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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    I think we've done it!! I'll let you know when/if it arrives I have a disability and my brother built the bike specifically for me - I'd struggle to buy anything off the peg that would meet my needs
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    Sadly the courier companies are saying it is an ebike even without the battery A lot of airlines wont carry ebikes without the battery
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    The battery is the least of it - transporting an ebike is the problem! Move bike £390 DHL site 250 but £50 insurance so I have to find out what the move bike is insured for!
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    Just bumping this in case anyone has any ideas Atm getting on a ferry might be my only option!
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    Well it's no closer to arriving!! It's currently sitting on a fazua computer trying to work out why it isn't working - something to do with updates maybe! We have 2 carriers who might be able to deliver it once we have the dimensions 2024 might be the year of the new bike!!
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    Movebike.com appear to be willing to do it, at quite a price!
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    Makes sense I wonder what companies are best for shipping dobyou know?
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    Shipping an ebike from Stockholm to the uk

    I'm getting a new bike (possibly for christmas) my brother has built it in Sweden (he is a bike mechanic) How do we get it here - lots of airlines say no ebikes Swedish trains so no bikes (apart from the train to Copenhagen) Anyone got any ideas?
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    Looking for a very light weight Step through bike

    Haha omgoodness I was looking for the same thing 3 years ago I managed better than I thought; but my last 2 surgeries have been a deal breaker!
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    Help! I need a lightweight step through

    I think I'm going ro look at having something built - my mum died during covid and she loved that I qas riding my bike it reminded her of my dad So I'll use some of her money (plus my Christmas money) to get just what I want, then my daughter can have my bike and we can all go off together So...
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    Help! I need a lightweight step through

    I doubt I could lift a folding bike or bend and drag it, I'll have a think I love the big wheels and the shape of the crusa, I think if I get new my daughter will steal it she has her eyes of cycling to Felixstowe and back So few bikes are step through
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    Help! I need a lightweight step through

    Its maneuvering it to lock it up or hoiking it up onto the pavement If my husband is home he gets it in and out of the shed but if he isn't home I am a bit stuck I do use the walk thing when I'm not cycling - its a bit fast than me tho
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    Help! I need a lightweight step through

    Thanks ill have a look Someone has suggested an islabike at 13.4kgs does anyone know about that? Can you buy a lightweight bike and add a motor? Or is that a bad idea?
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    Help! I need a lightweight step through

    I have loved my crusa, but I struggled with the weight to start with and now 2 surgeries later I am completely floored by it So I need superlight weight with lots of battery and is there anyway round the throttle thingies cos I love it, I guess a super powerful motor might work I dunno (as you...
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    Looking for help on which bike to buy

    Hi whosjack I'm a similar age with similar problems I have a crusa (which I love) but I really need something lighter weight So I'll be watching with interest - I have a towbar rack with a ramp so I don't want a folding one - good luck
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    Starting to narrow down what I want in a new bike

    Thanks if I went there I'm not sure I'd even need to take my bike - I ride because I can't walk far
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    Starting to narrow down what I want in a new bike

    I'm going on a road (train) trip - with my bike!! I need a bike shop where they will let me ride a few different bikes (I am worried about the saddle tho') I want to ride round on my bike, then on theirs several times So what shop do I go to? Not too far from a Station (<10 miles I think)...
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    Starting to narrow down what I want in a new bike

    I test rode a Motus before the weekend I didn't like how bumpy it was - the guy in the shop said it might be because the tyres had too much air in but I really preferred the Crusa It struggled to get up the hill in 3rd gear & turbo - the crusa doesn't I liked the weight distribution the back...