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[Everso]

Hello all,

just a little note to say Hi.

I am a fat middle aged man looking to put something onto a KMX trike to help with the hills. This seemed the place to be to get tings sorted. I did used to trike into work (trice classic) but now the hills are getting a bit much. Where I work is in the cyclescheme and I can get a KMX Cobra for £50 per month - all I need to do is sort out the assist part of the ride.

Everso

[james111]

I have been toying with the idea of purchasing an electric bike for some time and have been reading up on all the different types of Ebikes that are available, I have not set aside a budget for what I want to spend all I know is that I have a very big hill that I am sick of pushing my normal bike up which is now starting to get me down hence the reason for this cry for help.
A friend of mine has an electric bike which I did manage to have a go, it was very good but not quite what I was expected in terms of its assistance and power that it gave you....
Can anybody shed some light on this and help point me in the right direction as to what is good and what is bad, Something I have come across is a hub motor and a crank motor can anybody tell me what the pro’s and con’s are and what the difference is from one to another.
Thanks
James

[flecc]

Hi James, welcome to the forum. I've posted an answer to your question in your main forum thread.
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[gilesg]

Hi pedelekkers,

I have been riding an eZee Quando II for the last couple of years - not much mileage, but a lot of vertical displacement since we live 120 m up the side of a mountain. The idea was to commute to and from the office, which is about 10.0 km away, and works fine, except for the last 1000 metres coming home! The Quando has no gearing, and the motor is really struggling on this hill, which is probably 1:6 or even 1:5 in spots, so the bike has been relegated to the flat lands around the office. Typical little Spanish town, with streets that were laid out (says he, optimistically) around 300 years ago, by the boss on his burro, so very narrow, and far from straight. Ideal bike territory, and with shanks getting older by the day, ideal electric bike territory.

Look forward to all sorts of useful information, and to finding my ideal commuter bike.

Regards to all, Giles

[JoyDD]

Hi to All

We live in the Chiltern Hills and find it is far too dangerous to ride a bike on our twisty roads with such bad mannered drivers. We do so envy the Dutch, but the Germans too.

I do not have an electric bike although I may buy one in the near future.

My husband was unable to walk due to complications of smoking and he had to use a mobility scooter. Following Consultant's recommendation that he made an effort with his walking he eventually grew new blood vessels in his legs and is once again mobile. However the years catch up and I noticed on eBay an electric bike for sale.

Being the pendantic that I am, I thoroughly researched the topic and discovered the AtoB site and the Giant LaFree Twist lite. I was able to buy one of these on eBay and he has used this to fetch his morning paper or fish and chips when motorhoming in the UK for the past two and a half years.

At the moment the bike does not always power away when he pedals and I am looking for a knowledgeable dealer in the Bucks/Berks/Oxon corner of the UK.

When I have the time I will also try to read my way through the 155 pages of members introducing themselves.

I do like forums where so much advice is given freely. That is the way I found out about this one from the OutandAbout one for motorhomers.

Joy

[Thunder457]

Hello.

I've been reading this forum for sometime now and have taken the plunge to purchase a Wisper 905se sport.
I have had this bike for around 4 weeks and would like to leave my initial comments. Firstly thanks to ebikes (seller) who answered all my questions.
When the bike arrived, part assembled and without instructions I thought "oh no here we go again" but in fact it was quite easy to put together, although, in my excitement did it wrong (tries hard, fails miserably. I think is the phrase)
The main reason for this purchase is the hills (mid devon outskirts of Dartmoor) At 50 I felt I need a little help with these hills and often pondered how to make it easier, believe me I have come up with some cracking ideals but illegal or socially unacceptable. Ha!
My first ride was ......Brilliant!
My journey of 34 miles to and from work is a breeze. Thats 34 miles with the right clothing I might add. I wasn't plesantly surprised I was shocked on how easy it was to do this distance.
My children, 3 teenage boys fight to get at this bike so there's a testament in it's self. ( I don't let them of course as I've said it's illegal and you have to be 18!) I know selfish, but its a big boys toy!
I did however have a few minor problems with the handlebar setup especially with the juction box where all the wires meet. The gromits are not waterproof and three of them were missing. The brakes are not brilliant and will need to be replaced( there you go, thats how fast you will travel) I must admitt that Wisper did send a full set of gromits, but still not waterproof. You see, its not that bad in fact its brilliant as I said before.
I wouldn't be without this bike now so well done Wisper and the UK team in promoting this
Kind Regards

Thunder457

[Wisper Bikes]

Welcome Thunder 457 and congratulations on your purchase.

I hope you have many many miles of trouble free and enjoyable cycling.

Re the grommets not they are not 100% water proof but we have tested the water resistance in the heavy rain and under a shower and have not managed to short anything. There is a big hole under the connection box to let any water that does get in straight out again.

Regarding the brakes, pleas speak to your supplier about adjustment, they do work well when properly aligned. If you have any problems please drop me a line.

All the best David

[Thunder457]

Thanks David,

I wasn't moaning the bikes brilliant, And I think I do need help with the brakes they are very spongey if that makes sense and there seems to be alot of travel. Also David if you are to reply, i have bought a bike computer but the distance betwen the fork and the spoke is so far apart it dosn't register (wireless) can you help on that as well.

Kind regards

Keith

[sporran]

Hello
I live near Lyon in France and have been thinking about an electric bike for a few months. I've been an occasional weekend biker for a few years, but not more than that. The fact that I have an old & not-very-versatile bike hasn't helped. My wife does a lot more cycling and although I could keep up, it wasn't much fun.
Back to e-bikes. Reading forums such as this persuaded me that, if I wanted to do more cycling, an e-bike was the answer. Time to take the plunge. I tried a couple of e-bikes here but couldn't find anywhere to try a Kalkhoff - apparently they're too popular & the demo models spend all their time in Paris at the moment. Ho hum, I decided to risk it & ordered the Agattu from a local dealer. It arrived within 5 days and I've done about 250 happy kilometres so far. A long weekend in Burgundy, 3 times to work - 16 miles round trip - and another weekend in the Alps. Last Sunday I did the Col de Joux Plagne in Samoens: a ride of 8 miles and 3000 feet higher. 1h10min & 2/3 of the battery gone. 2/3 of me gone as well.
Now my other half thinks that maybe she needs to get an e-bike too. Bank balance could soon be even more bruised.
I won't go on about the Kalkhoff, everyone knows about them now. But if things continue like this, I'm looking forward to lots of happy cycling.
Back for more discussion soon, I hope.
Ciao

[flecc]

Originally Posted by Thunder457

i have bought a bike computer but the distance betwen the fork and the spoke is so far apart it dosn't register (wireless) can you help on that as well.

Kind regards

Keith

Keith, you need to arrange the fork sensor closer as you know. One thing that can work is moving that and the spoke magnet down nearer to the hub, making sure at the same time that any alignment marks are in the right position.

If that's still not enough, the only way is to make a packing block to sit between the fork leg and the sensor and use longer tie-wraps to secure it and place the sensor closer to the magnet. Anything will do for that, a piece of plastic or wood for example. Tie-wraps tend to be sold in quantities like 100, but a local bike shop may be able to help with a couple.

If not, let us know the tie-wrap width and approximate length needed and one of us will probably be able to pop a couple in the post to you. I've got several sizes and others have them too.
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