Recent content by Jefner

Ooh, thank you. What a gorgeous colour. I want one!! But I will be sensible and wait til I test ride one first especially since I have never ridden an electric bike before. BTW, you were right, Bob has been in touch and he is trying to organise a test ride up here :)

Hi. I live in Kirkcaldy (Fife, Scotland). I travel regularly to Edinburgh as well and would be happy to try a bike there.

I'm not too keen on the olive colour and would love to be tempted by a piccy of your teal coloured Classic, but that's a pricier bike (not by much but I started off looking at the £700 mark so I'm already over budget with the Lite at £900). The only differences I can see between the 2 models is...

Thanks for the reassurance on Juicy bikes. I really like their ethos. I have to buy blind as I don't live anywhere near a dealer for any of the bikes I like. Not quite ready to decide yet, but Juicy classic lite is now at the top of the list :)

I have been looking at Woosh bikes, and wondered if they were a reasonable buy, so that's useful info. Been looking at Juicy bikes as well.

That's very useful info. Thanks :)

That sounds good to me. Think I'll go look at some Juicy bikes :)

I have been told that bikes under £1000 have poorer quality components, but that the motor and battery are likely to be ok. I'm wondering if I may as well buy a £700 bike if I can't jump up to the next bracket which seems to be £1500 (and £1k is my absolute max). I suppose I need to know what...

I notice ethics are not something many of the biking websites mention. I hope that the more customers start to ask these difficult questions, the more it gets thought about and the more likely it is that someone will see a gap in the market and start to produce an ethical e-bike (I'm thinking...

A conversion would reduce the carbon footprint. This is where ethics become tricky to follow, as I am reluctant to spend £500 on a conversion when for a few hundred pounds more I could get a shiny new bike, fit for purpose (I believe converting bikes doesn't always work that well). Food for...

I've just read Cyclotricity's website, and they seem to be saying that they produce lots of components themselves, as well as assembling the bikes here in the UK. Not sure if they make the frames but I suspect they are a top contender for a 'Made in Britain'...

I am in a dilemma, not just about which bike to buy, but also from which company. Ethics and environmental considerations are important to me, but it is difficult to find out who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. I am thinking about a bike from either Woosh or Cyclotricity and I am...

I am frozen by indecision about which bike to purchase, and I am wondering if I might as well wait til January before buying one, if there are likely to be bike sales. Do January sales happen in the e-biking world (at the cheaper end of the market in particular?)

Hi. Due to long term health problems I need to swap my much loved conventional bike for an electric model which will be mainly used for short and frequent trips (e.g. 6 miles) around a hilly town and the occasional longer day trip. Low maintenance would be a bonus. I feel really stuck between...