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Just looking at that youtube image without looking at the video itself that ebike looks total garbage. It's got those proprietary low spoke wheels so heavy and as soon as they have a problem in the bin. That awful folding frame you see on many very low end bikes which are known to fail in a few...

The current model has thick 700x38 tyres and a 36 spoke wheel rear wheel plus a spring saddle. It looks a fairly robust design. If you are very heavy and carrying a lot of shopping at times then perhaps maybe think about thicker tyres and make sure you inflate the tyres so they are not so low...

I have to say I bought a voilamart kit and it was only about £100 from ebay about 2 years ago. It included brake sensors and throttle although no battery I had to buy that separately. In fact you were forced to have a throttle as the controller was an LED display with throttle combined. So a bit...

I didn't realise there was a throttle option but the fact Swytch modified the wiring to make it more proprietary so they could charge more for their own version sort of shows how Swytch think as a company forcing people to hack a standard throttle to work. Good luck to Swytch though many people...

If the Swytch kit is customised with a customised battery pack surely it would not be un-realistic to expect the controller logic to be customised too with the throttle connection either disconnected internally or the logic of the chipset simply ignoring any electrical signal from a throttle...

GDP often includes house prices and I feel that is unrealistic. All the borrowing the government has done has created a falsely high GDP and using house price inflation also factors into that. GDP is often based on how much money is swilling about in the economy as well which again is inflated...

I don't think those motors are too powerful. Sometimes the motors are sub 250W like 140-200W only peaking around 250W. The fact the wheels are so small though means the torque is amplified more. To give lower gearing you could replace the rear freewheel with something like a 14-34T freewheel...

I'm not going to defend Margaret Thatcher she was one of the worst prime ministers we have had but there are also many other factors at play. Also I'm not one to try to blame politicians for everything the British public were also a major factor too. It's a tsunami of economic stupidity.

First of all I'm not saying buy British there isn't necessarily a British option except you could use a British importer I was really making the point that excessively expensive products with poor reliability and excessive repair costs is hugely damaging to the country. A lot of people drive...

Is that a new purchase or secondhand? It does sound like secondhand as it doesn't sound like there is a lot of capacity in the battery. I don't think its a very powerful ebike anyway but still sounds too low. 1. Make sure the battery is fully recharged 2. Make sure you are in the easiest gear...

Yes you can buy a different type of stem to suit you. Firstly there are two types of stem one that works with a threadless stem on the forks and the other for threaded forks using a quill stem. I think you have the latter but you will have to check. Then for quill stems it can be a quill stem...

Are the open standard mid-drive motors that much worse that provide easy access to spares and compatibility with any battery? I just don't see the point in buying these high end garbage ebikes when there are much cheaper, more reliable and easier to fix options. It's not just bad for your...

I've seen reviews where people complained that their £80 bicycle at Halfords had a clicking bottom bracket after 6 months of use and it was clear they did no maintenance to the bike. The bike in question had a loose bottom bracket which need fairly regular maintenance it wasn't sealed. Some...

I interpreted unused as possibly a ebike someone bought and just didn't regularly use so not brand new or maybe it did have a fault or other issue as I assumed if he was given it new as a gift the text would be different.

Sounds like you are pretty much clued up how to fix issues and maintain such bikes. Many of the ultra cheap ebikes come poorly assembled but with a little bit of time can be sorted out to a good standard and made very usable and reliable. I personally would not buy an ebike with joke suspension...

If its not mail order and needs to be £1000 or less I guess you are in the territory of Halfords, Decathlon, Evans, Argos, Go Outdoors and maybe one or two others that aren't in my area. When I've gone into local independent bike shops I don't see many £1000 or less ebikes and when I do they are...

I can't see you having any difficulties you sound already quite skilled and familiar with bicycle standards. At worst you might have to change the axle on the replacement wheel from QR to bolted if the rear dropouts don't really support a quick release very well and you get any movement under...

I assume it would be legal to tow to a location and then charge the battery while stationary. I mean small petrol generators aren't too heavy and if you took it to a campsite to power devices as well as charge the ebike batteries. I was only curious about what law the police would get you on if...

What is the legality of towing a petrol generator in a small trailer to charge a second battery that could be used to power the ebike later? Just curious. I have no plans to do so but just wondered about it. Could you effectively have a petrol powered ebike legally without registration and...

Oh I wasn't saying that all frames will fail at 7-10 years I'm saying the certification is based around a minimum lifespan of that time. There has been Decathlon frames fail within only a couple of weeks with the Rockrider recalls and other frames in their range collapsed but other frames seem...