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My 2015 eMate is still going strong. I wish it was 3Kg lighter and that you hadn't used a Das-Kit battery set up, but those are my only major gripes.

The light arrived from Bike Discount today via DHL. Duly fitted. It was an easy task, once I got the wires the correct way round! It arrived in just a plastic bag with no other packaging, which was surprising. Also, the hex bolts that hold the light in place are made of cheese. However, the beam...

Read the very first message in this thread. Swytch = Panda...

I can only comment on the Badass that I fitted to my Bosch-equipped Ortler. It's expensive (£115) and the displayed speed and distance covered on the odometer are halved, but it simply works! It took me about 2 minutes to fit it and that was it. My German isn't brilliant - the instructions are...

There is an Oliver who works at/for Panda Bikes & I think they are very closely linked to the Swytch project. If they have a Twitter account, go on there and vent your spleen. That often works miracles.

The rear sprocket change is much simpler and more incremental. My bike is a mid-drive Bosch Active Line unit, but made after 2015, so it should have the seal, shouldn't it?

D'oh! I forget to click the 'Buy' button & when I went back, the B&M light was out of stock. I've gone for an Axa one of 50 lux. It should arrive just in time for my change of shifts which will soon see me riding home in the dark...

Thanks. If I do tweak the gearing - which is looking more likely - I will do it by changing the rear sprocket. I'm fairly sure I have a few in the garage. That won't affect the rear wheel position, but I'll probably need to shorten the chain a link or two. The brakes are actually better than I...

Right, I've now done the commute two days running and using Sport mode there and back, I'm only down to 2 bars when I get back home. That's at an average speed of >15MPH. That's better than I expected. Yesterday it was a 20-mile return trip, so the battery is lasting well.

Seeing as the Pashley has hub gears (Sturmey Archer?), you can easily tweak the gearing by having a larger rear sprocket fitted. You might need a new chain to allow that, but that needn't be expensive. Once you feel comfortable with the new gearing, you can always refit the original sprocket...

Although it's a heavy machine, I think a 250W kit will be fine, as long as you don't intend breaking any speed records. Seeing as you are normally quite fit, you should be OK with that set up, IMHO.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vmoto-Super-Soco-2018-TS-Red-Electric-1p-a-mile/153180432452?hash=item23aa43e844:g:T~0AAOSwk6dbm6hf With two batteries, you could easily do the return trip.

Thanks for the ideas. My Bosch-powered Ortler already has the wiring in-situ, so I'm hoping any replacement is simply plug & play. I seem to have found a Busch & Muller one and ordered it. It's 60 lux which ought to be enough and has some snazzy daytime running lights. £33. I will send a link...

The front light on my Ortler is 15lux, which is fine for being seen, but won't be up to the task of illuminating pitch black cyclepaths in the winter. What road bike-specific lights does the panel recommend for such a purpose. Please do not recommend stupendously powerful off-road lights that...

It did the 9-mile morning commute today in a combination of Tour and Sport modes and averaged 16.2MPH. Once my fitness returns, Tour mode will be about right. It is a very smooth, accomplished machine and the Nexus hub works well. I suspect I may have to change the rear sprocket to raise the...

My eMate has had a dormant summer. The motor started making very worrying noises and I really didn't like riding it far. Eventually I sent it off to Woosh who replaced the nylon cogs in the hub and I fitted the wheel back on today. Thanks Tony for the repair and quick turnaround. £85 on the...

A bit more tweaking today. I fitted some Raw mudguards to protect (me &) the transmission and fine-tuned the riding position. It's still not quite right, but I know what I need to do to to get it right. Part of the solution was to fit a non-suspension seatpost that has a very nice Selle Royal...

Thanks for the link, it's very useful. It estimates 35Km range at 25Km/h. Touch and go with a Badass fitted...

Fitted the Badass yesterday in minutes. It worked straight away. The display shows the halved speed right from the start. I thought it would kick in doing that after 12mph. No big deal. I rode the bike into work today and all was well. I'm out of condition and it's an unfamiliar bike, but it...

I recently bought this bike via eBay from a gent who really wasn't cut out for commuting. It was bought by him in November 2017 and done 180 miles in the time since. I picked it up from London earlier this week and rode it from Embankment to Marylebone Station with it as was. That was exciting...