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Another vote for the old Freego Eagle. I've had mine for 12 years and it's still going. Battery was re-built 6 years ago and still good for 35 miles plus. It's still a very comfy bike, especially as the years have taken their toll on me. Shame that Freego ceased trading, my Eagle has been great...

Hi Everyone. I've been looking through some old threads. I thought another update was due regarding the above. I have been riding my Freego Eagle for around 9 years now, and I'm very pleased to report that it is still going strong. I'm still on the battery that Insat built around 4 years ago...

Thanks Colin, I enjoyed reading that. My epiphany came in 2011. I still love it, especiallly for going to the Pub. Over 10,000 miles since. There always seems a sense of adventure when out exploring.

£1.2 Billion eh! That will be £0.6 billion on consultancy, £0.3 billion on committees, £0.15 billion on research and around £50 on cycling infrastructure. The rest will just be wasted on traffic calming bollards that make the road so narrow for trucks, that certain death for local cyclists will...

Might be more cost effective to buy a new rear wheel with the Akeima motor and a new Sine Wave controller. Should be much cheaper than buying a whole new bike. Keep us posted Gray198, I could be tempted myself, just to get a bit more hill climbing torque. Worth perhaps £200 or so, but not the...

Insat will arrange collection of your old battery, re-cell it with the latest hi tec cells, then ship it back to you. You will also receive a discharge chart showing the actual performance of your specific pack. Great service and a better battery than the original. I got an extra 5 amp.hours and...

Hi Gray198. Yes indeed, I trawled the options, but I found some of the snappier models were less comfortable and didn't justify another £1000 really. I like long range for long trips and there are very few options that provide 20 A/Hours. I hope to get 50 miles with extensive use of full power...

Whilst progress may not appear meteoric, I do think we are moving forwards. My 16 a/hour Freego Eagle battery has lasted 5 years 2 months. It has covered over 7000 miles. I have just had it re-celled by Insat, and I now have 20.9 A/hours and it weighs 3.8 kgs instead of 5.5kgs. That's almost...

I quite fancy one of these.

Hi MRMAC9. My Eagle has indeed proved an excellent steed. I wrote a full review of my early experiences back in 2011. You can read it here: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/10100-freego-eagle-my-first-e-bike.html Nonetheless, Ebikes are a personal taste, and as such I would...

Hi Bazwaldo, long time no see. Amazing mileage on your Bearprint, I do wonder if you have the record. You are a beacon of ebiking to which we all should aspire. How many batteries have you got through? I'm currently needing a re-cell on my Eagle. I guess your experience suggests there is plenty...

Hi all. My trusty Freego Eagle is now 5 years old, it's done around 6700 miles and still works rather well. The original battery is showing signs of age, it will still manage 20 miles of gentle riding but cuts out on heavy hill climbing at anytime after 5 miles have been completed, but clicks...

Because EU regulations dictate we can't trade with the outside world without their say so. We do not currently have a seat at the World Trade Organisation, we had to give it up because the EU said so. All trade agreements have to be agreed by Brussells. If we get out of the EU, we will reclaim...

Hi Flecc, great thread. I had to reposte!;) The living standards we've enjoyed since we joined the EU, that's just one of the benefits of membership. Disagree, UK growth was above 7% pa at the time we joined. Bearing in mind your stance that EU economic policy has helped us, how come the...

£62 Billions!! Utter tosh, where is this income? What benefits? As I recall the CBI said if we didn't join the euro our economy would collapse. They couldn't have got it more wrong. o_O

Perhaps you could enlighten us with some of these 'benefits' Cyclezee.;) Who governs our country, whilst only one aspect of EU membership, is surely quite a significant one.

In the event that trade tariffs are introduced, clearly we would do the same. Bearing in mind the EU sell us a great deal more than we sell them, we would likely do very well from tariff income. I don't believe for a moment that the car manufacturers would exit the UK to set up shop elsewhere...

Hmm! I'm not generally given to political threads, however, my very strong feelings on this important matter force me to scribe my thoughts. There are of course many perspectives one might take on the EU. I won't attempt to summarise them all here. Europe's great, I do a great deal of...

Sounds like a plan RR. Would you share the details of what firm you used. What sort of costs are involved? Do they change the BMS or just the cells?

Hi Gray198, I've not tried them myself but a couple of potential issues seem apparent. They are claiming 'left over stock'. As such, I wonder how long they have been sitting around. In addition, they are only offering a 3 month warranty and their reason for this is because they are not making a...