In reply to GrahamD:
> I agree about triples. I was really upset when my non Shimano crank and chain set went and ended up with a compact instead. Should have looked harder.
Compact chainsets are the work of the devil. Both our Ebikes came with compacts but I changed them to 46-36. As I have possibly observed on here before, no-one who needs an Ebike needs a 50T chainring.
> I was never a fan of the pointers, though. Never saw the point. If my legs were too fast or it was too hard I'd change gear !
Mrs Wilko probably needs them more than I do, as she doesn't have the same feel for when she should be on the small or large ring. I sometimes find her on the 46 and on the 34 at the back, or on the 36 and the 11, in which case the chain clatters on the chainstay (though less likely to break the chain). She does possibly miss not having the visual indicators more than I do.