Recent content by 1GiantLeap

Please excuse my ignorance on this question... I pick up my new ebike next week which I will use to commute to work. I have nowhere indoors to store it so it will be exposed to the elements. I am thinking especially about rain here - what do you guys use to keep the battery and the electronic...

Thanks for both comments which are appreciated. Absolutely agree about using a decent local dealer. I have been tempted to buy some cheaper options but they are not local. I am trying to minimise two things with this purchase: 1. the likelihood of having problems with the motor in the first...

Hello you good people Am new to posting on the forum and to electric bikes. Thinking about buying this model for daily commute (10 miles each way). Having read a bunch of posts I have concluded there are certain companies and motors that I keen to avoid. And think I want the Bosch Performance...

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I've not come across the Dahon Speed TR before, althought I have looked at the Birdy Speed. The Birdy is a cracking little bike - in terms of enjoyable ride, decent fold size, good spec and imho it looks the business to boot. I am sure I could handle an 11...

Thanks Maestro - just spat my tea all over the keyboard reading your post! :p

I want the moon on a stick do I not!? Thanks for reply Flecc. You are right about the Brommie. But the idea of folding the bike up is just so damn handy. I suspect knowing I would have an 'invisible hand' pushing me along at 7:30am on a dark winter's morning is probably the 1 thing that would...

Cheers Bob. I think my experience has been coloured by the fact that I have had a few bikes nicked since moving to Cambridge. One a half decent Ridgeback and the others have been cheap and chearful jobs. Too many people make a living from bike theft in this neck of the woods sadly. I think...

I have been lurking here for a few months and have gained lots from following the many threads - thank you all. Flecc's the Godfather though isn't he!? ;o) So here's the thing... I am one of those people described in the most recent AtoB magazine - see the Cytronex Trek review - a thirty...

I have been lurking here for a few months and have gained lots from following the many threads - thank you all. Flecc's the Godfather though isn't he!? ;o) So here's the thing... I am one of those people described in the most recent AtoB magazine - see the Cytronex Trek review - a thirty...