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Yes I'd say you'll be around 5 to 6 mph faster overall. I've averaged 25 mph over 14 miles with a drop in elevation and 21.5 mph going back the other way. That required two batteries though. A 400 w/h battery should cope with your 16 mile commute though.

Hmm, I'd say you need a hybrid and better rolling tyres, also pay careful attention to the rear drop-outs, you'll really need a chain tensioner. A Bosch with Nexus 8 going above 30 mph on the flat, who'd have believed that.

It's the same unit. They just fitted a plastic side cover with the chrome ring on to jazz them up a bit, I prefer mine without the cover fitted.

Climbing has the biggest effect on battery range, I can use 20% of a 400 w/h battery on just one climb locally. Mines the classic bosch. This ride finished the battery in 16 miles, it was on the road though.

No, my hybrid.

Worth cleaning the contacts between the head unit and mount.

I can pedal my bike to 39 mph downhill, that's above any motor assistance I have.

Thanks, that's about half of the rate of climbing I do in these parts.

Did you log altitude climbed Dave? I can see this becoming a challenge to be beaten, but certainly not in a January up here in the hills.

Winter wonderland here, we've had about a foot of snow.

Here's my new "Fast legal bike" :)

5 miles each way, 10 miles in total?

Latest update on this story http://road.cc/content/news/140602-essex-road-rage-van-driver-hands-himself-police-after-altercation-video-goes

I'm hoping for bigger and cheaper options in the future. Glad I don't need a spare battery for the latest Bosch system...

Phill that second hand one on ebay recently was from this user here http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/bosch-compatible-battery-300-watts.19748/ He says it's build quality matches the original.

99.9% of trail centre riders drive to and from the centre in their cars!

Now that's just being silly.

That's all well and good, but has no relevance to the incident graph in this 4 week trial,which shows individual percentages of incidents per group. The survey also highlights what some of us already know. Fast e-bikes are used to replace car journeys. If anyone was serious about reducing...

Interesting that S-class bikes have less conflicts with other road users than ordinary bikes and pedelecs in all but one case. That's my experience too, and why I ride a low powered variation of one.

I've never seen any posts like this on the forum