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I disagree about Suntour forks, I'm not saying they are great but they are on a higher level than most Zoom forks and the unbranded forks you get for many bikes. You can also get spares for them and Suntour are the OEM manufacturer of many other brand forks. I don't know if its still the case...

Sounds like a battery issue although I guess it could be a dry joint or other issue with the controller plus of course poor contacts somewhere. 24Vx7Ah is only 168Wh which is very low capacity. I've seen a few postings where 24V batteries on such bikes don't last that long, often only 200-350...

I had a look at my local ebikes on facebook marketplace. Most are hub motor based and many are new from shops etc. There were 2 entry level Trek mid-drive ebikes and one Lapierre model. One had no selling text. This is the other two adverts (personal details removed). What is most curious is the...

That's fantastic you are adopting that cat and hope it works out well. Any chance of a picture of her? You can see my cat as he is top left of my post, that is Conker and he is a very mischievous cat.

Are the settings stored in the controller or display, I always thought it was the display perhaps I got that wrong. When you say parked what do you mean? Can you swop displays live and do the controllers hold the parameters while doing so. Is there a button sequence that takes the controller...

I was looking at simple KT LED displays and it seems to change parameters you have to use a KT LCD display and parameter transfer cable which connects both displays with a little cable going off to insert the necessary power. Anyone have experience of these. Are there easier and better solutions...

I've never owned anything Zanussi except for one item which probably shows my age, a Zanussi TV and it was great while it lasted but not that reliable sadly and when I looked inside it was very poorly made and designed. I could be wrong stating this but I seem to remember Zanussi, as is AEG...

The sort of bikes that have that are more performance bikes, bikes typically compromised a bit for the sake of achieving a lower weight or less wind resistance. Do you really need such a bike for an ebike conversion? I feel steel is the right material for an ebike, it fatigues less and is more...

I'm not sure they were good at sorting them out. I did a few Which trials and kept files of their reliability data as I thought it would be useful but for example if you rate a washing machine for reliability you have to include repair costs and the frequency of washes. I remember reading of...

I personally don't rate Which reviews I find much of them appalling. When testing vacuum cleaners they gave very high ratings for low noise and never factored in the long term cost of replacement bags for some vacuum cleaners. I've also seen AV equipment that was hopelessly reviewed because I...

Aren't all ebikes pretty much can bus? I think it just means controller area network and a bus for devices to communicate with each other and pretty much all ebikes have to do that if they have a display and controller communicating together. It can be a universal open standard. I think the...

I know Trek like Canyon have used Quest Composites to make some of their carbon fibre framed bikes, the brand even features on the Quest Composite site and its a pretty poor CF factory. I've seen some of the frames analysed on youtube by various engineers and they are poorly made. Of course...

I think Pon Holdings bought Accell and then that group was recently purchased by KKR investments or something like that of the USA. So its US owned now. These are mainly brands most of the bikes are engineered in Asia and frames etc are manufactured in Asia. In the past fuji-ta were a big frame...

I think many of the basic entry level direct drive hub motor kits like violamart have very simple logic in their controllers and were designed from the ground up to be throttle based but when they came to Europe they fitted a rudimentary cadence system which as soon as you start pedalling you...

I think the higher the pressure of the inner tube or tubeless tyre the less likely it will seal so probably makes more sense for fat bikes that run tyres at low pressure than road bikes with very high pressure tyres it will of course depend on the size of the puncture too. I sort of wonder if...

Cube is just an importer brand that buys from different factories their bikes have been shown to be both poor quality and very good quality which I guess is dependent on which factory they have used. A lot of the Bangladesh Cube bikes are a bit poor. Just yesterday there was a video from...

Extremely well engineered surely its not realistic, many such systems have had many recalls and faults. They are complicated designs and work through the drivetrain so there are many failure points, they are the performance and premium end of ebikes so are effectively a niche of the overall...

I instantly knew the saddle post was the battery by its huge size and it looks instantly to be an ebike to me as well based on the extra width of the frame. Anyone interested in stealing it will have no issues recognising it as an ebike surely. Importantly is the stem height adjustable to get a...

I agree about suspension and make that point myself frequently. The issue I have with the Fiido is where is the flexing in its design? It has high spoke count wheels with short spokes, not much flexing there, a aluminium frame and fork both look designed not to flex at all, you then have a...

I'm not keen on the D21, it seems a small cramped ebike and doesn't appear to have adjustable handlebar height, its also far more proprietary with a lot more components made from unobtainium which means in the future the bike goes straight to landfill. Also the image of ebike fires in new york...