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    Looking for a reliable ebike to do the London knowledge on, please help!

    The 500wh will take you further,there are bikes in your budget with the 500wh battery.
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    Looking for a reliable ebike to do the London knowledge on, please help!

    Make sure it has a 500wh battery and not the 400wh one that are on some Bosch equiped models.
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    Looking for a reliable ebike to do the London knowledge on, please help!

    If you want reliability then the Bosch mid drive motor and battery system are right up there,have a look at the Cube range of e-bikes because they are good value for the money.
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    My bum hurts

    A high quality carbon seatpost flexes slightly and helps absorb the vibration,also larger tyres have more air volume and with slightly lower pressure this give a better ride.
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    Not a Gtech specific thread but lets talk about dealership attitude.

    Mr Beach what have you been internationaly acclaimed for and invented,do enlighten us.
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    The dangers of buying on-line.

    Just to follow on from my previous comment the master cylinder valve seal failed on my front shimano brake after 8 months,it was a very gradual problem that became worse over a few days. Because it was the front i could remove it easily with the caliper and get a new lever fitted at my local...
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    The dangers of buying on-line.

    A similar thing has happened to me with a cube hybrid e-bike that is only 8 months old.The front hydraulic brake lever was coming all the way back to the bars and it wasn`t air in the system or the caliper. I phoned the dealer and they said to take it to a local bike shop and have a new lever...
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The bosch cx system is good but let down by poor battery capacity.Riese and muller have tried to get round it by fitting a two bosch 500w battery system that looks ridiculous. Kalkhoff have always fitted higher capacity batteries than most of the other e-bike manufacturers.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The Focus was S class and the Bosch cx has no speed limiter just to clarify so average speed would be around 24mph on both.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    I realy miss the 17ah battery that i had on the Focus with the impulse motor because in high power mode i could get 50 miles range.Now i have the Bosch CX with the 500wh battery i`m lucky to get 28 miles out of it.(same tyres,power mode and weight) Bosch realy need to up their game with the...
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The impulse motor engineers by the process of elimination must have a reliable product by now because of all the returned motors that will have been inspected. I have ridden all the popular motors and have covered a lot of miles since starting on e-bikes in 2011.From my experience i would have...
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    When i bought my Focus jarifa from Austria in 2015 it was only to save money and I had a great regret when the motor broke down after six months.The Austrian dealer didn't want to know but 50 cycles said they would help me out with a new motor.What other dealer would do that in the uk ,probably...
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The Swiss Flyer bikes still use Panasonic motors but the design looks nothing like the older motors.
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    E-bike with motors greater than 250w, speeds above 15mph and the UK police

    At the time i had a Kalkhoff pro connect S with the panasonic motor and someone who lived nearby reported me for speeding on a bicycle.I have a good idea who but i didn`t know for sure. When the police came to the house they said i had been reported for going at excess speed on a bicycle.I think...
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    E-bike with motors greater than 250w, speeds above 15mph and the UK police

    You are right because it happened to me a few years back,i was reported and had a visit from the police.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    Such a shame that Kalkhoff decided to ditch the Panasonic motor and decide to build their own through Daum in the pursuit of greater profit.A ruined reputation that will take a lot of work to regain consumer confidence. I have owned the Panasonic and impulse so i have experience of the good and...
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    E-bike with motors greater than 250w, speeds above 15mph and the UK police

    The problems will start if you have an accident involving anyone else,if you are riding illegal you will have zero insurance cover.
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    Cube c-62 hybrid elite 500wh.

    sold on ebay.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    The new Kalkhoff pro connect B10 and B9 2017 models also use the Bosch motor.
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    Ongoing reliability of Kalkhoff/Focus Impulse 2 motors

    Are the problems with the latest evo motor 2016 ?