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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Thanks for the confirmation that more by luck than judgment we have ended up with the right system.
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Another email received advising a thread reply that is not visible here. Am I doing something wrong or is there a forum software issue?
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Ok I have investigated a bit further and the Gazelle balance has what they describe as a rotation sensor. Is that a torque or cadence? I dunno here is a you tube Video from Gazelle, Rotation sensor = minimal effort and maximum assistance Certainly a slight touch on the pedal and the assist...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Here is Nealh’s reply as received on my email “Err am I missing something here ? If the young lady has not much stamina how is she going to pedal a torque drive motor which usually requires a good deal of rider input, surely a cadence drive bike will be far more suitable where she only needs to...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    I have received an email advising that Nealh has replied to this thread but his post is not visible. Any ideas why?
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Well it has been a long time but my daughter finally has an ebike. The Gazelle Balance C7. This has 24” wheels an an incredibly low step through height of just 30 cms and a saddle that goes lower than the 78cm specified. This enables her to stop with both feet flat on the ground but with the...
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    Cube 42" step through models, Town or Elly

    Fishy, Thanks for the reply. I had seen the geometries but they do not show any heights to the ground. I have to me sure my daughter can sit on the saddle with both feet on the ground. Dissappointed that Cube have yet to reply to my enquiry and was left on hold for 10 mins when I rang earlier.
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    Cube 42" step through models, Town or Elly

    Hi, I posted a query about e bikes and step through heights back in 2017 for my partial disabled daughter. At the time she was not tall enough for any of the available models we could find. Like all teenagers she has grown a far bit since then and I am re-investigating the available options. We...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    I should have mentioned this in the original post. Her current bike has a step through height of 15” or 380mm any new bike would need to be no greater than that.
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Thank you for your reply. I have a Giant bike myself, non electric, not the lightest but adequate for the lanes and tracks around here. Their lecky bikes use hub motors, see my post above, I would prefer the crank motor. I will look at the other two makes you have mentioned.
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Great post. Thank you. I have never taken the easy options for my daughter. For example when the disability aid workers came and saw our house to see if things could be adapted to make things easier they wanted me to install ramps all over the place, front and back doors, patio, garden etc. I...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Thank you for your reply. Dropper seat post is a new terminology for me. I have and idea what they are but I will have to investigate.
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Thank you for your reply. Please note my earlier post about mixing up hub and crank. This forum is not the only place where reservations about Kalkhoffs reliability have been raised. Like you I do not think my daughters usage will be high. I do not understand you measurements. 240mm is 9.5...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Thankyou for the reply and apologies for delay in responding. I must also apologize for getting my terminology wrong. When I said hub I ment crank ie down by the pedals. Many thanks for the heads up on the Cube 42cm frame and the Kalkhoff Agattu. I will study those two bikes and may well be in...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Thank you for your reply, As far as I can see and have been told there is no such minimum age limit here in France nor elsewhere in Europe. Any bike she gets will be pedal assisted not twist and go (mo-ped). I hope this will not start any Brexit type debate here nor lead this thread off topic...
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    Hi from Normandy

    Hi from Normandy. I am starting down the path of investigating buying an electric bike to for my disabled daughter. Full details in the What Bike Should I Buy board. We have enjoyed cycling holidays in the Netherlands for many years and travel frequently to the UK, SE London. I hope to be able...
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    Electric Bike for disabled teenager

    Hi, I am a father of a 13 yr old girl who has cerebral palsy. This affects her legs mostly but does not prevent her from riding a "normal" two wheeled bicycle. She does not have the stamina to cycle far, fast nor up steep gradients and keeping up with her twin sister is also a hard. Mounting a...