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That is a good little article Wicky. I have been using a worn out 1979 Honda 250 for quite a while now. It was propped outside a lawn mower shop and I bought it as a non runner (I have yet to find a Honda that was truly a non runner) to accompany a friend who wanted to do the Beamish Trophy...

Lady pedelec member kangaroo spoke highly of the seago folder. https://www.piratescave.co.uk/dinghies-outdoor/bikes-watersports/electric-folding-bikes/seago-electric-folding-bikes/

I bought this kryptonite U lock in 2010. Recently the key fractured leaving about half its length in the lock. I have placed the broken key next to a good one so that you can see the portion that broke off. A friendly locksmith managed to remove the part that had broken off in the lock. I...

It is between my trips to work that I leave it at 55/60%. I am a shift worker so put my battery on charge as I go to bed for an early shift, or for a late shift try to remember to charge it an hour or two before I set off. I can charge the battery back to full at work and Have to start the...

Hi Doomo, I only charge my battery back to full, as close to my departure time for work as possible. When I get home it has about 55/60% of its capacity left and I store it in the house, only charging back to full again as close to my departure time for my next trip to work. I think that...

anotherkiwi living the poem. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night...

That is an interesting case Artstu, it would be interesting to see the outcome. I think what all these court cases are showing is that whatever bike you are riding you need to proceed very cautiously in high risk collision areas like Towns and Cities and crossing points.

I was responding in I hope a light hearted way to your comment asking why 20mph would make it any more acceptable. 20 mph on a legal ebike would be perfectly acceptable. I have not read the page or so leading up to your comment so may have misunderstood!

I know it is spurious to speculate, and in all likelihood it is an illegal bike, However with only the smallest of gradients in my favour pedaling my own crank drive Haibike with the assistance from the motor turned off it can easily reach 20mph and beyond. Downhill with the extra weight I see...

I know the Yamaha charger is a bit of a lump, but I take mine with me and charge the battery back to full before the ride home. That way my own 10 mile ride home uses about 40% of my full 400Wh battery and I take it in the house and leave it alone until I next use it, this gap could be several...

I top my battery up at work and keep it inside in the warm. Speed seems not to effect the motor, however ingress of water will. You are probably like a new boy with a new toy at the moment and enjoying high levels of assist. But you might find once you have got that out of your system you can...

And with that in mind flec, and I think you are right that the proportion of illegal bikes could easily be higher than legal bikes, there have actually been very few serious accidents. As anotherkiwi alluded to, a bit like shark attacks, it might loom large in the public imagination while it is...

From the footage you cannot see what aspect the pedestrian crossing lights were showing. However the cyclist that hit the lady goes through the crossing at almost the same time as a car going in the opposite direction passes through the crossing implying circumstantially that they were at...

Hi flecc, I was writing my comment in reply to VFR400 when you posted yours and just posted mine without looking at yours, but they support each other very well!!

I have to agree. The duff motor probably hastened their demise but there was more wrong with their business plan than that and for me it was the lack of any real customer care that put me off. I bought my first electric bike from their Richmond store, a 2011 Oxygen Emate City that I still...

My bike is a 2015 Haibike Yamaha hardtail mountain bike which has had a rear rack and mudguards fitted. I bought it to travel mostly cross country to work 12 to 14 miles depending on what route I take and then back home 10 miles on the road. Going to work cross country I am not trying to go...

There was some discussion in this thread from a while ago. A regular commute allows you to learn all your gradients too and from work very well. This in turn allows you to learn what assist level to use to get the best combination of speed and battery consumption. There are of course many...

I have both a German/Yamaha derived crank drive Haibike ebike and a Chinese derived rear hub Oxygen and have found both to be very good. I love the Chinese derived rear hub Oxygen and use it for loads of shopping and other general errands as well as the odd 20 mile return trip to work on the...

No customer service leads to no customers!

I did my normal cross country ride to work and road ride home. Just shy of a four week gap since the bike was last used. My 400Wh Yamaha battery is now over four and a half years old and had sat in the house since it was last used at around 55% charge. I was in two minds about going in the...