The £700 Halfords bike is overpriced,as are e-bikes IMO.PH wrote: ↑30 Jun 2022, 1:30pmIs it any different to comparing a perfectly adequate £700 Halford Hybrid and one of the touring bikes you'd choose?reohn2 wrote: ↑30 Jun 2022, 11:23am I'm aware of economies of scale for m/cycles to e-bikes but even so a modestly powered say Japanese motorcycle comes in at between £4,500 and £5,000 whilst a decent e-bike cost £2,500> and Reiss and Mueller prices start at £4,000>
It doesn't stack up considering the engineering that goes into both.
The comparison is slightly wrong, another E-bike with the same battery and motor is likely to be £3,000+ and even then it'd usually possible to see where economies have been made.
Monetary outlay for what you get in return is well in favour of the motorcycle over a R&M e-bike is what I'm comparing.
Take this scooter @ £5,500 as a comparison:- https://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/ran ... rview.html
Or take this motorcycle at £6,400:- https://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/ran ... rview.html
to any mid range quality e-bike at half the price,compare it with any R&M e-bike and the figures from an engineering value for money POV simply don't stack up.
I'm not having a pop at e-bikes I think they're great,I'm pointing out the vast difference in value for money from a manufacturing/engineering perspective.