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This will be my last post for a while. I am sure that you won’t want boring to death about every trip that I take. I rode home from work with the wind roughly behind me, but making it’s way around to my left (west). The rain was a fine mist, so I just cracked on as fast as I could. Without...

With a headwind starting at 14mph and increasing to 16 mph, and little in the way of cover, the journey to work would normally need a good reason to take the unassisted bike, but I thought that I would give in a go on The Moulton. As there is no rack on the bike yet I had to carry the rucksack...

If I go for a ride at the weekend it mostly tends to be to the ferry terminal at Laxo, where wifi is available. I don’t have broadband at my place so this is massively useful to me. The trip is 4.3 miles in a mostly easterly direction on the way out, and I would take between 25 and 35 minutes...

The trailer follows the bike brilliantly., even at 32 mph, 7 mph above the suggested limit, and being equipped with 20” wheels, the same as the bike, it runs level with a load on it.. The axle is not centred about the bed of the trailer, being slightly offset to the back, which seems counter...

The first impressions of the bike is of the helping hand you get when pedalling that so many have mentioned before. Having smaller wheels the steering is much quicker and the bike tends to be upset more by potholes that a larger wheeled bike may roll over, but there is some compensation in the...

Apologies for the quality of the photo. The bike is slowly going together. It has been datatagged, had the pedals, saddles, ePod, battery, bottle holder and mudguards fitted, but the rear one is distorted so I will need to sort that out. I took it out for a short spin today, and it is very...

This is the bare Moulton out of the box. The only difference from standard is the Bafang front hub, e-Pod mounting bracket, sensors and associated wiring. There has been a change to the fork dropout too, to handle the torque from the motor. The boxes in front of the bike includes the ARCC ePod...

ARCC’s second guess at the lead time at least proved accurate with the bike shipping within the 4 week period. TNT picked the crate up at about 5pm on a Thursday for the “overnight” delivery. By around 8am on Saturday it had arrived at Glasgow. Ominously there was a note on the tracking page...

Welcome back Will

How is the new bike going vicwo?

To be continued...

No bike ever comes in a trim that is exactly what I want, so there had to be extra money coughed up for some pedals, Ergon grips and a decent saddle. I have found the Pearl Rivet saddle (£95 from Carradice) to be about the nearest thing to comfort that I am ever going to get. It has a slot cut...

I have quite a collection of bikes, well certainly for a person who lives in a 1 bed house who has a shed that was only designed to store coal, and which has a roof that slopes down so steeply that you can’t take a step inside the shed without having to fold yourself in half. This means that my...

Brilliant - thanks

Or perhaps there should be some warning system if the motor is working outside its parameters. It can't be rocket science surely to have a warning light when the current draw is above x.

I think that it would depend on how much the satisfaction would cost you in time and money. For one failed motor that might not be a fortune, for 2, 3, 4 etc., you might change your opinion. I live on a remote Scottish island and the thoughts of warranty claims on just about anything fills me...

1. That entirely depends on whether they consider £2,000 to be a considerable sum, or it being worth their while returning the bike. On this thread people have mentioned long drives to the shop. Was there mention of an overnight stay being involved at one point? 2. Satisfied customers...

But you are not taking into account the number that have failed and are not on the spreadsheet. How many people have just dumped the bike in the shed and decided not to bother? How many people are just doing really small mileages and haven't given the motor a real test? Is it the perfect bike...

Hiring would certainly remove the risk of sorting out (potential) motor failures! At a cost of course. With the Impulse 2 motor history I would be inclined to wait to see whether the v2.2 motor is an improvement. Let someone else take the risk.