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It looks great Flecc - I don't pretend to understand the finer technical detail but I am (as ever) in awe of the depth of your knowledge and its practical application. We are lucky to have you, for both your patient responses to our endless questions here and for your contributions to wider...

£50 :eek: not 50%, befor we all get carried away and order another bike! As flecc says, enter 'pedelecs' in promo box. It's shown in the header bar on some pages on the forum (this one, 'create a reply', for example).

Yeah, I'm with Beeps - I tried spd pedals on my ordinary bike and they were ok if everything was going well and I had time to plan the release.... But when a child shot out in front of me, my feet tried frantically to hit the deck and I keeled over sideways into a bush. SO embarrassing! :o...

At the risk of going off on a slight tangent, remember that drivers will see someone wearing fluorescent/reflective clothing around 3 seconds sooner than someone in mufti. And studies in New Zealand (of motorbikes) show that you run 37% less risk of injury if you're wearing hi viz. Gotta be...

Hi Thomas I'm a recent convert to e-biking and I appreciate your dilemma about price. The dam' things do seem ferociously expensive! I gave very serious consideration to the izip as a cheap and cheerful (they were available for £299 then) introduction to the scene, but was a bit...

Hi David, I've had my sprint for oooo, 3 weeks now so I'm nearly an expert ;) - I use it for a 7 mile round trip, mostly flattish but a couple middling hills each with a short steepish section. I'm entirely unfit, 40's, and umm, fattish! I ride so that I make some effort (not too much!) and...

Hi, yes, I bought the cyclaire rapid the other week after my first puncture cos I had been reduced to carrying around a car footpump (don't laugh!) for a bit while I waited to see if my first ever puncture repair had worked. (It had :) ). Anyway, I really like it, it's pretty small in the...

Oh well, maybe that explains why I found myself exceeding the speed limit the other day as I whizzed down the steepest part of my ride :D

Does the sprint motor cut out at 15mph too? I've been happily pootling along on my new toy for the past couple of weeks, putting in some VERY minor effort in 5th or 6th out of it's 7 gears and cruising at 16-18 mph. OK this is on the flat, but as I've mentioned before, I'm not particularly...

Thanks Ian, I'll keep that in mind. Still gonna put off the dreaded moment of wheel removal for as long as poss! :)

Frame lock a bit problematical for a sprint! Hi well, I have my bike (lovely!) and I have fitted the frame lock but - it's not ideal. I had to undo the mudguard to squeeze the lock through the frame on the inside of the triangle-thing bit, above the chainguard. It does fit through...

STILL excited, but... ... first puncture yesterday - absolutely EVIL iron-hard thorn about 1.5cm long. :mad: Fortunately it happened just outside my destination so I was able to pump up the tyre with a car footpump before my return journey and the slime I installed the day before kept me...

... there didn't appear to be a "gloating" thread so I thought I'd start one. :D Just got my sprint this morning, charged up the battery, and have just done the 8-mile round trip to see the horse (actually, only 7-and-a-bit miles due to a handy cycle-only cut-through). Now, this is the...

Hi Mike, that's the one I ordered in the end cos further inspection seemed to suggest that the cable bit was a seperate item and wasn't integrated like on the SL7. Thought I might as well just use a lassoo cable. In fact, I have it the lock sitting in front of me, it arrived this morning...

... or is it just me? I was browsing the selection of saddle bags (displacement activity during the waiting-for-bike-to-arrive period) and I just can't shake the image... Topeak aero wedge bag - it's Blackadder's Black Russian codpiece. Surely?! Take a look... Bags - Saddle | Cycle...

Thanks Ian, that's very helpful, looks like I should be able to squeeze sone sort of fitting for the click-lock below the carrier attachment. It would be really handy if there was a gallery of bike shots on the forum, cos as I said earlier, decent pictures of the sprint (and presumably other...

Thanks Flecc, think I'll give it a punt, and try and convince myself it has a certain agricultural chic! :D I'll let you all know if it's goer.

further digging reveals it ain't rocket science - it appears to be attached with a kinda glorified plastic jubilee clip, thus: http://www.allesvoordefiets.nl/Tipsentrucs/Basta%20Click_MTB.pdf Easy to cut off the frame but the bike still won't go anywhere cos it's trapped in the rear...

ummm - it's me again. :o It's more or less the same question as last time, but I found this AXA-BASTA Click 2 PLUS : £32.00 : ACCESSORIES : Locks - Shackle Locks - Bicycle Workshop. Londons bike repair specialist on my googling travels. (hope the link works - not tried this before)...

Thanks guys, better move onto plan B. For anyone who is interested, you can get the lock + cable combo from a dutch supplier on ebay, think it works out about £20 delivered to uk. Obviously I can't vouch for the supplier since I didn't actually buy it, my finger was trembling over the 'buy...