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aye thats dealers for you. Rather put the thirty quid in their pocket than give you a decent emergency stop contingency plan as you ride off into the sunset. hydrolic brakes are for sissies anyway.

Appin Ecstatic Bike Company - PA38 -bet you wish you hadn't started this now- cheers hech

Yup Dave that sounds about right. We have 5 tonaro compys which are great for hilly regions like Argyll and have been pretty much maintenance free over the first year. Only reservation so far is that they are a touch tall for shorter customers and they cost quite alot in the first place...

Hey Zebb I enjoy off-road tracks which is handy as there arn't that many on-roads around here. Loads of forestry roads there are which can be great for getting up the hills and thro the woods but I prefer the more slow speed 1st gear stuff on narrower paths with mud and burns and tree roots to...

thrashing around in the mud yesterday on the old tonaro I resolved to be rid of the stock Kenda 1.9's and fit a decent knobbly tyre to my rear. Made me think how completely useless a front wheel drive would be on these very muddy and slippy conditions.

Without bothering to investigate properly I hesitate to disagree there Flecc. But it's unlikely to be a proper chain driven ferry of the type Neptune refers to as it is far too big and a chain suspended across the mouth of Poole Harbour would be an extreme inconvenience to other vessels wishing...

"The Bosch system allows assistance up to a cadence of 110 rpm in 'Speed mode'. In 'sport mode' the assistance rolls off at around 65 rpm and pro rata for the two lower 'Modes'. " -Blew It so if sport mode allows up to say 15mph at 65rpm that suggests speed mode at 110rpm would propel you along...

Good advice d8veh, the first link is required reading for Tonaro users. The Zocca Rossa bikes which come standard with the new vinci have got to be worth a punt. Notice how much cheaper these bikes are in Australia and even NZ.

Javy Ou 12:52 PM (1 hour ago) to me Hi claymore, I don't agree you to change my ebike with 48V or 60V system,because the ebike is with throttle, while my bearing/chainwheel can not support so much forece under throttle! So if you change the ebike to 48V system , the bearing/chainwheel is...

Trek valencia will zoom you about from peak to peak with all the noise of a flapping butterfly, the only sound to be heard is the belly wracks of the local bike shop owner figuring his margins for the coming year.

Hi Frank, I think the first label refers to the physical size- 72mm, 88mm, 195mm. Check the individual cell voltages as Oigoi suggests, should all be within 0.15v of each other. I had that intermittent cut out problem which may have been due to the brake wire corrosion within the frame...

Hullo to you mountainsport, I sympathise because confusion is also my de facto state of mind and I too know very little about bikes. With a stout hacksaw and good welding skills full suspension is within your grasp, without, a good suspension seatpost is your best bet. Personally I like full...

Handmade hub motors built here in the UK ? that is just so beautiful, so patriotic, the Tory Party conference should be told immediately!

well done Wisper, that MX looks a real beauty, the bike to get next year and a radical but sensible innovation.

not impressed. the tonaro bighit does exactly that when the bolt securing the rear arm suspension fork becomes loose. may lead you down tracks hitherto unknown to man!

Hi Mike. I use my tonaro on offroad country trails as well as more conventional paved surfaces. I replaced the stock battery with a higher voltage one which upped the power a bit. This made a whole deal of difference to the low speed cross country ride. Unfortunately the higher powered drive...

I have a duck that lays golden eggs. Want to buy it, it's going cheeep?

Hi and welcome TCN, what with your canal and all the floods etc you mebe better with a speedboat eh?

Yup okay, we may be departing from conventional norms of the pedelec comfort zone but this isn't a moped nor a smelly, nouisy xc motorbike, it is a normal bicycle with, well, phenomenal assistance which can drive you up the roughest steepest dirt tracks and mountain paths without bothering the...

hey Frank doing great. Am currently building a supersonic ebike, are your Powerpaks very aerodynamic and come with easy fitting handlebar clamps (one each side)? thanks H.