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Harder tyres roll easier, but there's a lot of other things which come into it. So as you say, it's not entirely straightforward. Tyre width is another one. Wider tyres roll easier than narrow ones - assuming the tyres are identical in all respects apart from width. Something to do with...

Carrying three spare batteries plus charger is pushing it a bit weight wise, and, if you buy a Kalkhoff, will cost £2K+ plus the bike. Spare batteries for a woosh are a lot cheaper, but the bikes are not really designed for crossing countries. A better approach for your tour would be a quality...

Harder tyres are less likely to puncture and tend to roll better. It's a matter of your preference, so there is no right or wrong pressure. I run a few more psi in the rear than the front.

Locking a £2K Bosch bike at the station every day will almost certainly see it stolen or vandalised. I don't know your area, but have a look at the other bikes in the station. They will be push bikes, but I bet they are well-used, cheap, but serviceable - no carbon dream machines. A...

There's a boardwalk on the national cycle route which passes Shotton in County Durham. The area around it was deliberately flooded years ago, so is marshy. The boardwalk works OK, although it is a bit nerve wracking because there's a drop either side. Traction is good thanks to chicken wire...

You will have to wait for an answer - I have an ebike ride to finish.

They did, but about two or three years ago Brompton introduced a new cantilevered brake lever. Brakes on those bikes are much improved. Online chatter suggests old style brakes can be improved by changing the pads...

The reason the cassette/derailer/chain system has lasted so long is there is nothing as cheap, reliable, easy to to fix, light weight and versatile. Development of most things is relatively slow. For example, when batteries were invented they were big and heavy. More than 200 years later -...

Someone produced a dongle to derestrict it?

Thanks Dave, I will aim to do that. Hopefully the OP will do the same.

Are you strolling along Dave? I wasn't, but now am so will be there on Friday.

Go to the bike show by all means. But if last year is anything to by, there won't be many ebikes in your price range.

I agree the White Bear bikes look OK, but are over priced for what they are. It also looks unlikely they have much in the way of service back up, remote or otherwise. Kudos or woosh is a good shout, or a bike from Cycleezee assuming they can ship to the island. There is a Sprint which is...

At Southport air show today. Looks like it's the last flying 'season' due to lack of coin. http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

I left my iPod unused for two or three years. It was properly dead when I tried to fire it up and wouldn't play even when plugged into a usb socket. However, after several long charges it appears to be back to normal. No idea of the chemistry, but I was quite impressed given that I had...

I have some TF2 'bike grease with teflon'. Same colour pack as trex's, although it was a shilling or two more from the local bike shop.

The only reasonable conclusion is Jresa fabricated a story out of malicious intent to harm a business which is also a fellow forum member. If that's not a banning offence, I don't know what it is.

I have two Bosch bikes. One with the original small display, and one with the central display and thumb controls. I have three batteries, two that came with the bikes, and a factory spare bought later. All three batteries work on both bikes. The pattern batteries in the ebay link seem to...

Three grand and more is a lot of money for bikes that will only do 15.5mph.

Frame integrity is a problem. The absence of a crossbar means beefier tubes have to be used elsewhere. Thus 'light weight' and 'step through' are mutually exclusive.