Flat bar gravel bike
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Pale Rider
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One of the now dozens of hardtail MTBs with the Bosch motor would be a good starting point.
Fit shallow tread tyres and you would have a capable flat bar 'gravel' bike with as much grunt as you are legally allowed to have.
Boardman make a flat bar Fazua crank drive bike which would perform on gravel.
The Fazua is one of the light assist motors, so you ought to have a go on one first to make sure it has enough power for your purpose.
Slap some 'gravel' tyres on this if you must, but it would perform perfectly well on gravel out of the box.
https://www.halfords.com/bikes/elec...yb-8.9e-mens-hybrid-electric-bike-133934.html
Fit shallow tread tyres and you would have a capable flat bar 'gravel' bike with as much grunt as you are legally allowed to have.
Boardman make a flat bar Fazua crank drive bike which would perform on gravel.
The Fazua is one of the light assist motors, so you ought to have a go on one first to make sure it has enough power for your purpose.
Slap some 'gravel' tyres on this if you must, but it would perform perfectly well on gravel out of the box.
https://www.halfords.com/bikes/elec...yb-8.9e-mens-hybrid-electric-bike-133934.html
Ribble will (I understand) build the bike to your requirements ie if you want that bike but with flat bars they will do it.
Main problem is.....3 month wait while they build it
https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/ribble-hybrid-al-e-standard/
Personally i would go with a hardtail MTB from the likes of cube, trek, scott with the bosch motor and 500wh or 650wh battery............thats what i did with mine
then i put carbon MTB forks on one with 2" slick tyres for the commuter and added decent fox forks to the other for gravel, canal towpaths etc etc
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