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Hello Hillside I recently tried the UM36 in the Alps and didn't think that its climbing ability was good enough. I posted a review on the main forum page UM36 first impressions. For a bit more, you could get a second hand Flyer. Try their website (in German), where there are usually 5 to 10...

What a pathetic cop-out! If they can't give definitive advice, what are they being paid for?

I wanted to get fit by combining seeing the mountains and having a reasonable level of activity in the summer. But without over-doing it (climbing very steep slopes at 1500m and above). I saw some electric bikes for hire in a local ski shop a few months back and it seemed like the perfect...

Beg your pardon, Flecc - their shortage must be caused by something else then.

I think "elastic" is putting it mildly. However, I also think that whatever has been delaying deliveries not just of Kalkhoffs but of other similar crank-assisted bikes across Europe (eg Sparta Ions and Flyers) may be easing up a bit. After all, summer is almost over (well it feels like it...

It sounds like you need to go to Germany or Switzerland for one of their high speed specials and bring it back on the roof of the car. To use off road, of course.

I've read it too and I'm sure that you're right. It doesn't reflect at all well on them to be slagging off their customers.......allegedly. Looks like a Ratner moment.

Urbanmover problems I had no idea until I read mcrosby's post on customer service that there were such bad problems in the UK. There is a Swiss distributor for Urbanmover but I don't know how well set up they are. One has to assume that hire shops know what they are doing and the people...

Extraenergy 2008 conclusions The Extraenergy test 2008 says that the Flyer T8 is the touring-suited city pedelec against which others should be judged, although they thought the price was high. They also liked the Pro Connect although the ride on broken ground was hard. The Raleigh Leicester E...

I hadn't heard that one. Is that all Flyer distributors, do you think, or have you just got a particularly good one?

Rented From: Philippe Roux ski shop, Verbier, Switzerland Rental Price: about £25 a day Time Rented: the day Local Terrain: Mountainous I'm posting here rather than in owner reviews, as I don't think a few hours' rental usage is a fair test...

Despite Bob Cratchit being away, the cheque for my returned deposit has arrived and is now on its way to my bank.

Thanks for the suggestion Django. That is my backstop.

That doesn't make any sort of conventional business sense. Why would you underprice something that is as rare as rocking horse manure? Unless cash flow from deposits has, ahem, an allure that it would be entirely inappropriate for me to speculate on. I have given 50 Cycles until Monday to sort...

I forgot to say - I'm told that 50 Cycles's answer to Bob Cratchit will be back with quill pen and abacus, ready to dust down the old pedestal desk on Monday. I wonder what the back office makes of the front office taking money by credit card, and so quickly, too? All this new technology must...

According to the 50 Cycles website, it should be in stock in June....er, perhaps they mean next year? I'm still waiting for a refund of my deposit on a cancelled Pro Connect. Even though I paid by credit card and asked for a refund nearly two weeks ago, I'm told (today) that they only repay...

That's the one!

Me too please, Verbier, Switzerland (bottom left) Beanie101

It's fixed to the roof rack, so just the reverse of what I did at the beginning of the journey :rolleyes:

Electric bikes are heavy, even without the battery, and the only way I can transport mine (when it arrives) is on the car roof. I don't have a towbar and I'm told that the rear-mounted kind of rack is unsuitable for my car. A simple block and tackle system would be a cheap and cheerful...