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What do you care about safety? You bought a bike knowing that it had a dongle fitted for goodness sake! In your original post, there was no mention of safety issues, and now you come over as all safety concious because you feel that it will add a bit more fuel to your campaign. #busted!

How do we know that you weren't informed about the warranty issues? How do we know that Martin hasn't offered to help you or honour the warranty? You have provided absolutely no background information about the issues that you are experiencing, or what dialogue you have had with the shop which...

I'm afraid I've seen nothing posted by Jresa that convinces me that his experiences with Martin / Bosch / Warranty issues ever happened. He's popped up on here today and immediately launched into an attack on Martin. He has provided no detail whatsoever about the nature of the fault with his...

From what I have read in here, bicycle warranties are different to other consumer products such as televisions and kettles. With a bicycle, and that includes electric bikes, in most cases your warranty is with the dealer who sold it to you. You would probably have received the same response from...

It would be interesting to know a bit more detail. For example; When do you buy it? What is the nature of the fault? How long has the bike carried the fauly? How have you approached Martin, phone, email face to face, all three? What has Martin said? What are you expecting as a reasonable...

(quoted removed by admin as original post now deleted by that poster) Joined today, first post, bad review of Martin@ebikeshop. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I am very slightly suspicious. If you are genuine, welcome to the forum.

1/ Why then the need to quickly whip the dongle off the bike before taking it back to the dealer? 2/ Is fitting a bell different to modifying the characteristic of the motor's power delivery? I don't think these questions need addressing, because ultimately we each know the answer. It's what...

The dongle doesn't increase the motor's power output. It simply tricks the motor into thinking the bike is travelling slower than it really is. As a result, the motor keeps on providing power beyond the 15 MPH cut off speed. That power is the same value as the motor's original rating, no...

Dealer or manufacturer, someone would be footing the bill in the circumstances outlined in my original post. The repair would be based upon a lie. The lie being that the user had not fitted a dongle. No, a park with cycle paths isn't off road in these circumstances. The only legal place would...

I may have an Agattu rear light in my box of bits (can't promise until I have a look). If you have any more trouble, let me know and I'll send it to you. I don't want anything for it.

It depends on what you mean by off road use. Off road, for the purposes of using a modified bike doesn't mean on a bridle way or cycle path. To be legal, off road means on private land, with the land owners permission and no access to members of the public. If a dongle is fitted and then...

The battery is for the standlight.

If I remember correctly, the rear light on the Agattu of that era was LED, so it probably forms part of the circuit board. It might be time to treat yourself to a new light. Something like this...

I'm finding that I am faster over the entire distance of a ride on my road bike too. However on long steep climbing sections, the electric bike is faster, but I can usually get up short climbs quicker on the road bike. My main concern however is trashing my road bike PRs and the overall...

I use Strava all the time when riding my road bike (unassisted). If I use Strava with my electric bike, will it destroy all of the PRs I've set on the road bike? I seem to remember someone saying that there is an electric bike setting within Strava, so can someone please remind me how to set...

I have an opinion regarding the discussion going on here, but there is no point in voicing it. The subject keeps cropping up and the threads always fizzle out in the same way. Whatever the rights or wrongs, I have to say that in my experience you are wrong with your statement. Martin did me a...

I think you are probably right John, since I bought my bike in 2008, there are now more manufacturers fighting over what is still quite a small market. I suppose that in an effort to try and make their products stand out and to appeal to new markets, the manufacturers have equipped their bikes...

My impression is that the build quality of Kalkhoff bikes remains the same as it's always been, which is very good. Where I think they have gone astray is with regard to the motor. Panasonic have a lot of experience producing Ebike motors going back a number of years, and that experience is...

{quote removed} They have been around for a long time and their Kalkhoff bikes are arguably some of the best electric bike available. Their customer service can be outstanding too. However, they can be vulnerable to sporadic bouts of silliness which spoil things for them. I suspect that this is...

What was originally being said is that if the owner of the battery uses it as intended by the manufacturer, then they can expect in excess of 4 years useful life from it. On the other hand, if the battery is abused and used in a way in which the manufacturer never intended, then it's life will...