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I expect it will (found another one at £800) its certainly competitive with the Chinese petrol based equivalents, probably safer and definitely less polluting - but again its something I personally would wait a couple of years for any teething troubles to be ironed out and to see how reliable...

I still feel more affordable electric cars and scooters are a fair way off - more than 10 years given the way the world is going - had a look at the Vectrix review and though its a nice toy it looks like you need the full test for that power and if I had that sort of money I'd (reluctantly) get...

true - despite my parents letting me have a bike from age 6-10 this happened to me from approx age 13 until the end of high school years, thanks to the paranoia induced in my parents by the do-gooder health and safety types which got way too much of a platform in the 1980s. I did take my...

I actually seriously considered getting a (petrol) scooter or motorbike before getting a ebike but decided against it - for the journeys I usually make it wasn't cost effective. Over the years most of my mates who have had a petrol scooter or motorbike have either crashed it, had it stolen, or...

an interesting debate and I understand the point about the batteries, but I think one big factor (from the POV of a young'un) is rules and regulations and changing attitudes... the impression I get from both the anecdotes of the older generation on here and the 1930s technical / engineering...

this too is my experience with ETS (although thankfully I've not had too many issues) Depending how old he is, maybe you should get your son a copy of the Sheldon brown site and some old wheels and spokes to practise on, thus ensuring these skills are preserved for the next generation :D

If the Aggatu has v-brakes I'd just stick with them, not had that many problems adjusting them provided you adjust the centering screws well.. I've only ever used v-brakes or cantis on my bikes and have never had a problem stopping including emergencies, have never managed to lock a wheel to...

I met Sir Clive in 1987 at Oxford train station, not only was he a very pleasant man he even sat down and had a chat with me and my friends (then young teenagers), on finding out we were interested in computers and engineering/science produced a magnesium casting from his pocket (we asked if it...

I have done - saw this occur with one of my former employers, and another small business I was once trying to help out... unfortunately the market has no sympathy or tolerance (despite a comment like this I am far from a fan of the ruthless business culture brought in around Thatcho's time but...

didn't realise there were that many sold in Germany, (thats what comes of letting my German get rusty :( as I used to keep an eye on the media there..) would be interesting to see the sales figures for each EU nation then..

Reading the French scooter site (which did have some ebikes) and some other comments on here has got me wondering... Despite all the problems, is the UK becoming the most popular place for electric bicycles in the EU, both sales and development? I get the impression that in some European...

If you're gonna put in all that effort, surely you might as well pay the £74 and get the bike tested as a normal moped (in the same EU range as the 50cc machines popular with the French) then having a 28mph limit? Incidentally the French site has a long essay strongly warning the often young...

when I learned French in the 1980s the vélomoteur was still a common item in our textbooks and prose, and us teens looked upon it with some envy that our counterparts across the Channel were allowed a motor vehicle at a slightly earlier age (14?) TBH I think the problem with faster e-bikes is...

If the cash isn't there to provide a premium service, all customers want is honesty - for many people £600-800 is still a lot of money to pay for a bicycle. A simple and cheap solution would have been for Synergie to notify ETS (and their other dealers) if delays to repairs as soon as their...

the trade press claims that e-bike sales are rising...I've been monitoring the old posts as well and I do think some companies definitely do have a policy of continuous improvement - for instance the Wisper 905SE had clearly had a lot of improvements made due to Wisper monitoring issues raised...

Or ask for sponsorship of it, the pitch and your kit :rolleyes: Didn't Mr Ching send flecc a battery to test, after the problems with Ezee batteries? Small gestures like that go a long way to restoring confidence and are good PR.... Maybe its an age thing - being younger and having grown up in...

it was a close call for me TBH but I made my decision after checking a lot of posts on this forum and speaking to ETS I too would have liked a Wisper but can't justify the expense yet With all e-bikes (I don't want to single out any manufacturer) it seems that there are low stock levels, small...

in this case though there are two bigger factors - one being a large corporate has taken action because they have obtained evidence that their property with a cash value of many thousands of euros has been stolen by this illegal activity... the second is that there is a commercial incentive...

think it was like that but had a gents frame - didn't see or hear the chain driven motor - incidentally I've noticed the level of traffic noise is such with todays more modern looking designs many onlookers don't even realise you are riding an e-bike!

incidentally when I spoke to ETS Cambridge in December about getting an lower cost e-bike I was also considering the Mistral.. However a lad there said that the Powacycle Salisbury was more reliable - and when I asked him about after sales service, he said that ETS has had better response from...