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£100 ebike comes to the rescue, again! Well this was supposed to be the triumphant return of my hard tail Haibike Yamaha, all spruced up with a new transmission, chain ring, cassette and chain, and gear cable as well as new brake pads. Three return trips to work, with my fabulous 12 mile off...

Their top picks were, The Bosch Performance Line Cruise with an intuvia display and 500Wh battery best, and the Active line plus with purion display and 400Wh battery next best. They also liked Shimano steps and Yamaha PW SE. However they also recommended the Suntour rear hub motor in the...

I love these old work horses. Unpretentious and highly functional.

I am on my third battery on the Oxygen Emate I have owned since new. The last one I bought off Ebay, listed as 15.6Ah at the beginning of April 2018 for £200 and is still performing well. The vendor I bought it from still sells similar batteries...

Hi Croxden, both your bikes are full suspension crank drive bikes that gives the wheels a much easier life irrespective of how well built they were to start with. I really like both my old Oxygen Emate rear hub motored bikes, but have had spokes break in the rear motor wheels of each. These...

Nice report StrawHatMan. Although I have never ridden one The Homage looks a very good bike, under the radar so to speak but eminently capable. The ride you describe sounds very satisfying to accomplish. Now you can plan lots of other adventures!

Sounds normal to me. As you gain experience you learn to anticipate needing to change into a lower gear, perhaps to climb a steeper gradient, and change down a gear or two just before you actually need to, so that you do not lose momentum and can keep pedaling hard as you start to climb and...

So today I have just completed 4 return trips to work and 80 miles. Early morning rides to work on the road, work in between, and then afternoon rides on the road home. Such a great bike for this task. So relaxing to ride. Some darkness, some dawn, some sunshine and today a little rain on the...

Hi Lzzyerkerslike, I got it from Garbaruk and this is the one that wore out after 3,600 miles. It was my first narrow wide chain ring and I really liked it. I have replaced like with like. Mine was a fetching green. Here is a link. https://www.garbaruk.com/104-bcd-round.html?category=1

I would speak to Oxygen, who are good, and get a few probably about 20, they are cheap, replacement spokes of the right type. You may find that spokes on one side of the wheel differ slightly from the other side, Oxygen will explain. I have two old Oxygen Emate city bikes from circa 2011 and...

Worn out consumables Last week I was looking forward to three consecutive off road rides to work on my Haibike, returning home on the road. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the 26th, 27th and 28th of May 2020. Sadly it only managed one and then only just! To be fair to the bike I do tend to...

£100 ebike comes to the rescue. Last week I was looking forward to three consecutive off road rides to work on my Haibike, returning home on the road. Sadly it only managed one and then only just! To be fair to the bike I do tend to push components right to the end of their life and in this...

That's good to hear a positive story. Understandably quite a lot of threads are asking for help with problems, giving the impression that ebikes give nothing but problems. I myself am using a Haibike Yamaha now going into my sixth year of ownership and during the warranty period was treated...

I agree, best now to fit a new chain ring, rear cassette and chain. Being a nine speed, my bike does not use the most expensive components. I know what you mean about the car. Mine has had virtually no use at all. We drive to get a big infrequent shop, and to get to the start point of some of...

Very Nice, I have just worked four days, one sat at home on stand by and the other three riding in, however, after riding in cross country on Tuesday I could tell all was not well and the chain uncharacteristically came of the front narrow wde chain ring a couple of times and then came off again...

First of all I think this sounds like a very good crank drive bike. But I also think that the posts of Lostis4d illustrate the boring importance of better research and more test rides of different types of bikes, of course not so easy during the lock down. There is a sort of assumed belief...

After fitting good quality puncture proof tyres I have got so few punctures (1) since about 2011 that the tube inside has not been something I now think too much about, although a good quality one would be my preference, but not necessarily branded. When I finally got a front wheel puncture on...

The charger for my Yamaha Haibike failed with a similar flash and loud bang that turned out to be a short circuit caused by frayed wires. In fairness to Yamaha I use my bike to commute to work and back and take my charger with me in the panniers so it leads a hard life with regular wrapping...

I got reacquainted with my super sub £100 Oxygen. I rode to work and back for three early shifts. 60 miles in total. What a lovely bike it is for commuting on the road. The simple cadence system provides full power and you add the pedal power, and whiz along on flatter gradients in a very...

Nice ride again Dom T. Shropshire is very nice. I have usually been passing through it on a motorcycle but did stay with a mate in Ludlow overnight twice, once while travelling to Anglesea on old motorbikes, and once when we met another mate the next day just outside the town and rode the byways...