Recent content by whosjack

Hi all, Thanks for your replies. I'm not skilled or confident enough to fix the bike myself. can anyone recommend someone who can fix electric bikes? Thanks

Hi all, I have a folding biocycle and I'm based in NW London and would like to know if anyone can recommend someone who can service my bike, the electrics are a bit dodogy (mostly OK but every so often the bike sort of takes off on its own – thumb throttle connection? also it sometime sort of...

Hi all, I'm looking for someone to fit an e-bike kit that's on my existing bike onto a new bike. I have a cyclotricity kit with front wheel motor and a rack battery. Can anyone recommend someone? Thanks

I ended up converting my cheap and cheerful bike into an e-bike a year ago because...I'm 52 and a brittle asthmatic. So I would either not be able to use it at all for months on end (usually the whole summer) or everywhere I wanted to go to was too far away for my minimal fitness level. I can...

Just got back from trying a Raleigh Stow-E-Way and a Brompton. Really didn't like the brompton (never mind the price). The Raleigh was sort of OK but folding it was quite challenging and then moving it once folded fairly impossible. Going back to the idea of a small lightweight bike and putting...

Thanks for the replies! By reasoning so far... Ready made electric bike versus Converted electric bike PRO Ready made: A ready made bike is designed to be electric PRO Ready made: A ready made is easier for me (non mechanically able) CON Ready made: If something goes wrong I'm left with a...

Hi All, I've been going round and round in circles trying to decide which e-bike to get...I have a cheap crappy bike that I added an e-kit to a year ago, it goes about 30-40 miles on a charge and has a throttle, and I love it BUT it's too big, heavy and I can't get it into my flat easily and I...