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Cheers chaps. The Batavus battery is 36v 11Ah, the charger's rated at 4A and we're on 35.64/Kwh, so unless my maths is even worse than I thought, it costs us something in the order of 20p for a more-or-less full charge. (BTW, @Nealh - believe it or not, £10 or so is a lot of money to us...

Alas, I don't have one. Hence the question ... :)

We would like to work out how much it costs us each time we charge our pedelec batteries, and we know that our smart-meter display will show us the answer. However, it's a PITA trying to ensure that we don't use electric for anything else while the battery's on charge, so my question is -...

Thanks for your input, gents. I'd love to go to Riese & Muller, but alas we'd be talking around half what the two of us here live on for a year. There are indeed several bikes that tick most of the boxes. I found the same when I was looking for a replacement for our Kalkhoffs - IIRC the...

Cheers chaps, but the Wisper's out on account of it has derailleur gears. Ref the Bafang conversion, it's not more assistance that I need, it's a bike without a crossbar. Besides, I'm not interested in converting a bike: I've done more than my share of meddling with bikes over the years and I...

Following surgery, I now need to replace my trusty Batavus pedelec with one which doesn't have a crossbar. I'm mid-70s, 6ft, and do 1500+ miles a year riding for everyday transport on the road year round in all weathers. Must-haves include ... No crossbar, upright riding position Mid motor...

Ah ... I hadn't considered bleeding on account of I just associate that with sponginess. But I do have the necessary somewhere so I'll bleed the front and see if that sorts it. I'll report back in due course :)

This relates to the Tektro front disc brake on my 2020 Batavus pedelec. Brakes have been perfectly OK from new, but now when I apply the front brake, I feel a significant resistance to lever pressure after the first 8-10mm of travel (measured at the end of the lever). Once that resistance is...

Ahah! Thanks for that. Any idea whereabouts in the unit "the nylon gear" is?

Question relates to the Yamaha PW Series SE unit fitted to my 2020 model Batavus Harlem E-go. Bike was bought new 13 months ago and has 1440 miles on the clock. Some time (4-5 months/400 miles?) ago, I started noticing a very audible "click"-type sound from time to time, which seemed to come...

Wife now recommending this seatpost to another woman she knows who has similar issues ...

Just returning to say that one Suntour SP12 NCX arrived at lunchtime, was fitted PDQ with the preload set at minimum, and to my great relief we found that with the saddle as far forward as sensible, it's ended up in exactly the same position relative to the bars as it was with the original...

That's a good point. If we do get one of these seatposts, I'll certainly see if I can get hold of a replacement bolt with a security head. Maybe pin hex ...

Nope, not that one. It's the one on this page ... https://www.dutchbikeshop.co.uk/harlem-ego-electric-bike Funnily enough, there seems to be more set back in that picture than on Ann's bike, but it's chained up in the shed for the night now so I can't be sure until the morning.

Thanks for that, jodel. I see what you mean. We'll definitely have a good think about this aspect tomorrow. What's your thoughts on the spring, given that my dear wife is currently 63Kg but determined to get back to 60 before much longer? Having checked the manual to which you kindly linked...

Much obliged, jodel. Oh poo. That seems to be a non-starter on account of the "set back" but we'll check again tomorrow. Point noted about diameter, btw.

Thanks very much indeed one and all :) Right then, before I order a "Suntour SP 12 NCX 31.6 x 350" for her ladyship, can I just ask if I'm right that it should fit OK? Existing seat post is 27.2mm diameter and there is exactly 150mm between the top of the seat tube and the underside of her...

My dear wife is 60 years old and has been riding bikes all her adult life. She is generally fit and certainly not fat, but has some arthritis in her right hip. This doesn't really affect her riding (yet), but from time to time she suffers from flare-ups of tendinopathy and ischial bursitis...

GT85, primarily because with a full chaincase it's easy to apply without any dismantling. I do like the look of that Wurth stuff though. Is there anything else like it in an aerosol?

The jury's still out on that, mainly due to the difficulty I've had finding a stretch of road going downhill on which to do brake tests that has a halfway-decent surface on it! Testing in normal riding round town's been inconclusive so far on account of the influence of the substandard...