They are a very big and respected shop that is a Cube dealer too. Nothing to be afraid of!
Thanks for posting your thoughts on the Performance Line Cruise - I hadn't seen anyone who had actually ridden that yet.
That's the Touring Hybrid EXC with the diamond frame.
I said punchier than the Active Line Plus which in ECO is very mild and soft starting. My initial target was to get a bike with the Active Line Plus motor but this year those are speced with very budget components. And I did not want to go down the constant upgrading road. Been there, done that, as I'm riding good quality bikes for more than 25 years now.
Yes, that's the bike I ordered. It comes with the 625 battery but there is a variant that is identical but with the 500 battery.
Thank you for your assessment. If you say the motor is very quiet, that would be a very important factor when considering a new Cube purchase. Additionally, my friend lives in the flatland and no climber is really needed here but the extended range would be a great welcome!
The support speed limit is 45kph in Europe. It’s up to manufacturers like Bosch to get the motors certified in the countries. This certification process called L1-E1 costs a lot of money and bureaucratic bullying.
Poland also allows the 45 km/h e-bikes (L1e-B to be precise). Upsides:The support speed limit is 45kph in Europe. It’s up to manufacturers like Bosch to get the motors certified in the countries. This certification process called L1-E1 costs a lot of money and bureaucratic bullying.
Bosch and other European manufacturers and large retailers pick and choose which countries to certify in.
Greece is one of the countries where 45kph is certified. LBS retailers often mislead or flat out lie to their customers seeking 45kph e-bikes just to push out the 25kph models that are much easier to distribute across the EU because the process is streamlined with 25kph.
The largest Trek dealer in Athens sells e-bikes that are 45kph and 25kph even in the same models like the Allant 8 and Allant8s , Allant 9 and Allant 9s. No restrictions in mountainous Greece as you know
https://www.cyclist.gr/el/gia-thn-gynaika/46124-TREK-ALLANT-8S-STAGGER-2021-
010517.https://www.cyclist.gr/el/ebikes/46115-TREK-ALLANT-8S-2021-
010510.https://www.cyclist.gr/el/ebikes/46085-TREK-ALLANT-8-2021-010484.html?search_query=Trek+allant+8&results=4&cate=
The support speed limit is 45kph in Europe. It’s up to manufacturers like Bosch to get the motors certified in the countries. This certification process called L1-E1 costs a lot of money and bureaucratic bullying.
Bosch and other European manufacturers and large retailers pick and choose which countries to certify in.
Greece is one of the countries where 45kph is certified. LBS retailers often mislead or flat out lie to their customers seeking 45kph e-bikes just to push out the 25kph models that are much easier to distribute across the EU because the process is streamlined with 25kph.
The largest Trek dealer in Athens sells e-bikes that are 45kph and 25kph even in the same models like the Allant 8 and Allant8s , Allant 9 and Allant 9s. No restrictions in mountainous Greece as you know
https://www.cyclist.gr/el/gia-thn-gynaika/46124-TREK-ALLANT-8S-STAGGER-2021-
010517.https://www.cyclist.gr/el/ebikes/46115-TREK-ALLANT-8S-2021-
010510.https://www.cyclist.gr/el/ebikes/46085-TREK-ALLANT-8-2021-010484.html?search_query=Trek+allant+8&results=4&cate=
Don't forget the very simple and elegant Cube 45km/h s-pedelec!
It’s buried in here amongst thousands of other regulations. I’ll look through it later on today. It can be specific retailers particularly the big ones like Trek/cyclist.gr that has certifications to sell the 45kph e-bikes like I posted earlier in the thread. https://www.yme.gr/
It is not that way, I think. We know 5 brands delivering S-Pedelecs in EU: Specialized, Trek, Haibike, Bulls, Cube. Each brand makes each S-Pedelec get the individual EU Certificate of Conformity and the VIN number (same as every moped, motorcycle or car). Each Authorized Dealer gets the authorisation from the brand to sell S-Pedelecs. So, the "approved" store is the one certified by the manufacturer.
I will not challenge that in general as I have no experience. What I can say is that Greece almost certainly has no law to cover issuing number plates for S-Pedelecs.
But that's the whole point of the S-Pedelec. It is allowed on public roads only. Same as moped, motorcycle, car. It is not a bicycle by law. A kid or a pedestrian have far higher chance to be hit by heavy, internal-combustion-engine vehicles. And they are being hit everyday.
Yes the insurance and registration goes with out saying. That’s why those ebikes already have license plate brackets pre-installed.
That’s incorrect skritikos. Check the links I posted earlier in the thread to the Trek dealer in Athens who sells the 45kph e-bikes. They already have license plates brackets on the rear fender.
Yes all true and it’s essentially what I said about the retailers having a part in pushing out the 45kph e-bikes in Europe. The approved retailer/store/LBS needs to be certified by the manufacturer to sell the HS ebikes, correct.
In some. True, true!
