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The Trek is available in Netherlands but also in Belgium. It's the equivalent of the Villiger "Leventina Tour".

6.4 amp but 40,7 volt !

An other brand uses panasonic unit and derailleur : biketec. Flyer bikes are with hub-gear (Nexus, Alfine or Rohloff), derailleur, or mixed (Sram dual drive).

The issue of Aktiv Radfharen with the results of Extraenergy 2008 test is published. I made a litle analysis (in french) of these results : e.bike.free.fr / ExtraEnergy.org - Tests 2008. My first analysis compare the range with the price of a replacement battery (range in km divided by...

Because it doesn't cut at 15mph (it doesn't "know" the speed). It cuts at 70 rpm (it "knows" the cadance). And at 70 rpm, on the last gear, with the original sprocket your are at 15mph. If you change for a smaller sprocket, the motor always cut at 70rpm but at this cadance on the last gear...

The 2007 Gazelle didn't have a 8ah battery but a 7,7 ah one (like the old Flyer Plus). Present Flyer have 10 ah battery or optionaly a 8ah one. Gitane sells only a 8ah battery but it's exactly the same motor than the Kalkhoff. Flyer and Gazelle (the later in a very goodlokking way imho)...

The Gitane up to 2006 model use the old Panasonic motor (two power levels), the 2007 and 2008 models use the new Panasonic motor (three power levels).

Gitane sell the cheapest pedelecs with the Panasonic system (the recent one with 3 levels of assistance). The cycle is a 47 cm step-through model with a 3 gerars auto nexus. It's sold for 1100 € with a 3ah battery and 1300 € with a 8ah battery. Yes it's the same auto nexus that on the Helkama...

Thanks alot for your answer. Now, I can make a comparative test of comparative tests.

Someone with the dec 2005 issue of AtoB can tell me what was the range computed by the magazine for the BionX ? Thanks.

Erik, where can you buy a 17 tooth Panasonic motor sprocket for your Kalkhoff ? From a Flyer distributor ? For how much ?

The Gazelle Easy Glider has three power modes and a 10ah battery. But he still weights nearly 30 kg, so he is probably a little slower than other bikes with the same Panasonic motor/battery.

Of course that the 17,5% UK CAT is fully charged ! But the price given by swiss website include a swiss VAT that is not charged. Ok, if you want to make step by step calculation don't compute the difference between the two VAT but add the UK VAT on the swiss gross (ie without VAT) price. So...

Yes it does. But the swiss VAT is not paid (Switzerland doesn't tax its exports !). So it's the difference between Swiss VAT and UK VAT that is added. And of course the transport cost.

I believe that there is no dealer of 350w BionX in EU. But in Swizerland, the 350w and 500w are sold. An excellent dealer with a very informative website (in french) is easycycle.ch. I suppose there is several dealer with a website in german (e-biking is far more frequent in germanic...

Hub gears are popular in northern (ie : germanic) Europe. For commuters in urban area, it's a must. But there is no problem with panasonic motor and derailleur gears. Flyer (Biketech) has models with derailleur gears to cut cost (Deore/Nexave in a budget model), or to be used in heavy duty...