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    Where can I find this bike?

    i am sure if you ask they will oblige.....
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    Where can I find this bike?

    check out slide 21 on the presentation....you can get a cup holder......extra points if your booze lasts the length of your ride ...without drinking of course !:D
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    Powabyke help

    carlday, please see private message
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    Li-ion or LiFePo

    thanks flecc,i hope to switch from leaded to unleaded fuel as soon as my battery packs in....but these warm temperatures keep giving it a new lease of life !....Maybe i should move to Spain and it would last forever :D
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    Li-ion or LiFePo

    If i wanted one of these for a Powabyke is it just a case of putting it straight into the battery case and connecting the charger/controller or would some additional battery management be required ?
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    Make your own cycle lanes ..

    After resufacing and remarking a road in Blackburn Lancs recently the painters must have been on a bonus for painting cycles.......i think there are 6 in 30 yards....i will try to get a photo and post it this weekend...I think its a cycle lane..... :D
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    Fancy puting a nano on this bad boy?

    and here MONTAGUE FOLDING BIKES from Team Hybrid. Handcycles, Folding Bikes and Electric Bikes.
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    Powabyke warranty issues

    on the older bikes there used to be a connection from the throttle jointed on frame or near the brake cables on the handlebars...if there is just try moving it with the power on..it should have a heat shrink around it.....i came across a brandnew bike that had the fault..
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    T shirt slogan

    how about 'bike by battery' or 'pedelec power'
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    Speeding

    even better to have an illegal 'faster' ebike and clear off before they could catch you !!
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    Speeding

    gieven that the majority of bikes don't have cycle computers and it is not a legal requirement,how do people know they are travelling faster than 10mph.:confused: :confused:
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    My final word on Pro Connect wheels

    Tom i think you have treated very unfairly over an expensive item that should be repaired .. free of charge... As for the personal imformation being disclosed, that in itself should be a legal issue and i am pretty sure they could be prosecuted if you went down that line. Good luck,i hope...
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    Italian Government boost ebike sales

    maybe the government would be better thowing in £1000 of ebike into the scrappage scheme....£1000 from the dealers and the bike from the government would be a good deal...increase sales of cars and bikes and maybe get more people ito cycling......
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    Italian Government boost ebike sales

    i think some incentive is needed given that yesterday i purchased a an 11 year old Ford KA in immaculate condition,12 months mot,6 months tax,fully comp insurance with only £100 excess and the total came to £200 less than the price of a 2009 wisper......there lies the problem of ebikes....the...
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    Do you stand when you should be sitting?

    i have never stood up on an ebike,but i remember once a long time ago i did on a racing style bike and the chain came off.......it hurt....:eek:
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    hill Climbing

    and the proof of that is the washing line full of clothes at the back of my house !
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    hill Climbing

    yes...very tiring unpowered but as you say doable on an ebike...The problem with ebikes is that you get..so used to going up hills that there is always that desire to want to go faster.When you get back on a 'normal' bike it tends to bring you back down to earth.....with a crash !
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    hill Climbing

    how does it compare with mellor brow blackburn ? would you consider that a steep climb ?
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    New to E-Biking - First impressions

    don't judge them on a second hand bad experience,,,,with a new battery i think pound for pound they are one of the best value bikes around..... they can do over 30 miles and the batteries are reasonably cheap...not many bikes meet that criteria even those that are double the price...if you are...
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    New to E-Biking - First impressions

    powabyke + lead acid +drag + flat battery = even faster heart attack now thats a real equation :D