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I am in the middle of a six day pattern of work with all journeys so far done on the sDuro with 70 miles under my wheels and another 70 to go. You will be pleased to hear Eddie that my bike got completely filthy today on my off road route to work today and I also got severely rained upon on my...

Might even be better stevieb! I have an Oxygen Emate city that was much more capable than it had any right to be off road although it was too high geared for difficult hill climbs, though your Oxygen Mountain bike has a more powerful motor and more appropriate gearing. I now also have a yamaha...

Hi Eddie, sorry to hear about your rambler issues. When out on the North Downs I can have the same issues. I have an old fashioned bicycle bell (£5 from Halfords) that I ring when approaching walkers in either direction but always when approaching from behind and have had some really nice...

Like you Flud I test rode both the Bosch and Yamaha haibikes off road and preferred the Yamaha. The Yamaha motor felt slightly stronger and I preferred the way the power was there straight away with no delay. On paper at that time the Yamaha had a bit more torque than the bosch. I found the...

Yes, a standardised way of measuring an electric bikes torque figure would make comparisons easier and more relevant.

I rode to work and back on Monday and Tuesday. I saw -3 on the night time Monday return trip, and got considerably rained upon on the Tuesday night return trip. I took the car yesterday but hope to be back on the bike today, if the weather isn't too wet.

Looks really nice. But the Bosch/Yamaha systems put out up to 80Nm of torque not 60Nm.

I have a friend who loves to ride his 1955 Triumph motorbike rather than mothball it in the garage. His attitude is that he loves to ride it and can always rebuild it again! No point having that Lycan not being used, much better to get out there and ride it. You know you want to. As my friend...

Just a quick update. As of today my mileage has increased to 2350 and with a maximum of 6 more trips to work and back I look like completing just shy of 2500 miles for my first year of ownership. Apart from replacing things that have every right to wear out when you ride half your miles off...

And here was I thinking you had a fetish for wet mud Eddie. Don't go pretending you like dry conditions,no one will believe you!

It might be cold but spring is on the way KTM 1964 on top of the North Downs (I know it does not have a motor!) View towards Newlands Corner from The Pilgrims Way on the approach to Newbarn Farm Albury Church Warren Lane overhanging tree View towards Blackheath Forest Cottage adjacent to...

Hi all, I have now added just over 700 miles to the bike since filing the front chain ring to cure the chain suck and it is still working well. I did make one other very gentle filing adjustment to make sure the teeth were not hooking. I also needed to change the rear cassette after a re...

Blimey Eddie, it should feel like a new bike. All ready for the spring and summer! Henry. After my trip on the 1964 I did three consecutive trips to work and back of about 70 miles on the Haibike sDuro including a wicked off road steep down hill blast where I probably sound like a runaway train...

Hi Eddie, I took my 1964 out the day before yesterday on that favourite ride of mine up to St Martha's Church on the North Downs that I posted pictures of on page 69 of this thread and you commented on the unbelievable dryness. I have to agree that the 1964 is a really good hard tail and I...

Hi Eddie, I rode on Wednesday morning along the River Wey from Godalming to Guildford and found a lot of frozen solid mud sections with lots of ridges and wash board effect as you describe, however the cold sunny morning with views over the adjacent meadows was fantastic. Coming back the same...

Hi Eddie, lies damn lies and statistics, but your stats show the conditions must have been very draining. Still a little bit more daylight every day now!

Hi Eddie, the nice thing about Surrey is that although there is plenty of mud and water to be found, you can also choose to mostly avoid it by riding the more sandy areas that drain really quickly, and this route getting you high up onto the North Downs does that. This was only a short circular...

I did one of my favourite rides today, one that can be very challenging on a normal mountain bike, but almost too easy on the sDuro Haibike. View to St Martha’s across the valley from the Downs Link Path climbing from Great Tangley Manor Farm. Can you make out the church on there yonder hill...

I got my 650b marathon plus tyres (March 2015 model) on my sduro Yamaha fitted from new from Martin at ebikeshop in Farnham who I live close to but does a lot of mail order business. On my 26'' befang hub bike I used Specialised Crossroads Armadillo Tyres and found them really good, hard...

Hi Eddie, I experienced that when I used to run many moons ago and the solution was a liberal application of Vaseline before you set out. Challenging conditions. Good pictures. Everything will need a good clean after that ride.