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After visiting a couple of shops, I ended up buying a Trek Rail 8. This was based on the ride, having a Trek store within 45 mins of where I live and a decent deal. I’ve done about 200 miles on it and other than a creaking headset which was fixed with a bit of grease it’s been great

Thanks for the advice, after a lot of deliberation, I eventually decided to stop googling and get my card out. So what did I go for? I eventually chose the Trek Rail+ 8. It’s the CX gen 5 motor so capable of 100nm/840w, Zeb Select+ forks with Super Deluxe Select RC shock. When I looked at the...

Thats great to hear cheers. It was disappointing to see the covers and although I know they’re not structural. My concern would be regarding mud/water ingress. A shame because it’s such a good looking bike. As to the Trek, I made a mistake on the price of the 8, it’s actually £4100, so an even...

thanks again Greg, I managed to get into a store today and had a look at the bikes in person. The Cube certainly does look good, although I was a little surprised by how flexible the battery and drivetrain covers were. I got talking to the staff there and they mentioned the Trek Rail+ 5 gen 5...

I’m returning to cycling and looking at getting an eMTB. I was in my LBS today looking around and was initially looking at a Cube Stereo HybridOne44 HPC, however I also saw the Trek Rail+5 which given the better warranty protection and potential build quality, the covers on the Cube could easily...

Thanks for the feedback. It’s good to get comparisons. You’re not kidding with regards to the changes over the years. It’s a minefield of names, styles etc

I’m returning to cycling and looking at getting an eMTB. Mainly because my fitness isn’t what it was and want to be able to keep up with others. In my younger years I used to enjoy MTB but that was some 25+ yrs ago and the last time I did any real cycling was about 14yrs ago. Times have...