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If the teeth are the same then the gearing must be the same. In the case of the Charger/Rohloff, the HS version is geared slightly higher. The HS would only need to be geared to be pedalled at 28mph, which as TZC says is not that high a top gear if you can manage a swiftish cadence. One of...

Chances are the HS version will be slightly higher geared. Changing the gear range on a hub gear would usually be fairly simple - smaller cog on the back or bigger ring on the front - and a possible change of chain length. Your situation is complicated by the belt, fewer belt-compatible cogs...

Expect a brush off. What you need to do is email someone to whom Evans will listen.

Worth considering if you really want Nyon. It had a terrible reputation for being buggy and generally not working, certainly in the UK. COBI might be better.

Yours is one of several posts on here we've had from people who have been supplied a two-pin charger by Evans. They are taking the wotsit, and will continue to do so until they get a fine or two which will exceed the extra profit they make from supplying illegal chargers.

One thing I didn't mention is how stable Croxden's bike felt. I don't descend quickly, but recall hitting a couple of undulations at about 30mph which would have been sketchy on a hard tail. The Delite wasn't put off line and felt very planted. I was a bit suspicious of full-sus for the road...

Evans keep on - illegally in the UK - supplying Bosch ebikes with two-pin mains plugs. The charger must by law have a three-pin plug which plugs directly into a standard household wall socket. My guess is Evans can get Euro-spec bikes and/or chargers for a few quid less, which means more...

Not much in it, but the Oxygen looks the better prospect to me. The bikes may be a similar quality, but it looks like the Westhill retailer is a here today, gone tomorrow operation. If the OP buys an Oxygen - or a woosh - he can be sure of someone to contact for service.

I've ridden Croxden's bike and it's certainly a good advert for Riese and Muller, not least because he doesn't baby his bikes. Commuting is hard use for any bike, commuting in London is even harder, so your bike is in for a good test. R&M bikes are heavy, even for ebikes, but that translates...

Is the in-frame battery on the Energise bike 13ah? That type of battery is usually closer to 10ah. That would equate with the quoted weight of 18kg. Either way, the quoted range of 100 miles is seriously misleading.

Riese and Muller offer models that almost no one else does - as you've discovered. My Charger - twin battery and Rohloff - doesn't have any direct competition as far as I know. Having screwed a decent discount from the supplier, the cost of it wasn't that high given the extra battery and...

Ease of tyre changing is one of the reasons to use a decent quality crank drive. Cost of motor replacement is a reason not to.

You Johnny-come-lately types don't know the half of it. When I began ebiking way back in, er, 2010, there was a great deal of hostility. It was something different which was the main cause, kids tease the ginger kid not because of his hair colour, but because of his unusual hair colour. On my...

Studded tyres are essential if you are serious about winter commuting. Snow is generally rare, but what is all too common is ice. Studs will keep you upright even on black ice which it would be hard to stand on without slipping. No need for fat bikes or ludicrously wide tyres, which in any...

Riese and Muller are nicely made, although as you've observed you will be getting the same motor/battery as you would in a £1,750 Cube. Have you sorted secure parking at work? Any bike left in almost any street in the country for any length of time will get stolen/vandalised, sadly it's just a...

You've had one unreliable hub motor Chinese ebike. Buying another Chinese ebike could be seen as the triumph of hope over expectation. You will get more grunt from the bikes recommended, but more grunt means more stress on spokes, and you know what happens to those. Your budget will get you a...

All the evidence I have suggests the only difference between the motors is the configuration. I've ridden a Bosch Spreed Pedelec and the ride is identical to a de-restricted Bosch bike I had - there's no extra grunt, it just carries on assisting above 15.5mph. And, of course, the motors are...

Some wireless computers will not work with ebikes, so buying one is taking a chance. Any basic wired computer will work, although as Warwick says Cateye is usually decent kit.

I've never heard of Ortler, but - like the UK used to be - there are still lots of small makers in Germany. No reason to think the Ortler won't be as good as the better-known makes. In Bosch bike terms, it's a bit 'last year' in that the battery is just plonked on the downtube. Newer design...

One day you might appreciate interchangeability of wheels/tyres with husband's bike, so that's a small consideration. Modern bike tyres are quite podgy - deep sidewalls - which makes a 29er something of a cartwheel.