Recent content by neilmeansneil

The seat tube cracked so I broke the bike down into kit form to fit to another bike and redisovered the pleasure of actually pedalling unassisted again. So am looking to sell it. The "bike" is just over a year old and was used for my short commute to work before and after knee replacement...

It all adds up, I've got to get a new frame for mine, the seat tube cracked through just above the top tube weld. It might be worth other owners checking theirs, mines 13 months old. The people in the engineering dept at work thought it was probably due to poor heat treatment after the welding...

As a memeber of the Cycle Tourist Club I have £10 million Third party insurance, surely that would satisfy any legal need and give peace of mind. Join CTC

Cycling everyday through the winter grime has taken its toll on the stopping power of my Alien GS2. I gave it wash and got a small improvement. Then having changed the discs/pads on the car recently found the can of brake cleaner in the garage, used it on the rims and was amazed with the change...

As usual enjoying the banter but as far as real innovation is concerned there seams to be little on offer. All new 'manufacturers' reuse existing technology and apply marketing spin to justify their prices. I've had my Alien GS11 for nearly a year, had a 4 month break due to total knee...

I replaced the Zoom forks on my Alien GS2 with these Vitus Bacon Phat V Brake Forks Black New RRP £69.99 on eBay (end time 20-Dec-10 17:55:35 GMT) and they transformed the bike, not the most modern, but had mudguard points and a long steerer allowing me to raise the bars. Straightforward...

Hi NRG Great photos/info as usual, was wondering if the 3 way switch can be fitted into the standard controller set up and if so where can I get one. Cheers Neil

Article from local paper got me thinking, can you be banned for Drink Driving when using your Electric bike? News & Star | News | Cumbrian man's ban for drink-driving at 5mph on scooter

The frame looks to be the same design as my GS11, I'm 6' 1" with c33/34" inside leg and I have the seat pin just over max which gives a seat height of just over 42". My wife at 5'7" can ride it with seat pin at lowest. The larger frame rise was one of the key reasons for buying it, the Typhoon...

Curious decision to market an illegal road bike without the option a legal version. Surely a GS111 version with a 250w motor would be a better way of building on the good reputation that Alien have built up from happy owners of the GS1 and 11's on this forum. I wonder if one is in the pipeline?

This is more like it, there hasn't been a good 'keyboard rattling' rant on the forum for ages

latest update taken from Alien website May 2010 News We apologise but, due to a tremendous and unforeseen demand along with delayed international shipments, we are presently out of stock of a number of items. This situation will resolve itself in approximately two weeks when we will have new...

Are these Freego bikes the same as the Bearprint bikes that were the subject of some heated debate a while age?

If you check out the Alien website, the latest news states that Alien has taken over Synergie which might explain the multiple Roys. Taken from website March 2010 News AlienOcean have taken over the assets of the Fife based "Synergie" Brand and will now be marketing under both the Alien and...

Haven't had a proper go at reconnection, from initial look it seemed very difficult. I'll probably connect the wires to a spare light switch either as a kill switch or see if I can rewire at the other end into the pedelec circuit so I can switch that off independently. Only other weakness in...