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PS Most of what you mentioned above applies to me - I am in my early 70s and started cycling again last autumn. This was the first time I'd cycled since I was 11 or 12 years old. I fell off the first bike (didn't break anything) but it put me out of action for a 3 or 4 weeks and worst of all...

Hi Phil - thanks for you nice reply. Yes, I have got an e-bike grin - at this very moment! And yes, the hills are the same size but when the cycling first started getting easier I thought that the bike had improved that the motor was beginning to get stronger or something. But slowly slowly it...

In praise of the Wisper 806 torque! Just thought I ought to post an update. To my amazement, the Wisper has given me the greatest gift possible - improved health! When I first rode the bike, it was so hard and I thought it would never get any easier - but I liked it because of the push it gave...

What a fantastic pic! Thanks, Mikel. Happy Christmas to you and to everyone. Will try and get to grips with hill measurement soon. It would be nice to have the steepness confirmed instead of just puffing and panting.... :)

Thanks for this. I thought this was the way to do it but am grateful for the advice that this applies to ebikes. (I hardly ever make it to 25km/h down hill never mind about up hill.. lol.)

This is very useful. Thanks so much - will work out our hills!

So is the most efficient way to ride the bike also the best way to get more assist (which I so badly need)? What is the best way to use the gears? I think you've all got to the heart of my dilemma and thanks so much for your replies. It seems that in the short term if you are strong enough, you...

Hi there. Thanks so much for this. I'm sure you're right and I'll try it.

Hi Mike - thanks for this. It's so interesting learning how experienced ebikers use their bikes and so helpful. I wonder where you are with the hills so steep? I thought Hastings was full of hills but there are no mountains here. Strange that you should mention the gradients. We were talking...

Hi Phil - that's very helpful and that's what I'd like to do. Unfortunately - for the time being (I say optimistically) - I haven't got a level left to go up to on the assistance so I have no choice but to drop down a gear and hope that I can keep pedalling. It is extremely helpful to know what...

Everyday a seafront loop and back up the hill to home. Every day a new adventure! The last two days have thrown up some new questions. Gear questions. Yesterday I went on the loop PAS 5 as usual. Near the seafront in All Saints St which is mostly level, I changed from gear 4 to gear 5! In the...

Thanks so much for your advice and support. It means a lot. I'll post on progress. Thinking of all you kind people and wishing you safe riding and happy days.

Thanks to you both. I've only just seen these replies. I have used the throttle when I couldn't manage to pedal any further up hill and it worked so that is very useful. The difference in ease of pedalling is huge. However, I'm still grateful to have the start-up power of the torque. Thanks again.

Final update for today - I took the Wisper on the 2 mile loop down to the seafront and back up the hill to home. I had it in PAS 5 all the way. On the early steep part of the hill coming back I managed to keep pedalling without the throttle but was badly out of breath by the time i reached the...

Thanks for your concern. I am more than grateful for the replies and advice that I've received. Since I heard from David at Wisper that you need to pedal harder on torque sensor bikes than on cadence snsor ones, I am becoming increasingly convinced that there is no fault with the bike and that...

Thanks so much. I'll email you shortly. Thanks again.

Hi David Thank you so much for your reply. Your customer support is truly impressive and better than any I've ever come across. We shall think about what to do next - whether to persevere or try to sell the Wisper torque and buy 2 Wisper 806 cadences instead of getting another torque model. We...

First of all, I must apologise for starting to ask this question somewhere else. (I started a thread in the new members section - I'm so sorry.) I'm delighted to have found this Wisper Clinic and will be grateful for any help or advice. I received my new Wisper a couple of days ago. I had...

Thanks for your reply. I'm putting in as much effort as I possibly can because I didn't want to use the throttle at all. I had been feeling proud that I had reduced the pedal assist I used on the Popal uphill (from 4 to sometimes 3) and had changed the gear I used uphills from 3 to 4. But you...

PS. That's what I first thought and it did feel as though the brakes might be binding when I was trying to pedal, but they weren't and they are still fine. Have just been to check them again now. Thanks so much for your reply.