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I think your calculation is the wrong way round - a motor geared for 11.5mph in a 20 inch will be slower in a 16 - I make it 9.2mph, and would have correspondingly higher torque (my suggestion would be quite different from the Nano Brompton, which was not undergeared). I do agree that a...

Phil, I'm assuming your friend is not looking for high speed on the flat. Given the terrain, there probably isn't that much flat anyway, and he can get all the speed he can handle on the downhills without the motor needing to contribute. Therefore one option would be to have a highly...

Here's a picture. I think his has a few more rough edges and workarounds, but the riding position appears similar. In his description he says that he arrived at this design to provide a comfortable posture and load carrying capacity And this is the endless sphere thread in case anyone...

Afraid that was a 2007 bike so, depending of course on the rules, wouldn't be eligibile! Nevertheless you are kind to mention it. I felt it was ahead of things when I put it together just over a year ago, essentially giving the same performance as the 'fast' wheel which the Cytronex guys...

My first thought was that it reminded me of the semi-recumbent that Justin L-E rode across Canada on in the summer, which he said was comfortable, and, given his length of journey, I was happy to believe him! I've never ridden anything like that so no personal experience to go on, but...

Very good, John! we have to remember it's just a bit of fun! I think in practice people are likely to vote for whatever bike has been the best bike of their 2008 - in many ways irrelevant to them if it was launched a week or two years before they bought it - and who is to say that is wrong...

Danny - fyi the winner was actually launched in 2007. [shouts of 'stewards enquiry' in the background...!]

Danny, To make you feel better, I managed to change the rear tyre on my wife's Powacycle (a Windsor, essentially the same as a Salisbury) by loosening the wheel nuts and easing the wheel out of the dropouts. I managed to work enough space to squeeze in a Marathon Plus - a bulky tyre. I...

You may want to read this thread on a successful implementation in a 20" wheel recumbent

Good plan - here's my vote!

In which case, why did Mr Ching appoint them if they don't know what to do? Don't say it was because Tony C. didn't return his call...!

I've not noticed any falll-off approaching top speed, although I'm not really the best person to comment because on my motor top speed is around 24mph so it doesn't get exceeded too often, and my controller is a third party one, not a Tongxin original.

I don't believe that if Cyclepoint had asked AtoB to update that, they would have refused, which supports the view that either the Cyclepoint guys have no clue about how to promote their business on-line, or are not bothered about doing so. Odd! Out of curiousity, and also to give them a bit...

Maybe if they'd tried a few, one of them might have worked!

That's probably right, but you could almost forgive someone who is a real enthusiast and who happens to identify a winning product way ahead of anyone else. From the outside it would appear that the guy who is described as Tony's partner and who supposedly brings the business brain to the...

Keith, maybe winding-up the torch would keep you warm even if the waistcoat didn't!

Funny isn't it. I'm sure he has had his frustrations with controller issues and other things, but you have to think that to have been first to market in the UK with a product with the strengths of the Tongxin motor had to be a better opportunity than Tony made of it. Look at what Mark from...

Daz, Sounds like you need one of these: Frank

Interesting that Brompton has made contact with Tongxin. Maybe something a bit more robust and available than the Nano kit might come out at some point. I agree its a shame that the Brompton forks can't accomodate the slimmer motor without modification, but presumably widening them to take...

I remember there were reports of problems with the 160 about a year ago, which led some people to go for a 175 in 700c wheel. What the issues were or how extensive they were or if and when they may have been sorted out, I don't know. I've not heard anything else. In general the Tongxin...