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  1. Angelnorth

    Beautiful Bank Holiday!

    The law that says Bank Holidays must be wet was ignored here and we had a beautiful day yesterday. The headwind coming back home (west) along Stanegate did convince me that the conventional wisdom to do the Hadrian's Wall Route from west to east is sound, though! A bit of assistance into a 15mph...
  2. Angelnorth

    Wisper 705 Torque

    What: Wisper 705 Torque with 375Wh battery Bought from: Shannon's Cycle Centre, York I've had my bike for a couple of weeks now and although I haven't managed to get out quite as much as I'd hoped I have done over 50 miles on it so I thought I'd do a quick review in case I can say anything...
  3. Angelnorth

    Glazed brakes?

    I think I might have glazed my rear brakes but before I start taking anything apart I thought I'd just ask the more experienced folk here whether that's the most likely explanation for my brakes squealing and whether there's anything else I should be looking out for. I've got a Wisper 705 with...
  4. Angelnorth

    New Wisper 705 Torque

    Many thanks to folk who offered opinion and advice on the forum. After test riding a few different things, I bought a Wisper 705 Torque and took it out for a first spin this morning. First impressions are that it coped very well with the Northumberland hill I gave it, nice smooth delivery of...
  5. Angelnorth

    Hello from total newbie!

    Hello, just joined the forum after a while browsing and reading the wealth of info here. I'm new to the word of electric bikes but learning lots - thank you all! I live in hilly Hadrian's Wall country - it's beautiful but not that conducive to conventional cycling for the unfit. I have a couple...
  6. Angelnorth

    Making a shortlist!

    Hello all - there seems to be a whole host of experience and expertise here so I'm hoping you might be able to help me out a little. I've read lots of threads, reviews etc and I'm trying to build up a shortlist so I can figure out whether/where I might be able to test ride various models. I...