Recent content by egroover

Well remembered @guerney . I'm on my 2nd one now, the first lasted about 4k miles before I experience chain suck when replacing the chain and cassette ( https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/chain-flapping-noise-after-new-drivetrain-installed-any-ideas.46762/post-706221 ) I've opted to not...

If a fat bike is your thing, at £419 for a 48v 13ah 62Nm that's a cracking deal. Remove the throttle to go street legal

I find Ergon GP1 grips help with hand numbness, not cheap but worth it

I would consider a 2nd battery, carried in the bottom of the pannier back. I ride euro tours of upto 80 miles per day, and the extra 3kg for a spare battery is not noticed. Removes range anxiety, and a 500wh battery only in the hilly areas of Northern Spain might be border line for 50 miles if...

To improve interest, how about popping the odd wheelie, or a back brake skid?. Maybe dropping off a kerb ? Or no hands for a few seconds ? If you wanna see some real Rad riding, check out the Sam Pilgrim YouTube channel. You'll see why he has over 2 million subscribers...

That's 25 seconds of my life I'll never get back

Amazon's cheapest ebike at £399 delivered? https://amzn.eu/d/cMNI57u

To save having to read all above links, here's a summary. 1st one (yamaha) battery failure replaced under warranty 2nd one Haibike battery (replaced under warranty) 3rd final cause unknown 4th 3rd party App affected the operation of motor 5th 8 year old Kalkoff motor packed up after 4k miles...

Yep same here with my BBS01 bikes. Just accept these things wear out quicker on midrives than hub drives, it's obvious they will, dunno why people bang on about it all the time. As you say, easy job to get discounts and fitting them yourself is a doddle

I'd say there's never been a better time to score a deal, there are huge discounts available, clearly a glut of stock thats not shifting Take this example below, was £5k now £2k, check the spec and components, the parts alone would nearly make up the cost of the bike, that's before you add in...

I'm interested in the reality as opposed the speculation/opinions regarding reliability. @Heinzja care to enlighten us on the actual situation if you know it in Germany ? Considering there are many more mid drive ebikes in Europe, and the Germans have been buying Bosch mid drive motors in...

Whenever I bike tour in Belgium, Germany etc in the past few years nearly every other bike I see is an ebike, and about 90% of those seem to have Bosch mid drive motors. There must be millions of them bought over the last decade in those countries. IF these Bosch motors are SO unreliable, is...

Well mine is a Trans X model which can be had from 40 quid so I won't be paying anyone a hundred quid to service it!! https://www.merlincycles.com/tranz-x-ysp16jl-stealth-dropper-post-304271.html

Dropper (Seat) Posts have pretty much past me by since their invention, I understood the concept for off MTB riding, slamming the saddle on tricky descents and technical stuff where you have to hang you arse out or get lower on the bike, but having now discovered them (one factory fitted on my...