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A few possible reasons cross my mind. My guesses would be: 1) You may have a stolen bike. There's been a huge increase in bikes being stolen, and most e-bikes are stored/locked without their battery when stolen. There's even been a few postings on this forum from people asking where to buy...

Maybe so. But the few others I have met who regularly go "off grid" go with (at least) two e-bike batteries. Your Fazua battery is only 250Wh - most here are using 400, 500, 625, or even 700Wh batteries.

As Nealh said. Plus... https://www.sustrans.org.uk/national-cycle-network/

At 59 myself, I agree wholeheartedly. Same here: I like that Woosh specifically aim to cater for the heavier rider with their Big-Bear at an affordable price, but it's not something I'd personally choose. Both my e-bikes are standard, cheapish £1000 crank-driven hybrids, and both have stood up...

I was thinking exactly the same thing. What I don't understand is that the changes you've suggested would change this bike from "good value" to "awesome"... for what would cost the manufacturers very little. Or if they're really being tight to hit a competitive price point, just offer it as an...

Not trying to undermine your point GH, but just to put this into context... The 4-stone difference between you on your e-bike and the OP's wife on her rented e-bike is the equivalent of an additional 25Kg. That's the additional weight of carrying another e-bike with you already ON your e-bike...

I think you may find several members here on this forum that started from a similar position to you - myself included (starting at 132kg and now 110, but still working on it/enjoying the journey). Firstly, ignore Soundwave... you want a Ford Fiesta/Cortina and Soundwave only deals with...

I've ridden Rutland Water a few times - at my heaviest when I was 132kg on a £1000 hybrid. It's hardly challenging terrain. The question I think should be: If you're laying out say £2000 on an e-bike, will the bike still be holding together carrying that weight after 1800 or 2800 miles, not 18...

25km/h is the legal assist limit: It says here P08 can change that.

The OP's Carrera Crossfire uses the Suntour Torque sensor. Not strictly true in practice; You can apply less pressure to the pedals and simply whack-up the power assistance a level. There is a fourth system; An RPM sensor which measures pedal rotation speed to gauge how much power to apply. In...

The other cap - without the sticky stuff - looks like it's failing too if it hasn't already. From what I can see it looks like the top is bulging slightly. Worth testing, although personally I'd just replace both.

There's lots of info/past issues about these Bearprint bikes in the archives: These bikes appear to date from 2010-2012ish, so if the OP has just bought them, they've been sitting around for some time. Common issues seem to be with the keyswitch and controller. Any parts if needed seem to be...

Whatever blows your hair back! Welcome to the "grin" club!

Hi Owen I know nothing specific about your bike or problem, but before your plea for help gets kicked into the long grass I thought I'd chime in... You can do a forum search on "E42" and find yours is a not-uncommon problem with Carreras. Others far wiser than me have said: "E42 error is...

That's a common enough point of view I suppose. Personally, I'm usually cruising at ease above the cut-off at 18-19-20mph on a flat road, but using assistance on the hills, trails and rougher terrain. I've owned a heavy, wide/knobbly tyre e-MTB and sold it because of the unwieldly weight and...

Those are very similar in structure to the tyres I use (700c x 38mm tubed): A nice fast rolling centre strip offering minimal drag on the road, with knobbly side bits for gripping the dirt on tracks and trails - even an occasional fairly deeply rutted track/field. 42mm might've been a better...

Both are very nice e-bikes in their own way, but both would frustrate the hell out me for the type of riding you want to do: You don't need that depth of suspension (100-135mm) or that style or width of tyre (65mm) for road or light trail riding. IMHO, both are really hard-tail MTB's for more...

That "service" indicator is just a reminder that can be set or not set by a dealer to flash up at a set number of miles. It has nothing to do with whether the bike really needs a service or not. IIRC a Bosch dealer can turn it off if it bugs you. A lot of bike shops post lists of what they...

Nice. From my old days working around Heathrow, it used to be a WH size limit per battery - not how many you were allowed to carry; IIRC the WH limit was imposed by the FAA, but how many batteries you could carry differed from airline to airline (some didn't state any limit - you need to check...

On the first mtb style hub-drive e-bike I bought (now long since sold), I remember it stated in the owners manual that spokes needed to be checked and tightened every 100 miles for the first few hundred miles to compensate for bedding in. First accessory I bought was a spoke key! Never did have...