Recent content by 4bound

I used to have a Kalkhoff S- Pedelec with the Impulse motor. Despite all the issues with the Impulse motor, it was a great bike. Its gone now and I have been getting by with a bike with a cytronex kit. Its great for what it is, but it cannot do long steep hills in North Wales ( overheating)...

Did you get it working again afterwards??

Lets not forget that there is at least one company making legal full throttle e-bikes.The others could do it if they wished. https://wisperbikes.com/full-throttle-option/

Not so good on a windy day though!

Similar concept but much better engineering and customer service is the Cytronex. https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/best-electric-bike-conversion-kits-give-your-current-bike-a-power-boost/

I hope you have made a good choice Simon, because we have ordered exactly the same bike for my wife. It will be her 4th ebike for one reason or another. The full throttle is important to her for health reasons, although the 15.5mph limitation is an iritation when riding with others who can go a...

Hmm, - the broken one is an s-pedelec whereas the new one isn't, so I was hoping to leave the control system unchanged. The units look identical from the outside!

Well - its done 4000 miles for me and I have the second motor in my shed at no extra cost. But you think I would be better spending another 3K+ right now? I think its worth a try to get it running again.

The impulse motor on my Kalkhoff has finally given up - it now has short periods when the pedals turn but there is no drive to the wheels. This can only get worse so it seems I need a new motor. It so happens that we have another, but rarely used Kalhoff, also with an impulse motor, in the...

We had a battery recelled by these people. I can honestly say that the recelled battery is better than the original battery that came with the bike . You just send them your old battery and it comes back rebuilt a week or two later. https://www.electricbikebatteryrepairs.co.uk/

You haven't given us a lot to go on - budget, range, weight, terrain, etc - but this might be worth looking at to start with https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?santana-cd My wife has one, often does 50 - 60 mile rides over some big hills in N Wales, but uses 2 batteries due to her lack of strength and...

Its not just getting the bike up to the roof, but also the loading on your roof. You need to check the manufacturer's max roof loading recommendations. I would have thought you would be better to put it in the caravan when towing and buy a towbar mounted rack for when you are not. Thule make...

15.5AH should be enough to do that commute many times over!

Hi Tony, thanks, but I still couldn't work out how to add an additional battery, anyway no problem, we have ordered the bike by phone this morning, arriving Thursday!

Hi Kirstin - thanks, and yes, but! Firstly that isn't the bike I was interested in - the Santana CD is a quite different bike to the Santana3 you have provided the link for. One is a hub motor and the other a crank motor. Here is the correct one http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?santana-2018 However this...