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I thought it fairly obvious Dave and I were making general comments and not in any way having a go at the OP.

We are our own worst enemies - even on this forum. If I make a comment in support of a quality component or brand, I tend to be called a snob and get a lecture about poor people who have to buy cheap. Or be told I'm a mug and could get better on ebay from China, or from alibaba - currently...

Doesn't sound very promising. The website is still running, but a lot of it hasn't been updated for years. As a general point, it seems to me there are too many ebike suppliers chasing too few sales - certainly in the UK. One might expect some, er, rationalisation at some point. Were I...

I enjoyed riding Boris bikes in central London. The slow speed of the traffic meant I could almost keep up. Lots of other cyclists give us 'traction', car drivers are more aware than elsewhere in the country. I didn't see any test pilot commuters, but I suspect most of the fast riding is done...

A lot will depend on how much he is prepared to slow for you. Ask him what his usual cruising speed is. I can only guess, but it could be 20mph or even a bit more. All road legal ebike kits cut out at 15mph, which will be useless for this application - your boyfriend will feel like he's...

You have a couple of possible options for ranging the gearing. A smaller cog on the back, although it may be you already have the smallest - some teeth counting needed. It looks like your bike may have six speeds, which is not very common but at least it's a Shimano part. With that in mind...

I've ridden a spring design torque sensor bike. It wasn't a Giant, but I agree with Chris the springiness in the pedals is an odd sensation and one I wouldn't want on a bike of mine. There's no spring in the pedals of a Bosch bike and I doubt there's any in the other modern designs. As...

It's a bicycle, so solving one problem can cause another. The centre track belts all but prevent roll off, which is good. But the downside is the wider belt makes a platform for grit to take up residence. Grit on the inside of the belt, when mashed by the cogs, can wreck the belt.

I used to have a soldering iron which was a nib attached to a lump of metal - which acted as a heat sink - which was in turn attached to a handle. The idea was to heat the metal lump over a gas ring. Heavy old brute, and temperature control was a bit hit and miss, but it did the job.

I've always liked the look of the Stromer. But, rather like the Bosch Nyon system, there's been too much internet chatter about unreliability for me to consider buying one.

I saw a Kudos reply to this thread and thought you might be doing it. Presumably you were asked, but declined.

I doubt eight speeds would make much difference. A second battery is the obvious answer. which would enable you to be more liberal with the assistance for the length of the journey.

I sometimes leave a battery on charge overnight, but out of an abundance of caution I won't leave a battery charging while I am out of the house.

Only the supplying dealer has any legal obligation to the first owner of the bike. As a retailer, Martin from e-bikeshop is quite within his rights to decline to deal with any customer to whom he has not sold a bike. Trading Standards won't be interested. The importer might not be happy with...

Don't try liners - they inevitably move inside the tyre, chafe the tube and cause more punctures than they prevent. What tubes are you using? A branded tube with a bit of weight to it is best. Another guide to that is the size of the box, if the tube is in a bigger box, chances are it's...

You are now confusing quality with value. They are entirely different.

The person is irrelevant, you have been fooled by d8 bringing the buyer into this discussion as he always does. We are talking about the quality of a manufactured product, nothing else.

You continue to the grind the 'cheap is good' axe, but the above statement is simply garbage. Paying more gives you better quality 99.99 per cent of the time. How much money you have to spend is an entirely separate question, dragged in by you in an attempt to muddy the waters. Expensive is...

Particularly its age. Early Foxes were good bikes. Then Mike Ashley got his hands on the brand with predictable results.

The initial patch is only one borough - Haringey - which makes setting up the scheme more manageable. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/London+Borough+of+Haringey,+Greater+London/@51.5848317,-0.1269659,13z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x48761bf090695267:0x40eae2da2ec6710