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All the raving about the Smart e-bike made me relook at this bike to see if I had missed something. I first rode one of these bikes at Eurobike and really wanted to like it,with Mercedes support and built by Grace I thought it would be a quantum technology leap forwards. The styling was quite...

Hillclimbing.......Kudos Tornado Ride to work......Kudos Rapide Folder...............Kudos Secret Step Thru..........Kudos Sonata Value.................Kudos Tourer First Bike............Kudos Cobra Comfort.............Kudos Liberty/City Tall guy..............Kudos Typhoon Small...

?......THEY LOOK GOOD IN TESTING!.........hehe

We get asked the same questions a hundred times a day...and I give pretty much the same answers. How far does it go....depends how much pedal power you input,what is the terrain,how much you weigh,how big is the battery,eco or turbo PAS setting....but with average rider,average power...

One of the downsides of e-bikes is the difficulty of replacing a punctured tube without the effort of removing the wheel,getting past the derailleur or hub motor can be difficult. A plug to isolate the rear motor helps but it's still a big roadside task. I saw at the NEC cycle show a tube which...

The NEC Cycle Show is on next week,24-27 September....there is a section devoted to e-bikes.....from memory Batribike,Raleigh,Haibike,Reise n Muller,Kalkhoff,Roodog,Kudos,Freego,KTM plus others....Kudos,stand J151 will have the full range of Kudos plus some KTM e-bikes. It is the best show of...

Most regular readers is this forum know that I use my own product...an interesting point about these Lithium batteries. My Kudos Secret bikes have an 8 Ah LiMn04 battery,the batteries are left for long periods uncharged but never allowed to completely discharge. After 3 months of non usage we...

The next few months are an awkward time of the year to have much choice in buying a pedelec. Importers are sorting out their new models for delivery early 2016, the big manufacturers have released their new models for delivery late 2015,early 2016. The autumn tends to be a quiet time of the year...

I think that most of the forum are aware that full speed throttles (those that throttle up to 15.5 mph) will be illegal on bikes bought after January 2016,unless the bike has type approval. Ironically the big European manufacturers often sell e-bikes with type approval, but regs on mainland...

Kudos have for sale a couple of interesting bikes,we are currently clearing our test and/or ex demo bikes. Bike 1 is a 20" direct drive,lithium battery e-bike. This bike is similar to the bikes bought 20 million a year and used by 100 million Chinese to get to work. These bikes are simply...

We loaded on e-bay today an ex demo Kudos Tourer....to be honest I questioned whether it should be an e-bay auction sale,it is used but only done 73 miles of light demos,a quick glance it looked new. If the Kudos Tourer is a suitable bike this will be a good buy. KudosDave

Am off to the Eurobike show,August end. It will be interesting if the strength of the pound against the euro reveals a number of new e-bikes out of Europe at lower prices. China seems to have bottomed out in terms of cost prices but the bigger manufacturers are upping the quality of parts which...

There seems to be a trend towards bikes (e-bike or non assist) with big fat tyres. Are these a fashion trend or is there any point? I suspect Eurobike will be full of them. Would any Pedelec member wish to buy one? KudosDave

Every e-bike manufacturer and every motor manufacturer seems to invent a new battery shape. This is a nightmare to try and stock spare batteries for importers and retailers. I don't exaggerate that there is over 100 different shapes,capacities and connectors. It is about time that some...

Has anyone ridden a bike fitted with the Shimano Steps system or an impartial bike test? KudosDave

Last minute decision to put some e-bikes on our stand at the National Kit Car Show,Stoneleigh Park,near Kenilworth,the show starts tomorrow,Sunday May 3-May 4. We only are showing 4 bikes...the Kudos Rapide,Sonata,Tornado and Secret and there is no test track. But if you are local you are...

Whilst I was attending the Canton Fair I decided to have a look round the bike area,mostly e-bikes. The bike section of the fair seems to reduce every year,I think the bigger bike suppliers prefer Taipei or Shanghai (which is in a couple of weeks time). To be honest I didn't see much new,there...

Manufacturers have descriptions such as CKD,90 per cent,98 per cent. These shipping terms are somewhat not understood, CKD means 'completely knocked down',ie in bits....most e-bikes are not shipped this way but some normal bikes can be,to be assembled in the receiver country. 90 per cent,is...

There are some products being sold out of Hong Kong that are so cheap that it is questionable how they do it? I recognise product that I know the price in China and yet these companies can sell one-offs cheaper than the product is sold for in China. Obviously the initial reaction is that the...

I am interested in others attitudes to the upcoming government's workplace pension deal. The stakeholder pension,some 15 years ago,was a flop so the government are backing this with celebrity led TV advertising but what few realise is that employers are not allowed by law to 'induce' employees...