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I got a bunch of home insurance quotes this month. Age Concern will cover bikes home, away, and even abroad for around £70. I rang and got them to confirm that this included ebike cover. Not sure if there's an upper limit on value though. Some insurers/brokers specifically exclude electric...

Has any non-dealer (sorry, Martin - no offence intended) had a chance to try out the new Raleigh Motus yet? And if you have, what did you think? I live too far from Martin's shop to get down there to try it and I haven't found one anywhere close to me here in Scotland yet. I know it's a bit...

You're right about having to line it up just so; I actually have to file the slot a bit wider after I'd made a slight change to the battery casing. Re the connection, I got a friend to make a stronger push fit connection for mine and it's much better now. Battery is in its third year. I tend...

Eddie, Eddie, We've transported our ebikes on the back of our motorhome through the eurotunnel for the past four years - no probs, no questions, not even a second glance from Eurotunnel staff, customs, or security at either side of the Channel. They are much more worried about (a) the LPG...

I bought a Kudos King not long after Kudos started out in ebike sales. I thought it was a good spec for the price although I did swap out a couple of parts in the first year. (Certainly light years better than its troublesome Powabyke predecessor). This year I noticed that the ends of battery...

We've carried two ebikes on different campers using more than one kind of bike rack.

Like the others, ours are on the house policy. I think it was around £20+ extra.

And weight's important to the increasing number of us motorhomers, who have to be more aware of weight at the back. Not just because of total allowed load weights but also lifting them on - some motorhome bike racks are quite high. I had to swap mine out for a towbar mounted carrier with...

'Grumpy Old Man' - you, Dave? Shurely shum mishtake. :)

The batt The battery on my Kudos King has survived so far, against all the odds. The top part (where the handle is) has cracked and bits broken away and I've had to cobble it back together as best I can. The material they use doesn't like Araldite, I discovered. It looks like some kind of...

The Warm Glow Grin - you just feel so darn good!

I've done a quick search but can only find info on the London Show. Are there any other shows where I can try out a range of bikes - the further north the better, as I live North of the border ?

Legal Requirements Thanks for the responses. Here's what I think incorporates what you've said. Item 5 - long winded as it is - is the shortest summary I can come up with on the tricky issue of power-only propulsion. Please feel free to improve on my efforts. "1. The rider must be aged at...

The last monthly magazine of the UK motor home club that I belong to published a rather scaremongering item about electric bikes. Essentially, it was a copy of an item from Motor Cycle News where someone who was involved in an accident was to be prosecuted for having an an illegal spec electric...

Kudos Bikes Hi Mike, I've had a Kudos King for almost a year now. Overall, I've been very pleased with it, although I've spent some additional money on improvements, such as a comfortable saddle and an upgrade to the gears. (The gear change on mine tended to be jarring at times, so I got...

Thanks for that clarification. I'm guessing that because Peukert's Law affects Lead batteries, it won't be a factor with LiIon or LiFePO4s? I have a follow up question. If I'm considering buying Bike A that has a LiIOn battery and comparing it with buying Bike B that has a LiFePO4 battery...

I was encouraged to see someone say recently that there's no such thing as a stupid question, so I'll push the boundaries of that theory with this one :D Take a hypothetical situation where you have a bike that has, say a 36V, 250W 6 Ah battery. And if you rode that bike on a certain day...

The e-bikes are for leisure for us these days, but if we still lived and worked in the city I know I'd definitely use the e-bike as an alternative to the frustration of crawling in and out of work by car in the rush hours. It's not just the fuel costs; it's the pleasure of whipping past all...

Thanks Willin' and Tillson for your thoughts. I really like the idea of the crank drive and its potential for better power on hills (although to be fair to Powabyke, my road bike has managed 1 in 4 hills in Germany on occasion, although it was getting pretty near to giving up by the top!)...

That was quick! Thanks. Do you have the weight of your electric version of the Peak HD (and the Peak Ladies version) handy? And although you mentioned the possibility of a two bike deal, it's only fair to tell you that the £1500 each was pretty much my absolute maximum including the back rack...