Colin170CR

I bought one of these for my daughter to get about on recently during lock down. She lives in a 2nd floor apartment so a folding design was needed for easier storage. I had a go on it before giving it to her & I have to say I was impressed. For the price (sub £500) it was quite well made. A bit heavy though so not something you would want to carry too far. This model has no gears (optional) & has 3 modes - normal pedal, assisted pedal & pure electric on a twist throttle & has a battery range of 25-35km. Disc brakes, front headlight, rear suspension & it can even re-charge your phone while riding, what's not to like😎 I think my wife & I will stick to our matching pair of 35 year old 18 speed Falcon Majorca's which I'm dusting off as we speak - at least for the time being. That said, the attraction of a folding electric bike that can fit more securely in the boot of the car rather than having to be strapped on the roof is starting to make me wonder. Roof mounted bikes are also too high for a lot of height restricted car parks unless you take them off before entering which is a bit of a faff. Then again if the boot is full of folding bikes there's not much room for anything else. I did consider buying a couple of electric conversion kits for our existing bikes but tbh its now almost cheaper or the same cost to buy a pukka electric bike & get a better overall product. Humm. Decision time is looming......

My 2016 L&K 280 remembers the driving mode. It's normally left in Sport mode unless "her in doors" is in the car when it has to be changed back to normal or comfort mode. Seems your later models may have been changed for the sake of fuel efficiency but should be able to be modified via VCDS - which I do not have. Anyone else know about this one?