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Paul Norman

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Why lightweight e bikes are a great option for road cyclists - The Untold Story

Wilier Filante Hybrid Hero.

There’s a spread of weight for electric bikes, with some city hybrids and mountain bikes, in particular, being pretty weighty, with bike weights over 20kg being common.

Electric road bikes are on the other end of the weight spectrum, with the weight of many close to 10kg. We weighed the Ribble Endurance SL e at 12kg in a size XL when we reviewed it, for example, and there are plenty of competitors with similar claimed weights, including the Orbea Gain, Trek Domane+ SLR and Wilier Filante Hybrid.

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