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    petition to increase the speed limit

    You didn't answer the question. How much did they cost? Then as a supplementary question what would 2.4KWh of solar cost to have installed now? I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile for me to do it.
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    petition to increase the speed limit

    How much did those solar panels cost & what is their lifespan?
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    petition to increase the speed limit

    I'm with you 100%. I don't see any need to increase the assisted speed limit beyond 25kph. It's plenty fast enough. If you want to go faster on two wheels get a speed pedelec or a moped or a motorbike.
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    Genuine company from Germany ?

    The Consumer Rights Act (formerly Distance Selling Regulation ma) allow you 14 days after delivery to return it for a refund for any reason at all. If they won’t play ball then .ask your bank to do a chargeback.
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    length of lockdown?

    That figure the case fatality rate (CFR) is wildly skewed because the people who mostly get tested are those who are sick enough to need hospital admission. There has been more testing in other countries of those with mild or no symptoms so the CFR is much lower there eg Germany or US.
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    Puncture on rear wheel on electric bikes!

    That lukewarm review is from 3 years ago. The tyres are pricey at £90 a pair. https://www.geckorubber.co.uk/how-to-buy---fit.html I can recall seeing solid tyres on the market in various gaudy colours 25-30 years but they never seemed to take off. I'm tempted to try a pair of the Gecko tyres...
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    Puncture on rear wheel on electric bikes!

    You will also need a penknife or pair of scissors to cut the punctured tube in half to get it out of the tyre.
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    Bosch Cobi or Garmin 830

    Me neither. I don't care about my cadence or heart rate. I'm using an iPhone 6s Plus with Maps, Google Maps, Bikemap etc The only issue is battery life while using GPS as it's only 2.5-3 hours which is OK as we never go for rides longer than a couple of hours & I keep a £10 10000mAh USB power...
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    Bosch Cobi or Garmin 830

    OP. The "single point of failure" problem of mid-motor eBikes especially those with Bosch motors is only much discussed on Pedelec by @Andy-Mat who has a bee in his bonnet about this. There are many happy mid-motor & Bosch owners. I have no dog in this fight as all 4 of our eBikes have hub...
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    Chain lube

    I can recall immersing the chain of my 125cc D1 BSA Bantam in a tin of hot chain grease that I boiled up on the stove (this wasn't so popular with my mother though:))
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    Genuine company from Germany ?

    Looks very dodgy indeed as they are also operating out of a UK front https://www.bikester.co.uk/ortler-gotland-trapeze-black-matt-1122818.html & a Swedish front https://www.bikester.se/ortler-gotland-trapeze-M801644.html?vgid=G1122818&eqrecqid=f98e7140-a093-11ea-a7c3-a4bf0128f3e6 & a Dutch...
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    Tingling hands

    I had the pleasure of seeing him play a couple of gigs in the 1970s. I also had the good fortune to catch the final gig of the farewell tour of The Magic Band playing the music of Captain Beefheart led by John French alias 'Drumbo' in 2017.
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    Tingling hands

    I was getting quite uncomfortable numbness & tingling in my wrists & fingers while riding my Boardman hybrid flat narrow bars but now get none at all as I have just bought an old Woosh Sundowner which has wider swept back bars & a nifty adjustable stem that allows height & fore/aft adjustment. I...
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    HELP!!

    I carry a couple of Gaadis & a large pair of scissors in my paniers but happily so far have not needed to use them.
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    Why so few hub geared bikes with belts ? Looking at Kalkhoff

    I took the Woosh Sundowner out for a 22 mile ride yesterday & on my return there was one third battery left according to the meter so it looks like the battery isn't in too bad shape. After we stopped halfway I encountered an Error 23 which some quick Googling revealed could be a disconnected...
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    Why so few hub geared bikes with belts ? Looking at Kalkhoff

    A Santana or Big Bear would be £1000-£1100 so even with a re-celled battery I would be saving money plus most importantly at the moment I can’t buy a Santana or Big Bear for immediate delivery. We paid £450 a few months ago for my partner’s Woosh Petite via a customer advert on the Woosh...
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    Being given the runaround by a bike shop

    Personally I would never have ordered & paid for a bike 4 months before the promised delivery. A week or 2 is OK maybe a month at a stretch but 4 months is taking the ****. At most I would have a small refundable deposit if there was no other way of getting the particular model I wanted.
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    Why so few hub geared bikes with belts ? Looking at Kalkhoff

    In the end I thought that £500 was a fair price. It might have only cost £699 new but there aren't any new ebikes to be had for that price nowadays except apparently the Kudos Safari & this is a lighter & arguably better bike. We have also had great experience with service from Woosh. Southend...
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    Why so few hub geared bikes with belts ? Looking at Kalkhoff

    I am now the happy owner of a Woosh Sundowner for £500. It looks brand new without a mark on it with only 98 miles on the clock. It must have been stored in a spare bedroom for the last few years. It doesn't have a belt drive but it's almost exactly what I wanted in a bike. Oddly it's missing...
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    Why so few hub geared bikes with belts ? Looking at Kalkhoff

    I had a reply to my email. They still have stock in silver or black but only 43cm frame size which is a bit small for me.