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Looks like an interesting choice for my wife to replace her Giant E Bike that's getting a bit long in the tooth . Latest Gen Bosch motor some decent kit forks a bit meh but that won't bother her . £3 1/2K seems reasonable? Anybody got one ? Oh and most importantly she likes the colour 🙄
Very good for what you get. Mrs SSS has an 18 month old Cube Reaction Hybrid Performance 500 - bought from new. Its the step through model.
Ive had a ride on it, and the motor is excellent for going uphills and delivering power. The level of kit is decent and the user interface does exactly what it needs to do.
We have had no problems at all with it and done about 2000 miles on it already, with only the chain been replaced.
The forks arent plush, but to be honest, for coil forks they are more responsive than i was expecting.
It does have the 'walk' feature' on the controller which is good for bits where walking required. But not ideal if you need to lift over gates/fences.
The only complaint is that it weighs 22.7kg or thereabouts. The battery is removable which is good (it weighs about 3kg) so takes the bike in the 19kgs weight range for the car bike carrier.
I looked into the possibility of reducing weight by replacing the forks, wheels and tyres, and reckoned it could loose about 2kg by doing this. But it would still be in the 20's kg range and cost a bit of cash. So never bothered (she has a Specialized Turbo Vado SL too)
Summary. Very good. Would i buy again? Yes.
The one I looked at had qr wheels, that might be tricky later down the line regarding forks.
Wife has the 2020/21 black/green version but only has Gen 3 motor. She likes it but our son loves it. The sizing is weird though, he can ride it easily and its is a medium frame with 29" wheels. His own bike is an adult small 27.5" wheels that is still a bit big.
The brakes are shit, forks are even more shit (Suntour XCM coil). Changed the fork to a Rockshock air spring and new wheel/axle bought cheap of FB marketplace. Can't believe how much better it is with the fork change. I actually enjoyed riding it. When you dropped of a curb there was a clunk from the fork. A bigger clunk when you jumped of anything. The wheels will never leave the ground when she is riding though.
I weighed at 25.74kg ( digital scales) about the same as the Whyte 160.
Another one VERY similar to consider is the Focus adventura.. I only say this as my 'sister in law' borrowed one to join us for a ride to paris along the avenue vert - 29er wheels, racks and lights built in, gen4 bosch.. was really good.
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