Ridgeway
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Our Kudos Secret has served us really well over the last 4yrs and it really has been used and abused. Now though it was time to replace it with a full frame/wheel bike as the journeys were getting longer and the loads heavier.
Longer journeys as the children get more capable on a bike, so we can now make 30km trips even with the 9yr old and today I managed 40km with the 11yr old.
Heavier loads thanks to the 2 woofers in the trailer. There are many times when it's just safer and easier to have the dogs in a trailer rather than running around all over the place so last year we bought a Croozer dog trailer that has been a good decision. It does however mean though that someone needs to pull 2 x 20kgs of dog and a 13kgs trailer behind them.....
So the search was on for a solution to the 60kg bike rack limit, and a full size e-bike that didn't weigh as much as a small hatchback.
OK some how I cheated as I upgraded from a Hardtail mountain bike last year to a carbon Cross bike which saved me 4kgs and then No3 daughter had her eye on my old Scott road bike and after some stem shortening and tire changes her mind was made up = another 6.5kgs saving vs her old Raleigh. So with over 10kgs saved I figured I could use a little of that for Mrs Ridgeway's upgrade.
Lots of searching and I found the CUBE Cross Hybrid One that came in at 18kgs with the battery removed, the Kudos was 16kgs so only 2kgs more and the CUBE is a full size Bosch powered bike.
After adding some bar ends, a cage and bottle and a kickstand (ok more weight...) it really does seem like a good solution that covers our needs.
So far Mrs Ridgeway has covered about 100km with the bike and half with the woofers in tow and the bike coped with it really well even if it's only the 400w battery vs the larger 500w.
It seems a well made bike with good basic components, hopefully it will serve us well.
Longer journeys as the children get more capable on a bike, so we can now make 30km trips even with the 9yr old and today I managed 40km with the 11yr old.
Heavier loads thanks to the 2 woofers in the trailer. There are many times when it's just safer and easier to have the dogs in a trailer rather than running around all over the place so last year we bought a Croozer dog trailer that has been a good decision. It does however mean though that someone needs to pull 2 x 20kgs of dog and a 13kgs trailer behind them.....
So the search was on for a solution to the 60kg bike rack limit, and a full size e-bike that didn't weigh as much as a small hatchback.
OK some how I cheated as I upgraded from a Hardtail mountain bike last year to a carbon Cross bike which saved me 4kgs and then No3 daughter had her eye on my old Scott road bike and after some stem shortening and tire changes her mind was made up = another 6.5kgs saving vs her old Raleigh. So with over 10kgs saved I figured I could use a little of that for Mrs Ridgeway's upgrade.
Lots of searching and I found the CUBE Cross Hybrid One that came in at 18kgs with the battery removed, the Kudos was 16kgs so only 2kgs more and the CUBE is a full size Bosch powered bike.
After adding some bar ends, a cage and bottle and a kickstand (ok more weight...) it really does seem like a good solution that covers our needs.
So far Mrs Ridgeway has covered about 100km with the bike and half with the woofers in tow and the bike coped with it really well even if it's only the 400w battery vs the larger 500w.
It seems a well made bike with good basic components, hopefully it will serve us well.
