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We loved the Cube e-bike (but also couldn’t stand it)

We loved the Cube e-bike (but also couldn’t stand it)

Depending on your family status, Cube’s new Longtail cargo bike is either a ute or a people mover.

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The cheapest second-hand Toyota Hilux ute we’ve been able to find online costs just $7205, but it was made last millennium and it’s done almost half a million kilometres since.

Or, for just $300 more, you can pick up a brand-new Cube Longtail, an electric bicycle not just from this century but from this year that we have come to think of as the Toyota Hilux of the e-bike world.

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John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jdavidson@afr.com

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