Recent content by Pro-connected

As some-one who routinely uses an electric bike in Edinburgh, I'm pretty sure this will be a non-starter for at least a decade. That's not because of any of the technical or administrative reasons described above, but because there are roads in Edinburgh that the Government of Eritrea would be...

Sorry BAH48, but I disagree fundamentally. WD40 is not a lubricant! As avid completist readers of this forum may know, I acquired a Kalkhoff Pro-Connect S from another member in December 2012. On the 9th of April the chain parted going up a slight incline. After the chain was replaced, the...

I am repelled by these comments. I fail to see the 'humour' inherent in a young woman's life being cut short by 4 bullets to the head. With the honourable exception of Cyclezee, you people are sick, sick, sick.

You can estimate the monthly output from a photovoltaic panel using the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory ‘PVWatts’ online calculator. It has World-wide solar data built-in including London Gatwick. Using Gatwick data gives the following estimated monthly outputs from a 40 Watt panel...

Interesting comment to put on a cycling forum, given Britain's current overwhelming proficiency at Olympic cycling! Perhaps you could discuss 'the Olympics are not sport but a pastime for girls' with Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, MBE of this parish? BTW, South Africa are currently 87th in the...

Hi. Sorry to take so long to reply to your post but I have waiting for the Edinburgh weather to allow me to get out and acquire the data to answer your query about battery use. I have now compared both my Pro-Connect and my Pro-Connect S around a roughly 20 kilometre route around the...

Since when were the South Africans 'the greatest sporting nation on earth'? Moderately proficient in 2 sports which a very limited number of nations play, perhaps. They were 61st in the 2012 Olympic medal table when sorted by medals per head of population behind those noted sporting nations...

There's a review of the City Mantis at: City Mantis Electric Scooter : Product Review which includes this photo:- Those are not pedals, they're clearly foot rests. I can't see any way this qualifies as a bicycle.

.. and today Santa made an early delivery in Edinburgh bringing Hugh's old PCS to me. Actually it was TNT who delivered it and that was a painfully drawn-out process! Evidently TNT and I have different interpretations of the words 'express' and 'next-day'. It only required a day resting in...

I can't help feeling that President Obama is being rather hypocritical about guns given that during his first term, gun ownership in the US actually accelerated. Did you know that: 1) US citizens now own 5 times more guns than the combined armies of NATO? 2) 44% of all gun purchases in the US...

Hi. Thanks for that, but while you were away I've made arrangements to buy a second-hand Pro Connect S. The idea of having 3 Kalkhoffs is tempting, but that's probably a bit greedy!

What's the frame size? I'd be interested if it's either 55 or 60cm.

Kalkhoff Mirrors Who makes the mirrors fitted to Kalkhoffs? I can recommend them for toughness, at least. Happily cycling along on Saturday attempting a minor re-adjustment of the mirror position when I clumsily flicked the mirror out of the bar-end and onto the road. A couple of cars missed...

Specialized Expedition My experience with Brooks saddles links in with wharfitude and Biged's postings. I had a Brooks B33 on my Pro-Connect and rapidly replaced it with a Specialized Expedition saddle. A quarter of the cost and a hundred times more comfortable, plus no more excrutiating back...

How about this little beauty? (Obviously not a pedelec)!