I will try and answer all the questions...
Welcome back around Paul, nice to see you posting again....
The battery does not interfere with cycling at all...absolutely no impact. You don't know its there. But let me tell you when you lift this bike up stairs etc..it is SO nicely balanced it is simply beautiful
Bike was not chosen on colours but on spec...Just a happy coincidence that both work so well together (IMO)
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as for the phallus, dirty minds me thinks! lol We all well know that girls are obsessed with our dangly bits (Lynda?) But as for the rest of you gentlemen I'm astonished! lol
The battery fitting is very Practical, not as elegant as BionX, but whole kit costs not much more then a BionX battery?
I would have preferred more flexibility in angle of battery fitting, so that battery could be positioned at lower point at steeper angle, but to be quite honest the performance of the bike is such a revelation, I have not really noticed it as a problem.....and I think it looks very nice in the photos as well.
Oiseaux, probably less noisy then my 705/905 as for drag not a clue I'm afraid.....Also I dont ride an E bike with motor off, whats the point in that? but I will try it later....Why dont you get down to a wisper dealer and try an Alpino, it has the same motor? lol As for a battery in a bag, bloody awful solution and not for me! lol. Its a nicer bike then the KTM I think, spec better as well, but KTM climbs walls apparently, where this probably much nicer on the flats..Yipee!
160mm front brake needed a £7.50 shimano adaptor to take 180 mm wisper motor wheel rotor
Due to health issues I could not attend the build. Both David and myself where due to build it and I catalogue event with a camera (David put pre production kit on own bike himself) David kindly delivered built bike to me yesterday. it is a work in progress, Brake cut outs are taped in place for now until position is proved correct, and then a permanent adhesive will be used. Same goes for pedal sensor, at first external bottom bracket caused some head scratching but this was quickly solved by a call to Anthony (NZ designer)
No book in the box so having to sus out controls etc...without one. will have to check with David...
The star of this show is the bike, the kit just turns it into a wonderful E bike - just a superb utilitarian piece of kit.....
The battery is not very attractive I guess, but I think we would not of ended up with this without a lot of thought and research. But I really don't care it looks fine to me and would have noticed nothing except for comments on here... as the implementation and riding enjoyment overshadows this, and makes it rather irrelevant IMO.
When you look around at the large heavy framed, heavy battery alternative fully built moped like E bikes? Sorry but this bike is in another league!.......To me this is a dream come true and the type of e bike I have always wanted. Quite simply over the moon, and best bike I have ever ridden.....and cant wait to get out on it this morning......need a rack and some mudguards though.
I would just like to thank Wisper and David Miall in particular for keeping us on the road for 2.5 years with their excellent bikes, and designing such a kit as this...Well done!
pics of bike without battery as requested