Ampler Curt e-bike review

Stripped back and stealth black, the Ampler Curt e-bike crosses the racer-hybrid boundary

Ampler Curt e-bike
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The lightweight, stripped-back Ampler Curt e-bike is a fantastic town bike that has closer links to road racers than hybrids. Agile and nimble, there's a lot to love, with looks sealing the deal.

Reasons to buy
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    Looks

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    Finishing details

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    Weight

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    Singlespeed or geared options

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    Responsive

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    Agility

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    Dynamo front and rear lights

Reasons to avoid
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    Fixed battery

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The saying 'never judge a book by its cover' was never more apt for most e-bikes. In fact, it's probably one of the reasons why there are still many e-bike naysayers, as looks alone are preventing many people from poking a toe in the electronic bike world. Once they did, I'd bet 99 per cent of them would be immediate converts.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.