I've read lots of very useful info and appreciated this website over the years but ashamedly I have not joined until now. After ten lovely electric years I am in the process of selling my Giant Lafree Twist Comfort on Ebay and have bought a bike that can do (so they say) 60 miles on a charge. Living in the North York Moors this will be useful. Got a bit fed up running out of juice (mine and the bike's) just before a big hill on the way home with shopping!
The new bike is a good ride but definitely rates lower in the comfort stakes so I am putting on a saddle with springs. I also thought about a suspension seatpost but the present seat tips forward to allow the battery to slide out behind it and the mechanism is part of the seatpost (I think). I'm not sure how I would fix a new seatpost to the seat unless I took the post out every time I wanted to get the battery out of the bike.
All suggestions welcome but I must tell you that although I am quite practical I probably don't know the technical name for some bike parts. Plus, this is the first forum of any sort I have joined so I may accidentally put things in the wrong parts of the forum. Please keep me straight!
Boltby Breeze
The new bike is a good ride but definitely rates lower in the comfort stakes so I am putting on a saddle with springs. I also thought about a suspension seatpost but the present seat tips forward to allow the battery to slide out behind it and the mechanism is part of the seatpost (I think). I'm not sure how I would fix a new seatpost to the seat unless I took the post out every time I wanted to get the battery out of the bike.
All suggestions welcome but I must tell you that although I am quite practical I probably don't know the technical name for some bike parts. Plus, this is the first forum of any sort I have joined so I may accidentally put things in the wrong parts of the forum. Please keep me straight!
Boltby Breeze