Thanks T&E.
I'm wondering where they might have cut corners - hopefully nowhere, but it does look 'good value' . The parts I can identify that matter look mostly decent enough. It's billed as a touring bike I think rather than hybrid or MTB so tyres and wheels are really tarmac biased, but that's OK with me - I hate riding unmade surfaces anyway. I don't mind that it doesn't have an in-frame battery, which seems to add substantially to prices anyway - there are "powertube" models on the same site costing hundreds more that have lower grade ancillaries.
I actually wouldn't have minded hub gears but I couldn't find a combination of motor/battery/weight/price that I was as happy with overall. Still risky buying untried but in practice at the moment it's quite tricky with limited availability.
Now to market my Brompton. It's a 2012 P6R pretty much as new, in Turkish green. The P bars were discontinued a couple of years ago, which might be a curse or a blessing. I love them as my neck can't cope with a more horizontal riding position.
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