Recent content by misterjohn

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    Kalkhoff error code 3

    Thank you for the responses. Amazingly, after doing nothing to the bike at all, the fault has completely disappeared . The following day I was able to cycle to work as normal. I now remember that, on a couple of previous occasions (months and months ago), while cycling, the motor would...
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    Kalkhoff error code 3

    Hello! I have a Kalkhoff Berleen 5. I’ve had it for a couple of years. Normally it behaves well. Today I left it locked up solidly outside in a very public place in the city centre while I went to work. (I had no option - for various reasons; however, it was securely locked with 3 separate...
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    Thanks for your good wishes and your sympathy. I’m over the pain. A brief period of pining. Reminds me of an old Dionne Warwick song… “An Empty Space”. ”There’s an empty space Beside me When I’m walking down The street That’s the place where you used to walk The place where you held my hand...
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    I am coming to that conclusion…. Thank you for voicing clearly my inner concerns. You put succinctly my focus on looking at brands…. which boils down to (if I understand you correctly): reliability and ease of fixing.
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    It might be easier to tell you the brands I do know or have heard of! Here are some of the brands I was unfamiliar with before looking for an alternative to my (stolen) Carrera Crossfuse; I’ve been looking at them and doing various degrees of research into them. So my knowledge is patchy and...
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    How interesting (but sad! so sad!). It’s what the sales assisant at Pure Electric told me a couple of days ago when I was viewing a replacement…. gangs in vans…. Thanks for your interest and concern. It is appreciated. Really!
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    Opinions about what would suit my needs greatly appriociated

    I had a Carrera Crossfuse (my first and only electric bike) until it was stolen last Monday. For what it’s worth, I thought it was terrific. Really great. (I appreciate it is a very different bike from the others in the Carrera range…. I have no knowledge of them, except what I read). I‘m...
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    Opinions about what would suit my needs greatly appriociated

    Any reason why you are suggesting the Gran Camino as opposed to the Camino? I am looking to replace my Carrera Crossfuse (which was stolen last week). Like @casper171072, I can’t afford the latest iteration… so I’m lost in a forest of brands I have never heard of…. Following your advice...
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    Well, none of the bikes were insured. So my record is clean. And the other good news…. ironically, a substantial number of these bikes were bought ultra-cheapo at police bike auctions. Off the top of my head, I think only a very few were either new or good secondhand bikes. This bike was by...
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    Most of my first clutch of bikes were actually bought (one at a time) from auctions: bikes recovered by the police but not reunited with their owners. They ranged from £2.59 (yes! for an almost new mountain bike … it was stolen again within 6 weeks) to around £20. As my confidence and...
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    Both my e-bikes stolen

    My heart goes out to you. I feel the pain.
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    Stolen: Carrera Crossfuse from centre of Manchester, 6 September 14.00 to 16.00

    Stolen from bicycle rack behind the Central Reference Library on Mount Street (opposite Starbucks and not far from the Midland Hotel). Saddle is slightly torn.
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    Hello everyone. Retired teacher her

    I am a retired teacher (= pensioner!). I started cycling 20 years ago after being a heavy motorist for all my working life. i gradually and slowly increased the amount I cycle…. It’s mainly commuting (not every day… and around 10 to 15 miles round trip). Sometimes a trip into the Peak District...