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Cycling weekly, the highly regarded magazine for 'proper' cyclists, has chosen to produce a piece this week about the somewhat oddball one-hour trial which some readers of these pages know of. Here's a link to the article and contained in the piece, there's a couple of other links which provide...

Correct! They have improved the product slightly since its inception and for road use with woodland tracks, towpaths and the like, they are about as good as it gets for EAPC tyres. No tyre is completely impregnable but as far as I can see, MPs provide riders with the best chance of avoiding...

Now that's a smart move, I'd say, Tim. Test riding in the park and round about will be a nicer experience than Hampton Wick and will probably pull in more customers. I hope it goes well. Tom

That's a good call by d8veh as I still have them on 28" rims attached to a 2007 Panasonic drive. I have been places I really ought not to have gone on that bike but the tyres stood up to everything I have ridden over. I have no idea about mileage on that bike but the Energisers still have...

I drew attention to this bike yesterday though I'm not sure if anyone noticed or cared. For the record, this essentially new and unused bike sold for £800 a little while ago. Probably, had it been one of the current forum favourites such as a Big Bear, it would have generated a lot more...

I happened to notice this on eBay a little while ago and I can report, if it's of any help to anyone, that these Xion-powered PCs are gutsy with a surprising degree of hillclimbing ability, feeling very similar to crank-driven bikes in their power delivery. The quality of Kalkhoff frames is...

Guess this poster won't be on your Christmas card list this year then? Tom

Just because you don't believe anything this poster may have to say you mustn't be too harsh; he's training to become a politician! Tom

While it's true that some saddles are more comfortable than others, I have never yet swapped a supplied saddle for an after-market one. That's not because I am any less sensitive than anyone else; it's simply that I find one gets used to a saddle after a time with a little perseverance. Of the...

Walking is particularly painful and exhausting for me nowadays but cycling is less so. Without my EAPC, I could well be reliant on a motorised chair to get around. That prospect encourages me to cycle and to walk as much as I'm able. Not having a throttle on any of my bikes ensures I have to...

I can report that my 26v 8a battery from 2007 powering a Panasonic crank motor is down to three LEDs on the press and hold test from the five when new. That approximates to 60% of its original capacity and clearly doesn't permit long rides any more. That said, another family member is using...

When I first rode my Kalkhoff, I too was plagued by an annoying creak which turned out to be the handlebars. After tightening the four locking bolts, I thought that had cured it but unfortunately, I had only improved the situation and I still heard some creaking form time to time. Eventually...

I'm bound to say I agree with all of that but picking up on the final point, if there are cyclists who are unaware of the type of wear indicator present on their rims, they really ought to find out. Wheel collapse can be catastrophic and although rare, rim wear indicators belong in the...

Yes, those people are incredibly skilled. Many moons ago, when I earned my crust in engineering, I worked alongside men from the whole gamut of engineering skills and the guys who really impressed me most were the toolmakers and the millwrights. I'm afraid thanks to the cynical destruction of...

Oh dear Steve! As d8veh has acknowledged, water & electrickery don't make good bedfellows and I agree that the first component I would check would be the controller. It happened to one of my bikes once a couple of days after my other half had ridden through a crank-deep ford with her feet...

Ok, so you're not really heavy at all for a grown man,are you? Not enough power to enhance your ride? What do you expect from an electrically-assisted pedal cycle? If you are in your 20s, looking for speed thrills, there's opportunity for that with lightweight road bikes. Alternatively...

You must be incredibly heavy if you already know that you need 500w - perhaps you should consider a legal moped if that's the case? Many of those who read these pages are heavyweights like me but manage quite happily with 250w so I just wonder if you have actually ridden a decent EAPC. You...

Chris, if you mean my question, 'Closed to whom?', then I'm afraid you haven't answered that fully. If you and a friend are able to access those traffic-free roads, then so may other members of the public. Your illegal ebike may not be used anywhere to which the public has access. Neither...

This thread seems to have moved quite a way from what I thought was the OP's original intention. Now, we are reading about recommendations of machines that, regardless of where they are used, are illegal. All this guff about 'unrestricted' and 'off-road' has been done to death in previous...

Among many comments in various online forums as to the plausibility and star rating of the protagonists in last evening's debate, I particularly like this one: 'Farage looked like a fascist version of 'Boycie' from 'Only Fools And Horses'. Tom