Dear expats and people living in Germany.

I am living in the Netherlands and my 13 y.o. kid is not tall (146cm, with leg 70cm). As he needs to go 11km to school an e-bike is almost mandatory. Germany has many options and lower price for an e-bike, can you recommend a website to look for bikes (budget 1200 Euro max). I only know [kaufland.de](https://kaufland.de) and I will go there to pick up the e-bike. Customer service is not so important because it will be impossible to bring the bike 300km back to Germany for service.

Also, I need to make sure the following requirements are met, is that an doable task ?

1- It is easy (by pressing some buttons) to ***bypass the maximal speed 25km*** to gain something above ? Some of my current e-bike has a factory default max of 25km/h (law required) but can be switched to power-mode with no upper limit (I can gain 35km/h if there is no wind).

2- To make sure that the ***saddle is reachable for his 70cm leg*** ? He is now using a 26-inch bike, he will grow up fast so 28 inch seems normal. With such a 28 inch bike the ability to lower the saddle is very important.

Now there are 4 types of battery positioning which might affect how low the saddle can go

– battery next to the vertical frame pipe. This seems permitting the saddle to be quite low [https://media.cdn.kaufland.de/product-images/2048×2048/df1e7efbc55d284c5ab0a3b83aa50dfc.webp](https://media.cdn.kaufland.de/product-images/2048×2048/df1e7efbc55d284c5ab0a3b83aa50dfc.webp)

– battery next to the diagonal frame pipe: This seems lowering the saddle is doable, however the frame’s vertical pipe seems normally not very low [https://media.cdn.kaufland.de/product-images/1024×1024/18e5581248773ff90ac34f472049d3a7.webp](https://media.cdn.kaufland.de/product-images/1024×1024/18e5581248773ff90ac34f472049d3a7.webp)

– battery on top of the back wheel, under the ” Gepäckträger ” this is the most popular form, but the saddle cannot go very low because of the battery prohibiting it https://media.cdn.kaufland.de/product-images/2048×2048/2624dd32cf1d3f381541027c8ac9b969.webp\\

– battery integrated in the diagonal frame pipe, not popular type I guess https://media.cdn.kaufland.de/product-images/2048×2048/cc49dfebdd4726911d016e6255211437.webp\\

3) – For low requirement for maintenance, I would prefer a ***Nabendynamo*** because a **Schaltwerk** requres careful maintenance. I am afraid of the risk of having the bike chain derailed. Am I right ? I can do everything with a bike, but I am only lazy and often forget the maintenance schedules.

Many thanks.

by SlechteConcentratie

1 comment

  1. with this level of questions you should really really be buying this bike at a local shop. Go to a few shops. Find one that’s friendly and has a decent selection. Buy the bike from them. That way you make sure it fits, meets your requirements, and if maintenance is needed you have someone who can do it fo ryou.

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