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Woosh offers test rides from its premises in Southend in Essex, but is really a direct sales company. That partly explains the price, although the bike bits are fairly basic and the electric bits are budget Chinese. I wouldn't recommend them for heavy use, but your commute of three miles each...

Hopefully the increase will price out some buyers and save them from buying an unreliable ebike.

The good news is your budget is plenty for the job. The possible bad news is that an ebike may not be suitable for the job. Some effort will be required, so it comes down to what you mean by the motor needing to do the 'vast majority' of the work. You certainly need to avoid bikes with torque...

Only by the monopoly Bosch has on their production. Having said that, Bosch batteries do seem to last well, mine are showing no discernible loss of capacity after close to four years. If a cheaper battery conked out after two or three years as some seem to do, the overall cost of the Bosch...

I suspected that might be the case. I once had a chat with an endurance cyclist who was wearing a solar panel on his back. He told me that in good conditions it would put a bit of charge into his iPhone, but not much else. Pointless for most of us, but he was cycling across continents and the...

Schwalbe would give you an argument about that. The main reason cyclists believe narrow tyres roll better is because narrow tyres run at higher pressure. But comparing a wide tyre at the same pressure as a narrow one, the wide tyre will roll better. http://www.schwalbe.com/gb/rollwiderstand.html

Do you fancy having a go at posting a pic or two of it? As I said, Gepidas are rare in the UK, so there would be interest in seeing what it looks like.

A range extender would be attractive to many of us who like to do longer rides. I have very little technical knowledge, but my initial thought is solar panels on a jacket wouldn't provide enough power to extend the range of an ebike battery by a useful amount. Hopefully from both our points of...

Careful what you wish for - I have a car. On a more serious note, it is rather worrying that your knowledge of the Bosch system probably exceeds that of most dealers. Much as I like my Bosch bikes and they've both been reliable, if one conked out I'm still not sure how I would go about getting...

Gepida is not so well-known in the UK, but they do make quality bicycles. The Bosch system has proven to be reasonably reliable. Nothing can be guaranteed, but it's very likely your new bike will perform well.

Neither is it fair or accurate to describe the Kalkhoff owners on here as 'moaners'. The accounts of broken motors I've read have been put over in a calm and reasoned manner. Their expectations - fix the thing properly and don't take forever to do it - are also reasonable.

The journalist has no chance of successfully suing for reputational damage for many reasons. The most convincing one is that far from being damaged, the journalist's reputation has, if anything, been enhanced by Leadsom's actions. Those actions have shown the journalist to be competent and...

I was wondering which of our three British sporting world beaters on show today is the greatest. It's said you can't compare apples and oranges, so there is no right answer. My view is it's too close to call, all three have done - roughly - equally well in their chosen endeavour.

Good stuff - as usual - Eddie. Shame we don't live a bit closer together because I expect my two Bosch bikes would benefit from an Eddie work over.

All Leadsom did was moan to the reporter's editor that the reporter had done a poor job. That doesn't amount to defamation, although I agree it isn't the nicest thing to do, in the same way that making an unjustified complaint to anyone's boss is very poor behaviour. For what it's worth, I...

You are entitled to your opinion, but as a matter of fact I am not dead set on supporting anyone. I would have made the same remarks if the interview was with Farage, Corbyn, Johnson, May or any other politician you care to name.

Leadsom claimed the journalist slanted the story, it will have happened to the journalist many times in the past. The journalist has defended her position in public, which is fine, but that's really an end to it from the journalist/politician perspective. The only people at risk of being sued...

Bellowing 'liar' at Andrea Leadsom is a bit over the top. The gynaecologically blessed Mrs Leadsome tried to score a political point over the bereft Mrs May. It all went a bit Pete Tong after that, but it's really no more than a minor squall in a tiny teacup.

I've known the owner of my local bike shop for nearly 20 years. He has different deals with different suppliers, but a gross margin of 30 or 40 per cent on a new bike is common, not forgetting the occasional clearance offers. That's gross, and running a bike shop is certainly not a licence to...

In the minds of the electorate there's a lot more to it than just trade. Had the common market we were sold in the last referendum remained just that, I doubt there would have been much of a call to leave. With the benefit of some hindsight, the seeds of discontent were sown when the common...