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    Have bike, where to cycle?

    Soundwave! That should come with a warning haha.Good to see what I should be aiming for ;-) Right now I panic a bit if I see a kerb and always dismount to cross a road ;-) My finger is always hovering near the bell, my OH knows if I ding twice it's an emergency ;-) Seriously, that was a very...
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    Have bike, where to cycle?

    Thanks so much everyone. Nealh, thanks for making me giggle about the ride experience being as dull as dishwater ;-) I kinda hope for that in these early days, no scraped knees or even worse scraped mint bike ;-) Cyclebuddy, thank you for the link to sustrans, what a nice website! And I love...
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    Have bike, where to cycle?

    Thanks for previous advice, after renting e-bikes in France last year we are now the happy new owners of a pair of folding Byocycle bikes, a Boxer 24" for OH and a Chameleon LS 20" for me. I'd really like some insider help on finding traffic free/ cycle path/ old railway type of rides. We have...
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    Zero balance, poor control, sub £1k folding bike help

    I understand. My husband was lugging the 2 rentals up a set up of steps this week and even without the batteries on it was a struggle. I will look at Carrefour, thanks.
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    Zero balance, poor control, sub £1k folding bike help

    Thanks Danidl. What's the Carrefour deal? I might still be able to get it. I will check online but if you can tell me which model that would help. I don't want to get into bike racks, will always want to keep it on the back seat or boot, too many scrapes from bikes on the last car so definitely...
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    Zero balance, poor control, sub £1k folding bike help

    Thanks Jason for a great response. I will look into those. I'm not very keen on the idea of throttle, I tend to be a bit heavy handed and things go shooting forward put of my control (electric scooter, moped etc) and I liked the gentle 'taking off' feeling of a tiny pedal and the motor kicking...
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    Zero balance, poor control, sub £1k folding bike help

    Hello everyone, Been thinking all summer about an electric folding bike. Female, forties, 5'2", weight, hmm, more than it should be. Have a normal mountain bike, but no carrier for the car, and a folding bike which seems very hard work to ride, it's an Issimo, £40 from eBay a good few years...