Moin from Hamburg, Germany

[Anufea]

Hello to all present and soon-to-be cargo biking fellows!
I have used bikes for the majority of my life, until an emerging knee problem limited how far and often I could ride. After my employer moved to a more remote part of the city, I became a little fed up with relying on public transport (which is by no means bad here in Hamburg), so I decided to try going back to commuting by bike -- but this time I would use an e-bike, which I hoped would still be okay with my bad knee. During my research I instantly fell in love with Tern's then still to be released HSD, and today I am SO HAPPY with both my general decision to try an e-bike, and with that bike's purchase in particular. Have had many a great haul, such a capable little bike!

 

[Forrest Baum]

That pic is amazing! You've had the HSD for a while, now! Your knee's doing well?

 

[Anufea]

That pic is amazing! You've had the HSD for a while, now! Your knee's doing well?

Thanks for asking! So far, I only had to abstain from cycling for a few days this winter – so I'm managing I think

My HSD will be five years old in early March! If you look closely, you can see that it is a P9 model, but outfitted with a belt drive. The story behind this is that I would have liked to also test-ride the S8i with the internal gears and decide then, but my local bike shop only had the P9 stocked at the time – this was days before the first Covid lockdown in Germany, so I decided I'd go with the P9. After all, I'd always had bikes with derailleur gears before.

About 4,700 km later I came up with the plan to not replace the worn chain with a new one, but convert my P9 to an S8i instead – with a tiny change, I went with the Alfine 8-speed hub instead of the Nexus 8-speed due to the rapid shift levers available for Alfine. 8-speed Alfine is basically a "Nexus deluxe" having the same gear ratio. In the end, I was very happy with how it turned out!