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The law is perfectly clear. To avoid being classed as a motor vehicle an electric bike has to comply with a number of criteria including a maximum assisted speed of 25kph. The use of a bike which doesn't comply is using an unregistered, untaxed, uninsured, non type approved motor vehicle and 3...

I've heard it's rather like being drunk.... from the perspective of the drink:D Source: Ford Prefect, The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Most of the information you require is hereI think. The battery is quoted as 36V and given the weight will almost certainly be lead-acid, you'll need to open the pack up to determine the dimensions of the individual batteries before ordering replacements. I think you'll be very lucky to get...

I think the legal power limitations of an electric bike rule out much of that, plus the inevitability of pedelec only availability in the near future. To me an electric bike is first and foremost a bicycle and I'd like it to stay that way. My own vision of the future is better segregation with...

I hadn't made the connection but now that you mention it some of the best surfaced minor roads in my area are those that have in previous years hosted the Tour of Britain, including the hill down which I do my fastest running.

It seems the Danish customs are very much like the English customs. Often it is possible for small packages to get through without paying duty and tax, but larger packages usually attract unwelcome attention resulting in delays and costs.

I have no experience of the SRAM drum brake Leonardo but I am fairly sure that the consumed or worn parts the dealer refers to are what in English are called the shoes (As in footwear!), of which there will be a pair. Hopefully knowing the English term will help you obtain replacements. My...

Keith, the little thingies in the battery are cells and twice as many would indeed double the voltage which would make the bike go faster but not necessarily further. The factor that is needed for range is battery capacity rather than voltage, this is measured in ampere-hours, amp/hours or Ah...

Unfortunately there's not that much difference between on road and off road these days, some forest trails probably having a marginally better surface than public highways. The Torq often gets tagged with being an MTB but it isn't at all, being sold as a hybrid or city bike. The sloping...

9 Ah is a typical rating for a D size NiMh cell, there are larger ones, some claimed to be 11Ah but they are untried in bike applications. Manufacturers (But not me:) ) are tending to regard NiMh as obsolete so little new development is taking place these days and consequently capacities are not...

No electric bike can be considered a mountain bike really, battery mountings and hollow motor spindles are weak points that usually fail if the user attempts any serious off road riding.

I took advantage of the good weather on Sunday and got a few enjoyable miles in. Being a fair weather biker I'd not been out for a couple of weeks but in that time numerous more potholes have appeared, presumably as a result of the recent rain.

But Hiderthorpe don't sell on eBay..... or so they told Keith:rolleyes: The description of the Schwinn bike states it has a coaster rear brake. When I was a lad coaster brakes were applied by back-pedalling.. so why does the photo show two brake levers? Coaster brakes were not popular as...

It seems to bear more than a passing resemblance to the Swizzbee, which features elsewhere on the same site (Under the Modelle tab).

Looks ideal for use on the flooded cycleways in the local park.:D

The basic shape is shown on the Kalkhoff website. As Martin has said it hardly requires a great feat of imagination to know what it will look like. And in the unlikely event of it not being as expected the purchaser would be fully protected by the distance selling regulations.

We should all use this easy to use method of reporting provided by the CTC.

I came across this recent BBC News story which seems to confirm that the state of the roads all over the country is getting worse, something that many of us have known for some time.

I think the main differences are that the Duracell is less expensive and lasts longer.:D

Perhaps the bike in the original link with the thin downtube is the computer simulation, order one and you get the real one with the ugly downtube. I'm not sure of the Currie/iZip parentage but I believe Schwinn are owned by the Canadian owned Pacific Cycle.