Recent content by peejay42

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    Giant, cube or haibike

    got the giant yesterday, great bike so far, got from a local bike shop, set up perfectly and great customer service, only trouble for other buyers the owner said he had a waiting list for next years 2109 model as nearly all the 2018 explore e 2 are gone
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    Giant, cube or haibike

    waiting for the giant explore e +2, felt it was the best test ride by far, now on sale + cyclescheme so only 1750
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    2019 bikes

    20% on giant but limited stock, got one of the last few Giant Explore e+2 large about, in fact it was a shop demo so paying 2k instead of 2.4k, partly subsidized by cyclescheme and own money. Evans have a sale on their pinnacle brand £1750, again limied stock. When i tried a haibike shop said...
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    Giant, cube or haibike

    Hi everyone Been looking around online at different bikes,narrownarrowded down to giant explore e+ from local bike shop £2399, had a great trial and whizzed up hills like they weren't there, yesterday had a go on haibike sduro 4 which was also good, £2249 and next week looking at a cube touring...
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    Newbie from Brighton - any advice re folding e bike for train

    Thought this may help Our cycle policy If you have a fully folding cycle, you’re welcome to bring it on board any of our trains. Just be sure to fold and carry your bike before going through the ticket gates. Please note that by fully folding, we mean a cycle that has small wheels and folds...
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    Newbie in a quandry

    Have the cyclescheme.co.uk budget - £1000. Know a lot about Carrera Crosscity cut out reliability or not! but wondered if anyone had any experience of the new Vengeance as it uses different motors etc I believe. also on the short list was a Freego hawk as a bloke from work has been using one...
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    New bike info

    Thanks for the advice so far, to be honest I can ride the commute 2 or 3 days a week on my hybrid, a consideration of an electric bike would mean i could do it if its a bit windy and 3 or 4 times a week, saving fuel and wear and tear costs on the car.
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    New bike info

    Hi all New to forum tonight. Have a 7 1\2 mile commute. Up and down along the South coast so need something to get up the short sharp coastal hills. Thinking of using cyclescheme.co.uk as that is what my work use. Due to the maximum value of a £1000, I've had my eye on Carrera crosscity (fold up...