling so that I escape the wrath of those who still see motorcycles as a "lower class" mode of transport and motorcyclist as beneath contempt
I expect to be primarily riding pretty rough trails and forest tracks so have been looking for a full suspension mountain e-bike, with little success, and was about to buy a Kalkhoff Pro Connect Disc as a compromise (and subsequently ride less rough tracks)
By chance, and much reading on this forum, I have just discovered that there are a few full suspension e-bike about and I have been looking at the Tonaro Bighit, the Haibike eQ Xduro, and a number of KTM's (I've had many KTM motorcycles).
I live at the top of a big hill in a very hilly area (South Wales Valley), am 58, 6'1", 92kg and a gadget geek
I really need some help with this, money, although always a factor, won't be the major deciding issue - I want a quality e-bike that will help me climb the hills, ride rough tracks while my faithful dog runs along with me (so speed isn't a major issue either) - and finally, where can I buy the bike I choose.
Sorry for a long winded post but hope the forum can help.
I'm a lifelong off-road motorcyclist (ridden in Europe, Greece, S Africa, the Himalayas, Cambodia, and again in the Himalayas in August this year) but have now decided to move to off-road cycling so that I escape the wrath of those who still see motorcycles as a "lower class" mode of transport and motorcyclist as beneath contempt
I expect to be primarily riding pretty rough trails and forest tracks so have been looking for a full suspension mountain e-bike, with little success, and was about to buy a Kalkhoff Pro Connect Disc as a compromise (and subsequently ride less rough tracks)
By chance, and much reading on this forum, I have just discovered that there are a few full suspension e-bike about and I have been looking at the Tonaro Bighit, the Haibike eQ Xduro, and a number of KTM's (I've had many KTM motorcycles).
I live at the top of a big hill in a very hilly area (South Wales Valley), am 58, 6'1", 92kg and a gadget geek
I really need some help with this, money, although always a factor, won't be the major deciding issue - I want a quality e-bike that will help me climb the hills, ride rough tracks while my faithful dog runs along with me (so speed isn't a major issue either) - and finally, where can I buy the bike I choose.
Sorry for a long winded post but hope the forum can help.