Every other page here is measurement — specs, prices, stock checks, all dated and sourced. This one is opinion: the electric bikes we rate most, why, and the one purchase we would make differently. Where we own the bike ourselves it says so on the card, because “we ride this one” and “we rate this one” are not the same claim.
The annoyances are on this page too. The numbers below are read live from the catalogue, so they always match the bike pages.
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Our own code: 10% off at the official Engwe UK store, and it credits this site as the referrer. Our Buy buttons apply it for you. Verified at checkout, 31 August 2026.
Motor
Mivice Mid-Drive
Torque
100 Nm
Battery
720 Wh
Weight
32.8 kg
Sensor
Torque
Derestrictable
Yes
This has quietly become the daily bike, and the reason is the suspension. It is the most comfortable thing we own by a distance — the kind of comfort that decides which bike you actually reach for, even though it is the slowest of the four. On paper it is also the strongest: a mid-drive motor with the most torque on this page, driving through the gears rather than the hub, which is why it climbs better than anything else here.
The catch
It is the heaviest bike on this page at 33 kg, which you feel lifting it into a car or up a step, and a mid-drive puts more wear through the chain and cassette than a hub motor does — budget for that upkeep. Still the bike that gets ridden most: comfort wins.
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Our own ADO code: £50 off at the official ADO UK store, and it credits this site as the referrer. Our Buy buttons apply it for you — you should see it come off in the basket before you pay. Verified at checkout, 8 September 2026 (£1,599.00 to £1,549.00).
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Our own ADO code: £50 off at the official ADO UK store, and it credits this site as the referrer. Our Buy buttons apply it for you — you should see it come off in the basket before you pay. Verified at checkout, 8 September 2026 (£1,599.00 to £1,549.00).
Motor
Bafang Hub
Torque
40 Nm
Battery
360 Wh
Weight
18.5 kg
Sensor
Torque
Derestrictable
Yes
This was the bike that got bought after a long shortlist, and the reason is weight: at well under 20 kg it is the only one here you can carry up a flight of stairs without resenting it. The torque sensor and the automatic gearbox mean you push the pedals and it simply goes — no lag, no hunting for the right gear at a junction.
The catch
Two things. The battery is the smallest here, so it is a commuter rather than a tourer. And it is rigid: ours caught a pothole hard enough to knock the front brake out of alignment, and the wheel has squeaked once per revolution since. That is a British road rather than a design fault, and it is a workshop job rather than a serious one — but it is exactly the hit the suspension bike above shrugs off, and it is why that one now gets ridden more.
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£50 off at the official Cyrusher UK store. Our Buy buttons apply it for you — you should see it come off in the basket before you pay. Verified at the checkout on 21 September 2026. It is not offered on the Loop 2.0, where Cyrusher's own checkout refuses it.
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£50 off at the official Cyrusher UK store. Our Buy buttons apply it for you — you should see it come off in the basket before you pay. Verified at the checkout on 21 September 2026. It is not offered on the Loop 2.0, where Cyrusher's own checkout refuses it.
Motor
Cyrusher Hub
Torque
85 Nm
Battery
1040 Wh
Weight
39 kg
Sensor
Cadence + torque
Derestrictable
No — locked
The sensor setup is the thing. Most eBikes give you a cadence sensor (power arrives when the pedals turn) or a torque sensor (power scales with how hard you push). This runs both and lets you choose, and it is genuinely hard to go back from — it reads what you are asking for instead of guessing. It is also the newest bike on this page and carries the biggest battery of the four.
The catch
It is heavy — more than twice the ADO. Wonderful to ride, no fun at all to lift onto a rack or carry through a hallway.
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Our own code: 10% off at the official Engwe UK store, and it credits this site as the referrer. Our Buy buttons apply it for you. Verified at checkout, 31 August 2026.
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Our own code: 10% off at the official Engwe UK store, and it credits this site as the referrer. Our Buy buttons apply it for you. Verified at checkout, 31 August 2026.
Motor
Engwe Hub
Torque
75 Nm
Battery
648 Wh
Weight
33.2 kg
Sensor
Torque
Derestrictable
Yes
The cheapest bike on this page and the one we would point a first-time buyer at. Engwe build quality has been consistently good across everything we have had from them — nothing has rattled loose, nothing has needed sending back, and the lock is our only complaint about the brand, not the bikes. This one is derestrictable, which is the difference that matters.
Not ridden yet, so there is no verdict here — only why we wanted one. The specifications below are read from the catalogue, exactly as above, and they come from the manufacturer rather than from us. This section will move up into the list when the bike arrives and we have put miles on it.
The one we are waiting on Not arrived yetSupplied by KENOTU
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€100 off the K10 at KENOTU's store, which bills in euros wherever you are. Our Buy buttons apply it for you — you should see it come off in the basket before you pay. Measured at the checkout on 20 September 2026: €1,299.00 to €1,199.00. It does not apply to spare parts or accessories.
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€100 off the K10 at KENOTU's store, which bills in euros wherever you are. Our Buy buttons apply it for you — you should see it come off in the basket before you pay. Measured at the checkout on 20 September 2026: €1,299.00 to €1,199.00. It does not apply to spare parts or accessories.
Motor
KENOTU Mid-Drive
Torque
40 Nm
Battery
250 Wh
Weight
19 kg
Sensor
Torque
Derestrictable
No — locked
KENOTU are sending this one and it has not arrived, so there is nothing here from riding it. What made it worth asking for is the combination: 19 kg, a folding frame, and a mid-drive motor with a torque sensor. Mid-drives normally sit on heavier and dearer bikes, and folders this light normally run a hub motor with a cadence sensor, so on paper this is doing something the rest of the folding class does not. Whether a 250 Wh battery and 40 Nm hold up on a hill with a rider and a bag is the part a specification cannot answer, which is the whole reason for getting one. The page changes when it is here.
Some bikes let you raise the assistance limit and some are locked shut — which is the difference we flag as derestrictable above. We record the setting because it decides what a bike can legally be, not to suggest you change it.
Keep the exact approved configuration on UK public roads and cycle paths. An EAPC needs working pedals, the required markings, a motor rated at no more than 250 W continuous power, and no motor assistance above 15.5 mph (25 km/h); throttle-only propulsion also needs the relevant type approval. Derestrict only where that exact bike, configuration and use are lawful and you have the landowner's permission. Private land or travel abroad does not automatically make it lawful. A bike outside EAPC rules is treated as a motor vehicle on UK public roads, with the associated registration, tax, insurance, licence and helmet requirements. The full rules are here.
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