Recent content by Garf666

I lurked on here a couple of years ago but ended up buying a normal bike. Hardly used it due to hills in and out of town and a lack of fitness/dodgy knees. Hired an ebike recently at Rutland Water and was converted. Unhelpfully my work have signed up to the Halfords Cycle2work scheme...

Thanks. they would have been an option but we decided to give unassisted bikes one more try as we are both getting a lot fitter

Although I've improved my diet a lot my main focus is losing weight through exercise. Even at my heaviest I still played competitive sport. I now do 3 to 4 HIIT workouts per week and have a personal target of hitting 1000kcal per session. If i don't hit that within the hour (which now I'm...

Just wanted to thank everybody for all the advice we've received on here. Me and the Mrs have actually decided that we will give regular bikes a go one more time. We both do 3-4 x 1 hour high intensity workouts every week and think we should give it a try. Was more my fitness that was the issue...

she is ok with how it looks so we'll probably pop down to Southend in January to give one a try.

no real steep hills where we will be living. Still thinking a nexus hub bike may be better for her as she is not used to geared bikes. looks like we'll be trying a few bikes out. Pity Wisper don't do a small version.

the wisper looks like it would be too big. think will look at the Benelli Classica, Freego Regency, Juicy Pocco. Will show her the Woosh Petite to see if she would accept how it looks. All except the benelli though don't have hub gears on top of that will get her to try the likes of Kalkhof...

Its not an insignificant expenditure so yes I will get her to try a few. We are a bit limited due to her height and her desire for it to look nice. She has never had a bike with gears so that's why I'm thinking a hub geared bike would be better. Also the fact i'm a bit of a technical idiot...

Thanks for the suggestion. Good price but at 29kg they would be too heavy for her

Thanks. The Elly would be perfect but its stretching the budget too much. My Mrs would love how it looks and the colours. Unfortunately for the next 2 years I will be taking a massive pay cut to re-qualify into a different profession and the move back to the UK (including her visa and the cat)...

am I erring in my thoughts that a crank drive would be the best option for her? Bikes like the Giant Ease look a good alternative but that is front hub. She would use it mainly in town. there are some small hills but nothing too much. She is only 50kg and pretty fit. main issue is finding a bike...

Thanks Luke will definitely keep those in mind. We'll be looking to buy when we arrive back in England 1st week January. I see you have store in Cambridge so we may go and have a look (we'll be in Bishops Stortford)

How risky would it be to buy a Kalkhoff AGATTU I7 7G 11AH 36V E-Bike 2017. Seems to tick all the boxes for the Mrs. She is max 5ft tall and 50kg. From the research I've been doing i think I'd prefer her to have a crank drive and hub gears. this really seems the best option within our budget...

As a fat bloke I would say you have overlooked the other benefit of ebiking compared to swimming. Its difficult to swim to you nearest chippy! :cool:

will be based at Bishops Stortford. will only proceed with the Ebike if i can get it into the secure bike storage at the station