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My Oxygen eMate has done several thousand miles - I don't know how many, as the odometer resets itself from time to time - through freezing weather and heatwaves. As a unit, it hasn't missed a beat & it's still going strong. Of late, however, the whine it makes - never quiet - has become...

Yebbut mine has a go-faster stripe...

My 13Ah battery was recelled to 17.5Ah by Jimmy at BGA & could have gone up to 21Ah at a push. It's not semi-integrated into the frame though. You'd get at least like-for-like with a recell, plus better cells.

Think very carefully before investing in Swytch. It is a crowd-funded project and, as Nealh says, the delivery date keeps slipping. If you can wait for the project to bear fruit, it would be worth investigating, as their kits do not require fork modification. I am watching out myself, as I want...

At the moment 27.5" wheels have a relatively limited choice of tyres compared to 26" & 29". It's my main gripe about my Oxygen.

I have an older Oxygen eMate and I do a 11-mile each way commute with battery to spare. It is easy to derestrict and I have fitted a Suntour NCX suspension seatpost to it, as well as mudguards. I also fitted riser handlebars, but apart from that it's standard. I average about 16-17mph on my...

What charging regime has been undertaken with the battery since it was bought?

Regarding the gear selection issue, I find that using the front chainrings more often off road helps me. I very rarely use anything other than the big ring on the road, but do drop down to the smaller rings when off road. It means keeping the front derailleur clean and oiled, but it's nice to...

Bear in mind that a recell would be at least £300, maybe more if it's a higher capacity battery. Very nice looking bike though.

Hi. I'm assuming the battery is dead?

I use a couple of forums that Robgul uses and find his input there to be useful. He isn't verbose, so doesn't get involved in lengthy discussions. I use other cycling forums and what I find hard to get to grips with here is the overt way in which certain trade members really, really push their...

Delivery now quoted as August. That comment about Christmas delivery might just turn out to be true!

Right, I finally have the battery back from BGA. They couldn't find anything wrong with it rather embarrassingly. Anyway, they've sent it back with a new charger, just in case. I've just done 24 miles with it on the Orbit and it worked a treat. I hope that's it back to normal now. The Alfine...

I quite like the idea of MAMILs wondering how someone like me can be so high up the leader boards...

Are you selling or buying?

Regarding tyres, Schwalbe Land Cruisers and the Plus variant are competent on road and also pretty good on non-technical off-road stretches, such as towpaths and bridleways. The puncture protection is not up to Marathon Plus standards, but they do have some protection and the Plusses might even...

Well, the thing is you might fit the new battery and find it still doesn't work and be £300+ down. If you can get it somewhere to have the rest of the system checked out, that would be advisable, in my opinion. Once everything else gets the all clear, only then splash out. What capacity is the...

The first thing to do is to check that the charger is delivering power using the voltmeter. Assuming it is, you then need to attempt to charge the battery and to see what voltage it delivers. Can you get from the seller whether the battery was left in-situ, uncharged since 2009? If that's the...

Good luck with the fix from Warwick! Jimmy at BGA Reworking can recell your battery, if it comes to that.

How much?