Recent content by lowranger

6400 miles and two years of ownership. This motor has now covered 2700 miles. The unreliability of the early motors does seem to have been sorted through a combination of mechanical and software improvements. I still love this bike. I rode a 50 mile round trip to 50 cycles today to sort a broken...

It's unreasonable to dismiss the owners of affected bikes as moaners. Owners personal experiences of poor customer service are a side issue to the main problem. Besides the unreliability of the impulse motor there are real and genuine safety issues- the crank can lock up and try to throw you...

I've done 5000 miles on mine now. I still love the way the bike rides. The third motor has covered about 1300 miles and after some initial issues with clicking hasn't made any untoward noises yet. It does seem generally noisier than the previous motors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Unfortunately the 'clacking' from the motor is the first sign of failure. I wouldn't wait to get it repaired. Before the long the pedals will start to lock up occasionally which can be dangerous. 1000 miles seems to be the best you can expect from the impulse 2 or has someone out there done more...

3500 mile report. Still love the bike. However........ The symptoms of motor failure returned (clicking,knocking from motor and occasional tightening ) Also showing 'pedal' fault code on lcd display. In addition the charger wouldn't work when plugging directly in the battery rather than the...

2300 mile report. Motor Failure! Or more precisely the freewheel in the crank. Sorry to report that I had a major problem a month ago. Started making a graunching noise from the crank and on freewheeling the crank locked up throwing my feet off the pedals a couple of times. Returned to 50 cycles...

English language lesson over. Thanks for the advice. Can we now just stick to the subject of the thread please.

Hi Tom. I may stand corrected but I think that because of how the crank drive delivers the power then fitness would not affect the range as much as you might think. The less fit would use a lower gear (and go slower) but the assistance would be similar to a that given in a higher gear. What...

Hey come on guys. None of this is necessary. I posted the comment to be of use to members as a real world example of the the range of the bike not to start a criticism their grammer. Let's stick to ebikes and leave the grammer for the English language forums.

Completed an 81 mile ride 5500 ft of climbing. Mostly on Eco/sport ( low and mid) but used full power mode as well for some hills towards the end. Battery was showing 3 bars on the dashboard indicator and one led on the battery itself so still maybe 5-10 miles left. I'm very impressed!

Long ride report: 81 miles, 5500 feet of climbing. Using all power modes but mostly Eco. 3 bars left on the dashboard indicator, one led on the battery itself so maybe another 5-10 miles left in the tank. Impressive!

1800 mile update. Still very pleased with the bike. One serious issue to report. I noticed the rear wheel had gone out of true. On closer inspection at least 12 of the spoke eyelets had large fatigue cracks around them. The wheel didn't appear to be far from failure. 50 cycles have replaced...

Thanks John. It's what we get up North, remember?

1100 mile update. We've ridden through about every weather condition in the last month including several inches of snow, heavy rain and serious sub zero. Bike continues to perform well. The bike was really good in the snow, I went cross country on the snow. I love riding this bike!

When I said i couldn't detect it I meant as I was riding. We all know you don't get energy for nothing. Having the lights on does not slow the bike in any noticeable way and, as I mentioned, the range is so good if the Dynamo takes a mile off the range it's irrelevant. Anyway to the test. Bit...