Fatal Swan
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Not a thread I would ever have imagined creating, but I'm looking to make one last use of the cycle to work scheme before it (maybe) disappears or at least becomes less attractive. I've never ridden an e-bike but I'm beginning to see the attraction of having one actually for cycling to work occasionally in spring/summer. I can always drive so never need to ride, but I have the option of a 20 mile commute on back roads which is really a pleasant ride, though I don't do if that often due to the likelihood of being too knackered to enjoy the hilly route back when I've had a hilly 20 miles in the legs earlier in the day. I still do it in about 70 minutes as a good fast ride, though I reckon I would probably do it more often and enjoy it more if I took it at a slightly easier pace and with some assistance on the ups.
I'm looking at an e-gravel bike which might get me doing different things than my current bikes do. Could be an e-road bike if the right thing comes along though. I can spend up to £2500 (employer limit) and has to be from somewhere that accepts cyclescheme. When I did it in the past it worked out that the effective cost was pretty much exactly 2/3 of the ticket price. I'm size Large in most bikes.
Am I going to notice the benefit of the assistance in the trade-off with the ebike weight? My road bikes are around 7kg, the ebikes I'm looking at are twice that!
Some options that look the best value I can find, in my current order of preference:
Vitus at Evans. £2200 since I have a £100 code I can use in addition to the cyclescheme voucher.
Van Rysel at Decathlon. £2000 and has the benefit of AXS gears.
Trek Domane at Sigma. £2300
Ribble Allroad Tiagra. Employer discount brings it in just under the £2500 limit. Not sure I can bring myself to go back to ancient 10-speed Tiagra though!
Frustratingly what I would really like is this Vitus E-Venon at Evans but at £2750 it's fractionally over the limit my employer sets.
Has anyone seen anything else that I should be looking at? Is this a good idea at all? Not looking to go electric in general, just add a new sort of bike to the stable and give something a go! Appreciate any thoughts
I'm looking at an e-gravel bike which might get me doing different things than my current bikes do. Could be an e-road bike if the right thing comes along though. I can spend up to £2500 (employer limit) and has to be from somewhere that accepts cyclescheme. When I did it in the past it worked out that the effective cost was pretty much exactly 2/3 of the ticket price. I'm size Large in most bikes.
Am I going to notice the benefit of the assistance in the trade-off with the ebike weight? My road bikes are around 7kg, the ebikes I'm looking at are twice that!
Some options that look the best value I can find, in my current order of preference:
Vitus at Evans. £2200 since I have a £100 code I can use in addition to the cyclescheme voucher.
Van Rysel at Decathlon. £2000 and has the benefit of AXS gears.
Trek Domane at Sigma. £2300
Ribble Allroad Tiagra. Employer discount brings it in just under the £2500 limit. Not sure I can bring myself to go back to ancient 10-speed Tiagra though!
Frustratingly what I would really like is this Vitus E-Venon at Evans but at £2750 it's fractionally over the limit my employer sets.
Has anyone seen anything else that I should be looking at? Is this a good idea at all? Not looking to go electric in general, just add a new sort of bike to the stable and give something a go! Appreciate any thoughts
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