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Yeah the urban arrow is great, v solid ride!
U turns and long tight corners... trick is to not lean, and to rely on the steering. Also helps to pedal through the turn while lightly holding the brake in the easiest gear. They come with quite a lot of restriction on the turning range (direct from UA anyway) but it’s easy to adjust.
As for the motor assist up hills. You’ll be fine with the weaker motor in most cases (performance?!) but if planning to carry weights in excess of 100kg up hills you’ll appreciate the extra torque from the cx
MCamb
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So we tried an Urban Arrow this morning. It's good, much nicer to ride that the Babboe. Wee man really enjoyed sitting in the box too.
Handling took a minute to get use to but rapidly got some confidence (tho not enough to do a rolling U-turn on the small streets we used to test). The brakes (hydraulic disc) were good even in the the wet.
Motor assist was pretty solid but I didn't try any big hills.
Returning to the disc v roller: seeing as we have some pretty steep hills of non-negligible length, so discs would be be better for that. We will have a garage so it won't be stored in the rain.