Recent content by Davestrong

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    Help for purchasing a hybrid bike please!

    I cycled to Spain from the UK this time last year on the Ansmann FT15. A fantastic bike with excellent equipment and great warranties. Battery life outstanding. My bottom gave in before the battery and I regularly cycled over 50 miles in a day. Terrific support from the company when there was a...
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    Pedelec along the Velodyssey. 1250 kms through France

    I'm glad some of you are enjoying the blog. It was a fantastic experience. I will be happy to give more details to anyone interested in finding out more about the route, the bike or the good and bad bits! But even the bad bits were good!
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    Pedelec along the Velodyssey. 1250 kms through France

    Hello all. I am just back from a trip down the Velodyssey. It started in Roscoff and ended in Hendaye on the Spanish border. The bike was an Ansmann Trek FT15. I kept a blog to keep my family informed of progress and thought members of the forum might be interested. A great trip and...
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    What Is The Best Value German Bike Electric Bike?

    I have owned an Ansmann FT 15 Trek for the last couple of months and am slowly building up to a trip down the West coast of France to Spain in the spring. So far it has been faultless. Great build quality, excellent 27 gear system. Light enough to use without power on the flat or when the wind...
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    Hello from West Sussex

    My second foray into the electric bike community. I previously owned and rode a Kalkhoff Agattu. Now retired, I am adding evidence of my mid-life crisis by planning a solo trip down part of Eurovelo 1 from Roscoff to Northern Spain and then onwards (in part by train!) to Castellon de la Plana...