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    I need to buy a new bike.....

    .....mines still with 50 Cycles, I've no other means of transport and I don't walk too good. It's got to be a dealer close to home, this means SYEBC...18 miles from me. I've only got £1200, and that's a struggle, so it's between a Wisper 905SE and an Oxygen S-Cross CB I think that the Oxygen...
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    I'm looking to buy an Oxygen S-Cross CB

    I'm seriously considering a second e bike, I've been for a second look at the Oxygen S-Cross CB. I'm buying it from John Camm at the South Yorkshire electric bike centre which is only 18 miles from my home. I've been reading a review in the forum on the KTM E Cross P, now I'm not suggesting...
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    Freego eagle for sale with 15 ah battery sell for £150

    I have had the battery tested and it tests out at 5 amps and I'm told this will power the bike for less than 10 miles but it doesn't so something else is wrong, possibly the controller. The rest of the bike, wheels, tyres etc. is like new. ....Sell for £150 ono...collect from WF2 or I will...
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    Oxygen S-Cross CB

    Hi....I'm hoping to look at / try a bike tomorrow £1250 with a 13ah battery. ...anyone got this bike or have any views on it. ....cheers.....Mike
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    Roodog electric bike

    Hi....I'm looking to buy another e-bike, I want to keep it under 1k, I already have a Kalkhoff and I don't want another crank drive at almost 2k, and I quite fancy the Roodog tourer, reminds me of one of my earlier bikes, the Urban Mover Usprite, that had a rear hub motor and I don't recall...
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    Raising the bars on my bike

    Hi....can someone please tell me how to raise the handlebars on my Kalkhoff Tasman impulse 8 bike ? ...not as simple as you'd think. ....many thanks....Mike
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    Anyone make me an offer for my bike ?

    HI....selling my bike: It's a Kalkhoff impulse 8.....50cm frame... I bought it new from 50 Cycles mid October 2015. 50 cycles list it at £2000 + ...Cost me £1750....Since then I've done 2300 miles, I've just fit 2 new Schwalbe marathon tyres and 2 new tubes with Schrader valves. NO damage or...
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    I wonder if Flecc would be kind enough to value my bike ?

    It's a Kalkhoff impulse 8.....50cm frame... I bought it new from 50 Cycles mid October 2015. 50 cycles list it at £2000 + Cost me £1750....Since then I've done 2300 miles, I've just fit 2 new Schwalbe marathon tyres and 2 new tubes with Schrader valves. .....many thanks.......Mike
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    Roodog electric bike

    Hi....anyone got/had a Roodog e bike ? I'm looking to buy a new bike and I'm considering the Roodog tourer . I've decided to go back to a pre 1k bike, I've had a couple at almost 2k and I have not been entirely happy and selling them has cost me £1000 each time and I can no longer afford this...
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    Does anyone own a teardrop caravan/trailer ?

    Hi...till a year ago I owned a campervan, but for various reasons, not least shortage of cash, I sold it. ....now I'm considering buying a teardrop caravan or similar. We only have a small car...Hyundai i20, actually it's my wife's car, I have the use of it some 6 times a year. The last car I...
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    adjusting rim brakes

    Hi...can someone please tell me how to adjust the Magura rim brakes on my Tasman inpulse 8 ? My last bike a Kalkhoff Sahel i360 harmony had the same brakes but there was as a knurled knob below the brake lever, this was easily turned to adjust the brake. ...my current bike does not have this...
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    Best oil for bike chain

    Hi.....which is the best oil for my bike chain ? Where I live we only have a Halfords, and one assistant didn't know and another said "any will do" ....Thanks....Mike
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    "Strange" German valves fitted to Kalkhoff bikes.

    Hi....I've bought another Kalkhoff and it's fitted with the usual German valves. I don't want to change the tubes until I'm ready to swap the tyres. Can someone tell me how to inflate them ? I seem to recall I had the devils own job with my last bike ..... 'til I finally bit the bullet and...
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    Ansmann FT-11....Who's got one ?

    I'm looking for a new ebike and I'm considering the Ansman FT-11, I am not overly keen on the 27 gears, I'm 75 years old, not interested in speed, merely looking to prolong my life slightly and the 27 gears is what it is. Has any member got one? ...what kind of range do you get, I weigh 100...
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    How long to re-stitch a wheel ?

    Hi...I need to return my rear wheel to 50 cycles to have a new rim fitted. I'm 90 miles away so difficult to make the return journey twice so I'm hoping to persuade then to do the job while I wait. ....with goodwill how long will it take ? .....many thanks....Mike
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    Anyone got a Tasman Impulse 8 ?

    Hi....Yesterday I paid a visit to 50 Cycles at Loughborough, I tried the PC 10 which I liked but I also tried a Tasman impulse 8, which except for the very swept back handlebars I liked even more. Anyone got one of these ? what are your views on it ? Are these twist hub gears 100% reliable ...
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    Selling my Kalkhoff ....£795

    To give it it's full title... It's a "Sahel Premium i360 Harmony" It is exactly 12 months old, supposedly with a further year on the warranty which I think 50 Cycles would honour.... ....cost me £1650....I've done 3000 miles and charged the battery 80 times...less than 10% of expected life. No...
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    Anyone got a Raleigh Motus ?

    Hi...I'm looking for a new bike and I'm considering the RM, It's the only bike I've found that fills the criteria I'm looking for...namely..... crank drive, front suspension, magura rim brakes, derailer gears, local dealer, ...and comes in at £2000. I haven't yet seen, let alone tried one, this...
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    Make me an offer for my Kalkhoff

    To give it it's full title... It's a "Sahel Premium i360 Harmony" It is exactly 12 months old, supposedly with a further year on the warranty which I think 50 Cycles would honour.... ....cost me £1650....I've done 3000 miles and charged the battery 80 times...less than 10% of expected life. I...
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    Battery question

    11.5AH vs 17AH Does the 17ah battery offer more pulling power or does it just extend the range ? ...thanks Mike