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I do feel quite embarassed posting this extremely rudimentary question, but I just can't match up the information on the side of the tyres with information on the Wiggle website. What size innertubes do I need to buy for my Pro Connect (which has 28'' wheels fitted with 37-622 tyres) and what is...

Hi Scott, I am really enjoying my Pro Connect - it's a great product. In fact I'm enjoying it so much that I am getting through a complete battery charge every day, doing my rather hilly 13.5 mile (each way) commute to work! Obviously I recharge at work, rather than let the battery run right...

I'm about 6'3" ish and my inside leg measurement is similar to yours. I have the 57cm frame and have the saddle raised a little so that I can just touch the ground with the balls of my feet when I'm sitting on the bike. I think the 57cm frame would be fine but you'd probably find the 61cm frame...

My bike came with a very comprehensive manual in English relating to the Panasonic system, but this doesn't cover any other aspects of adjusting and maintaining the bilke. Obviously you don't expec the equivalent of a workshop manual - just the sort of basic stuff that comes with a car.

Thanks for your replies, which confirm my own feelings about the situation. Maybe I need to investigate if there is some way of avoiding this bit of road altogether. On the subject of cycle lanes - just before I get to the bit of road referred to above, which is at the Polish War Memorial...

I am having a bit of trouble with this adjustment too on my Pro-Connect. When I loosened the horizontal bolt that Flecc refers too, I found that I still couldn't pivot the bars. Behind that black cover (with the angle marks next to it), which the head of the bolt protrudes from, are two more...

Reviewer: Chris Winter Purchased From: 50 Cycles Purchase Price: £1395 Time Owned: 1 week 3 days Local Terrain: Moderate Hills ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Strengths: Quality - this truly is the BMW of electric bikes: every component is...

Just to put the record straight on this, Franklin does not say that you should never undertake (at least in the verson of his book Cyclecraft that I possess). He warns specifically that you should not undertake cars moving faster than walking pace and to watch out for car drivers signalling to...

I'm a new cyclist (if you discount the teenage years) but an experienced road user and feel that I am adapting to riding quite assertively on my 30 mile round trip to work each day (i've got the excellent Cyclecraft book, mentioned in previous posts but it doesn't seem to provide enough detailed...

I thought the stock situation had now improved but I'm afraid that many of us who now own these bikes had to endure long waits. I only got mine last week, having ordered in mid-Feb. If you look at the thread entitled "Pro Connect Ordered" you can review the whole sorry saga. Good luck - I hope...

Thanks Flecc - a little adjustment as you suggested has indeed done the trick. Symptoms previously described did not occur once on my 15 mile homeward journey. Chris

You're not wrong about the costs Bob. As a newbie to cycling myself I have so far incurred the following costs in addition to the purchase price of the Pro-Connect: Helmet £20, Fluorescent Waterproof Jacket £35, DhB Panniers £50, Abus Granit D lock £64, Pump £19, Woods to Shrader valve...

Hi Flecc, thanks for the advice. Sorry if I'm being thick but when you say "twist off the change to relax the cable" do you mean change down to 1st (remember that the Pro Connect doesn't have a twist gear changer like the Agattu). Chris

I've noticed that 8th gear on my bike seems to slip sometimes, i.e. I'm riding along in 8th and then suddenly I start hearing crunching noises accompanied by lack of solid pedalling. I can usually correct this by changing down to 7th and back to 8th again but it happens frequantly enough to be...

Hi Chris, I would have been happy to do as you you asked - but unfortunately I don't own a set of bathroom scales so I can't. The P-C seems reasonably light and manageable to me. I have just been down to the garage and tried to compare it with my son's Raleigh Urban hybrid (15" frame)...

Poppy - the point I have been trying to make all along is that you don't need to be in any major fitness league! You just have to not be in any major unfitness league. Chris

The handlebars are slightly curved but feel completely natural and are not in any way insecure. I have found pulling away quite smooth and quick, as the motor helps you most when you are turning the pedals slowly. I am usually in a high gear when pulling away on the flat, as I have found it...

Hi Poppy, Apart from the very odd occasion, I have not really done any cycling for years - but I am quite fit compared to the average 46 year old, as I run regularly. Having said that, in comparison to a normal bike, the Pro Connect is very easy to pedal and very smooth. On my first ride I...

Thanks for the info Flecc - I think that I will now return the unused slime that I have purchased from Wiggle, when it arrives and buy a spare inner-tube, some tyre levers and basic tools. Changing the tube sounds like an attractive option to me. Chris Chris

I certainly wouldn't argue with your personal experience Flecc. I think its basically all about balance, i.e. energy in versus energy out and maintaining a healthy, efficient body (capable of adapting to different levels of activity). Many people have a complete aversion to any form of...