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You're quite right, no ebikes. I just thought it was a good place to start to look into the relationship between gradients, speed and rider watt output, their ride data gives a wattage they use based on those figures. I imagine the only way for them to establish their own wattage output is on...

Rider Wattage must vary greatly, and it's easy to ride at half the effort you would on a normal bike. These guys give wattage readouts on their rides, not entirely sure how it works though Strava | Running and Cycling GPS Tracker, Performance Analytics, Maps, Clubs and Competition

Mine needs the key, I take it that you can push the little locking tab fully out of the way? if you can't it is more likely your top mount is too high up. Or Bosch changed the design at some point. My key only comes out of the lock in the locked position.

It is looking like I'll have to get one of these posters to deter thieves. BBC News - Staring eyes 'deter' Newcastle University bike thieves

It was very helpful, and I appreciate your help :)

Just tried a quote for bikes of a total value of £2,500 and the quote is more than my home insurance at £195 !

I've just tried to add my new KTM to my house insurance policy with the Co-operative and been told they don't insure electric bikes, and I've got 10 months to go until renewal time. How do you get on with your insurance?

Amazing. here's a slightly better version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBBJCCf86bs

Hey don't you start :p That'll be one pound please ;)

That is certainly a weird one, I'll make the assumption that the axle is slipping despite yours and the serrated washers best efforts to keep it in place, or you have a super soft chain that wears really quickly, It can't really be anything else? I've adjusted my chain once. I'm not too keen on...

I wish I could have a pound every time I speak to someone about my electric bike when they say "Does it recharge the battery when you go downhill?" everyone I've met on the bike has said that to me.

I didn't go but I did watch the video of a couple of laps, if that was the sum total of the test circuit its a bit Micky Mouse for me. I'd have needed a much sterner test. On the other hand it's probably more appealing for a returning cyclist to try a bike in those conditions though.

Put simply the back wheel needs adjusting after about 6 miles? and it needs adjusting because X has happened. X being the chain has loosened? I can't imagine the chain stretching (wearing) that quickly. So is the back wheel moving? Is Impluse like a Bosch rather than a Panasonic?

I'd agree with those comments. However if you do want another battery Dave at Electric bike folding bike says he can do them at £500 including delivery, and if I get him a sale he'll let me have one for £450 :D

It seems very tedious on that forum, or it's just google translate that makes it look that way.

I guess it must be power hungry as I see you're looking for another battery.

Thanks for that. At some point I will probably go for the pulse divide by two device.

I'm sure the novelty wears off after doing it a few times, and I imagine you'll only get negative comments from the cyclists you pass. I used to dread that climb when I was fit, I used to go down instead and come home a different way.

It has been a huge shock to me to realise I can ride this bike a lot further than I could ever have dreamed. In my case I clearly didn't know what I wanted in battery capacity. Perhaps I was taken in by the claimed up to 145 km that KTM advertise. I could put a bigger battery on the rack and...

Well I suppose that gives it some perspective. I need to view my new bike in a new light, at the moment it is purely for fitness and pleasure, I need to think about how I can make it earn its keep.