Advice needed on the Nevo GT vario vs Culture GT Touring vs Nevo3.
Made it out to the LBS with my wife. She tried some low top tube frames, but in the end she is way more comfortable on a step through. The step-throughs we tried out and shortlisted were the Bulls Lacuba Evo Lite and R&M Nevo GT Vario. Both could work but I wasn't happy with the range of gears on the Lacuba Evo Lite. It was too limited. The Nevo GT Vario is a floor model that is discounted by 600, which brings it to the same price point as the Lacuba Evo Lite which is how it landed up on the shortlist. After returning home, I noticed the LBS website also has a Culture GT discounted by 1000. But that one is the Touring with a derailleur. So for a couple of hundred less than Nevo GT vario we gain FS and lose the CVT. Now while I value the FS more I think my wife is better off with the CVT. Looking around for how the Nevo GT would fair on trails I found this (
) which I think is good enough for what my wife would like to try out - but I was hoping for something more adventurous

. The front basket on the Culture is better than the front rack on the Nevo GT in our opinion - but maybe that can hold some sort of basket. I've read about repeated failure of
@David Berry 's Homage - which looks like an identical frame design to the Culture. So I'm a little nervous about that. Though it could be more to do with the dual battery setup? If we go with the floor model we'd probably change the tires.
Are there any experiences with floor models? Anything to worry about or check for with these? I'm concerned about maintenance of the Gen2 Bosch on it but was told Bosch will support the motor for 7 years after manufacturing stops. That's reassuring.
Since we are actually considering the the Nevo GT I had to spec a Nevo3 Vario compare that too. It's definitely a considerable amount more and with that comes the Gen4 CX, but what else that might be worth that price bump?