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Hi all, Just wanted to say thanks for all the advice other forum members have given me about electric bikes (especially Flecc, is there anything you don't know?!), it's been much appreciated. I bought a kit in February to get me over a health problem: with its help I now have enough strength...

Off Topic - How much do actual shoes / clip in's cleats improve effciency by exactly? SPD cleats will give you between 8-10% better efficiency but it's the shoes that really help, with their stiff soles transmitting power so much more efficiently. It's only anecdotal, but when I ride...

RETRO ANALOG BICYCLE SPEEDOMETER CRUISER BIKE NEW ATB | eBay But they're a bugger for drag and horrendously inaccurate, surely better off with digital?

Not quite sure why everyone gets quite so aerated about it, it's a personal choice. But here's my tuppence worth anyway: if I took a piece of kerbstone the weight of your head, suspended it from a rope and said I'm going to let it swing at your head from a distance such that it would be...

250W Cute 8-Fun motor in 700C wheel, 10AH li-ion battery.

I bought my complete kit, battery, motor in wheel, throttle, controller, brake levers and pedal sensor from BMS battery for £260 including the postage. It is of course a risk as returns would prove uneconomical, but thus far (6 months' use) it's worked like a dream, not one problem.

Flecc's suggestion excellent - an alternative is a gent I see in my neighbourhood sometimes who has a length of PVC tube alongside his (sloping) top tube with a couple of holes drilled in it, through which there are cable ties attaching it to the top tube, he just pops his stick in there. Or...

OK I'll have a bash: if you look at a wheel end on, rather than from the side, the spokes make an isosceles triangle with the rim at the apex and the hub flanges (where the spokes attach to the hub) are the two base points, yes? Now, if you have to stretch out one side of the hub, for example...

I was very pleasantly surprised by mine I must say, perfectly true and centered and has remained so through nearly six months of inner city London riding. Having thought that I would order the wheel as part of a kit and then probably take the hub motor to a wheelbuilder to get new spokes and...

Yes, front hub motor, supplied with wheel (surprisingly good quality) - LiFePO4, EV Charger, EBike Battery, EBike Kit, Motor, Controller, Battery Case - BMSBATTERY, fitted to my custom road race bike - Cinelli steel frame, Shimano Dura Ace brakes and hubs, Campag Record chainset.

That's a shame, it looked superb but if people can't put it on their own bikes...rather as with Cytronex, their gear (especially the battery) looks great but when it adds £1K to the cost of the donor bike it puts it out of the range of most.

I got a full kit from BMS Battery to try out eBikes due to a breathing difficulty, whole shebang cost around £280 inc shipping (though I think I was a bit lucky on the Customs duty, which should have added about £50 as far as I can see). Cute 100 250W motor, 10ah Li-ion battery, thumb throttle...

I have a 250W one, it definitely doesn't freewheel, there is a noticeable drag but it's not awful: if I had to estimate I'd say it was drag equivalent to carrying a couple of panniers of shopping on the back. Over 15 mph unassisted it doesn't seem to be noticeable at all, don't know why that...

Sounds like a hybrid or a cyclocross bike would suit admirably for you. My biggest bit of advice would be, given your budget, to buy secondhand! £200-300 these days really doesn't get you much at all, whereas my road bike was bought for £120 on eBay (having carefully checked the seller's...

It's a Cute motor - I did order Bafang but they were out of stock and I was impatient! The drag is tolerable but noticeable - a pure guess but I'd say the effort that would take me along at 20MPH with the normal wheel in would only give me 15/16MPH with the motor wheel in. But it's not really...

Hi Oiseaux, I bought my whole kit (24V/250W motor built into front wheel, 10ah li-ion battery, charger, controller, pedelec & brake levers) from BMS Battery in China for £275 including shipping. As far as I can tell it's pretty much the same thing that one pays £600 for in this country...

Yes the kit was complete. I ordered the "Little Frog" type battery case that fits on the seatpost - actually I couldn't fit it as my saddle's too low but that's down to the bike, not the kit: I've put it in a handlebar bag instead where it works fine. Fitting couldn't have been simpler, just...

My experience of BMS battery has been that they take a while to get the kit together (ordered mine Boxing Day, received Jan 20th) but once posted it arrived within three days. Very pleased with the kit which thus far works a treat and thrilled with the value - ordered the 250W motor with a 24V...

Thanks Jerry - a cruise control would be ideal, but I'm guessing I can't do any harm (to the kit at least!) with my idea - using the on/off switch is only the same as quickly pushing the throttle open, I assume?

Hope people aren't getting too fed up with constant questions - as I think I stated before I got my kit, I'm a former keen biker (and since getting the kit very keen ebiker!) but my electrical knowledge is close to zero! The kit I bought has a thumb throttle of the type which seems fairly...