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I'm afraid the Powacycle has a chainwheel assembly with integrated sensor so it would not be simple to fit a larger one. It's not impossible though as Flecc pointed out the last time this came up - see here!

It's a funny little discussion, and it's not really core to this thread on the Powabyke! I think everyone seems to agree that we don't like really ugly bikes with big fat tubes and ugly distractions on them! The confusing bit is that Maca44 keeps saying they look old fashioned - but actually...

It would cost a bit more to add extra gears to the Powacycle, or to increase the gear range. There are no easy options to give a really good solution for the back, as the obvious solution - replace the installed 14-28 tooth freewheel with something like an 11-34 - is no longer possible because...

Many of the bikes made thirty years ago were real beauties! Light and responsive machines with slim but strong Reynolds steel tubing. Brakes were ok but gears weren't as good - no indexed shifting. Far nicer to look at than a lot of the heavy lumps of today! As it happens, a few weeks...

The Tongxin motor is IMHO potentially by far the best hub motor on the market because it offers negligible rolling resistance and is extremely small and light - so you almost don't know it is there when it is not operating. A bike with a Tongxin can be ridden pleasurably as a normal bike in a...

Obviously the exact length needed depends on your rim. I can tell you the approx length of mine when I get home. The chap who built mine into a wheel had no trouble getting them. I didn't ask where he got them from but I know SJS does a wide range of lengths which others have used for...

Yes - of course you would have had to do that to put a front motor in the back! I've not read your site for a while; I shall have a look...

John, the only controversial point in your post above would be 'one of'! Unfortunately putting a the Tongxin in a rear wheel with decent gearing would be a challenge. They do a threaded motor but it is centred on the axle (possibly needs to be because of their two-part axle). This, and...

Apart from the black and grey stripes on the frame, it looks quite like a Synergie Mistral. They do them in that bright blue, with those sliver batteries.

I certainly agree with this too! Adressing Mr Ching's point directly, there's no doubt that Ezee bikes do have higher end components. I'm not convinced that they all add to the quality of the bike, however. I believe that, for most electric bike riders, the more basic bits would do just as...

Probably right, Poppy. Many of them never get used, of course!

I think you will be ok John because you will always be one jump ahead! By the time they catch up with you, you will have sold the offending illegal, dangerous and unethically imported and retailed bike on and have moved on to the next one!

I use Memory Map software on a Mitac Mio pda. There is a mount specially designed for this model which grips it very firmly and it never falls out. It's the same cradle as the car mount with a handlebar clamp instead of the flexi-arm and suction cup. It actually works pretty well. I bought...

You don't actually need to go through the auction - just send Ping an email saying what you want and he'll quote a price!

Yes, have a think about what range you need and what weight your're willing to carry - which will depend on how you're mounting the battery. I put my range down to high speed, but your comments are interesting, John. This is a 20mph+ bike so the wind resistance is much higher than at say...

There are always exceptions, but unless you do something really out of the ordinary to protect it, then yes.

None whatsoever! I rode it in some very dirty weather last winter and it was fine. My wife took it through a snowstorm in Kent last easter with no problems! If there were to be any what would probably happen is it would just cut out until it dried.

I'd advise against kerb bumping with any electric set-up, especially a kit!

Peej, Thanks for your comments. Good to hear you're getting good performance from your set-up. As Flecc says, you could use any size battery but the range you'll get could vary a lot depending on your own usage conditions and the power of the kit. I've got a Ping 10Ah, and am thinking...

Happy anniversary, John You've had your Wisper even longer than me. My anniversary is another month away. I can echo a lot of what you've said. In the last year I've lost a similar amount of weight, feel a lot fitter and got much more into cycling, and my Wisper has been a big help...