Recent content by Vennwood

Some 8 months on and I thought I would update my thoughts on the Haibike. Well I'm pleased to say all is still well and after a little over 1500 miles nothing has fallen off. The range is fairly constant at between 40 and 50 miles between charges (depending on how many hills I climb) I have...

I must be getting old as I always thought that the best way to build up a business was to offer good service through a friendly and helpful manner. Certainly the comments from dealers or friends of dealers on this site have not endeared me to or persuaded me to buy from any of them. That said...

Yes I've noticed recently there are good deals to be had at home but at the time I was looking to buy there was utter derision at the thought with the best offer was to throw in a bell or something. I find it very amusing that one sentence in a review should cause so many comments when the...

Hi EddiePJ The Haibike just gets better every day. I try and get out two or three times a week and loving every minute. Done around 300 miles so far and touch wood the only problem has been a loose bolt on the seat. I haven't experienced any undue noise from the Yamaha when under load as...

Totally agree Michael - its the strength of the pound that makes the difference and in my case brought a model that was out of my price range back into contention. I guess also many dealers both here in UK as well as Germany are starting to discount to clear stocks in preparation for the 2016...

I agree that was an issue for me but managed to get around it using Bing and Google translate. If you ring them though some of the staff do speak English. Once I found what I wanted I emailed them and they usually replied within an hour or so.

Don't understand you John. My figures above are DIRECTLY from each web site and the exchange rates are there for all to see. The bike you quoted earlier doesn't have a price on it as its out of stock so I don't see how you can make any comparison on that model at that site. I guess if you can...

I don't want to get into yet another discussion over where to buy Each to their own I did my deal and that is nothing special others can do their own deal. However if you look at their web site you will see the Trekking RC is listed at €2339 now when I went to school with an exchange rate of...

www.badbikes-online.de - they had a promotion on last month celebrating 10 years in the business - not sure if its still on but you can ask. Great people to deal with but you may have to use Google translate when emailing Maik. If calling ask for Thomas as he speaks good English

The Haibike arrived on 6th July and I'm extremely pleased with it. The Yamaha crank drive is wonderful. Loads of torque at the start and acceleration takes you by surprise. It climbs hills effortlessly so the tendency is to forget to change gear. The ride is a bit different from my old MTB (a...

It has been a few years since our last foray into electric bikes and to be fair a lot has happened since then. New companies have entered the market and battery technology has come along in leaps and bounds. We have been using our standard bikes more and more over the years however age and...

Absolutely not true - I'm not focused on anything just trying to learn from past mistakes and so far not impressed with your "proper e-bike dealer" Perhaps its time to move on as its starting to appear to be a "dealers site"

If they all go back to Bosch for repair - does it really matter if the BMW dealer has the experience or not. In some cases sales and service dept of bike dealers are not always up to speed. However again the discussion centres around the ability or not on BMW being able to service these bikes...

BMW e-bikes are centered around the London Park Lane dealership who appear to act as the importer I guess. Its true that not every dealer stocks them but I found several that do - Bournemouth for example have them in stock as did the JKC dealership. I contacted my local dealer who didn't have...

Crikey this is a trip down memory lane - its all coming flooding back