Hey I am a super e bike noob :-)

[Crudo]

And i'll love to get informed here to choose the right E-Bike

 

[Wiltshire Warrior]

How fat are you in KG?, that is a good starting point.

If you are a featherweight i.e. <60KG you can consider the lighter/small battery bikes , other wise you will need a full fat bike

 

[Superkoochy]

What kind of trails do you ride? @Wiltshire Warrior are you from Devizes? I recognise you.

 

[Wiltshire Warrior]

ooh Essen - any decent hills in that part of deutschland?

@koochy yes not far from devizes

 

[Zimmerframe]

Or if you get a BJ once a month and that’s about all the Old ticker can handle then you need a full sized ebike. - I can’t relate here so lets ask @Zimmerframe to answer the rest.

It really depends on state of injuries and my flexibility at the time, often I just can't reach.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Step 1 - establish budget: add up 3 years of all the shit you’ve bought a partner and take that amount and add whatever else you need to get the bike you’ll really want.

You really are tight ! Just take one year, don't add in any more and you should have enough to buy just about any bike you want. It's lucky you're so good looking, the rest of us obviously have to financially compensate !

 

[Jamze]

My thought process was....

- What bikes/brands have I ridden that I like
- What brands do the local bike shops I use stock
- Is my current riding XC, Trail, Enduro, DH? Although you can kinda move up a class with eMTBs. I'm XC/Trail, but ride a 160mm Trail/Enduro.
- Any motor preference? I settled on wanting Bosch with a 625
- And budget obvs.

 

[Crudo]

Hey thank you for all the replies.
I had the 160 TM from cube in mind. The SL would also be an option but since I have the option for businessbike (leasing from your company) and I have 5k budget, I think the TM is going to be the best for my budget.

What do you guys think?
Sure the 140 TM would also be an option but yeah, so far I ridden 140mm all MTB but I would love to have more fork travel because its fun
I would love to have an all around bike with that I can ride everything decent. I know its hard to accomplish that but feels like the cube would do the trick in that regard?

 

[Superkoochy]

I have a 160 SL and I love it, of the 4 ebikes I have had it is my favourite so far.

 

[Crudo]

Knowing that the SL "only" has the "cheaper" ZEB Version and the TM has the Fox 38 makes it hard for me go for the SL altho the TM is nowhere available atm and the SL is.

 

[Superkoochy]

My SL was massively upgraded when I got it. The Zeb is a nice for though.

 

[Stihldog]

Yeah now that I think of it.....purses and shoes alone in 3 years.

I started building shoe pyramids at the entrance way. Black shoes look nice but I change it up now and then.
I can easily justify three Bosch Gen4. No problems so far and one has been submerged a few times. It has over 3K km with no problems. ?. Does anyone else have a room just for shoes?

 

[Mcharza]

Knowing that the SL "only" has the "cheaper" ZEB Version and the TM has the Fox 38 makes it hard for me go for the SL altho the TM is nowhere available atm and the SL is.

If the SL is only available and have "cheaper" ZEB, it's easy and not so expensive to change the charger cartridge.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Does anyone else have a room just for shoes?

Don't be silly ! How could anyone exist like that ? Surely everyone has a room for Sports shoes, a room for working shoes and boots, a room for wellingtons, waders and fetish wear, a room for slippers, a room for flippers. A room for Croc's and other modern day Jesus inspired footwear. A heated and dehumidified room for your ski boots, snowboard boots and all your other winter snow boots, a room for your fancy dress shoes, a room for nice shoes - like you'll have time to wear them and a room for unclassified shoes because you wouldn't want to suffer any undue stress if you weren't sure ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

I had the 160 TM from cube in mind.

Sounds perfect. Nice Bike !