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noticed a steady increase in the number of cyclists around Ipswich (a mixture of normal bikes and e-bikes, although most newer riders apepar to be over 40 years of age) - I wonder if its older people sacrificing the use of a car within an extended family group, whilst younger people...

thanks - managed to suss it out in the end (after a false start trying to compare miles with feet - d'oh!) - in my defence like most people my age I was taught mostly in metric but have by GPS and memory map set up for miles and feet so have to convert each time.. I am sure this mixing of...

TBH the mistral and this new one look like they are slightly better than the cyclamatic - although not sure about the brushed motor (what happens when the brushes wear out?)

just found this whilst looking for something else, glad to see there are a few more young'uns on here than I thought... TBH my work colleagues were more intrigued at my ebike and one lady was considering getting one as she was fed up with petrol prices. Most of my friends didn't think it was...

just seen this on the electric transport centre website Electric Bike Sales - Shop Online for Electric Bikes, Electric Vehicles and Cycle Accessories - Smarta IQ GT looks interesting, although I would say its not dissimilar to a Synergie Mistral but with some slight enhancements (such as the...

well I decided to buy a copy of Memory Map (1:50000 Central England) and not only is this impressive software, I have now been able to compare a GPS trail on my normal pushbike (a Raleigh Pioneer hybrid, 700c x 28 wheels, 21 speed) with the Powacycle Salisbury.. Until looking at this I didn't...

well the grips/switches come from here ÎåÐdzµÒµ»¶Ó*Äú (that is a link, just that it may display oddly as it should be in Chinese) - and there are loads of different kinds, so I can see how maybe some got delivered / assembled with 3 position switches due to confusion when ordering etc.. Good...

As I mentioned in a PM to IOM , the rocker switch on mine is only a two position one. OFF is pedelec only, ON is throttle + pedelec ; far more logical. Not sure if mine is a older or newer model. incidentally is it true that pedalling and using the throttle gives an extra power boost? I'm not...

True although - reasonable 700c wheeled hybrids and (albeit basic) tourers are around £300-£400 - even some of my mates are shocked and say "dude, you spent that much on a bike?" OTOH other friends of mine are perfectly happy to spend £400 + on a MTB which they then find heavy going due to the...

hmm - all the normal pushbikes I have owned (I usually get a medium price range one, about £300-£400) have required fairly minimal servicing (about once every 6 months to a year) and have got me to and from work and friends houses for many thousands of miles without mishaps. and some of my...

this year I want to get enough kit so I can do as much maintenance as possible on both my e-bike and other normal bikes.. wiggle and edinburgh bicycle co-op sell this toolkit for around £40 with all the cone wrenches etc.. is this worth getting? I have most of the other tools.. what about...

i practiced removing the rear wheel on my salisbury almost as soon as I got it "just in case". Whilst I didn't attend Scouts as a boy I do think the motto "be prepared" makes sense ;) if you do find you need to do this 1. remove chainguard (3 x screws fix this on) 2. remove plastic housing...

its a shame that at present not more effort is being put in to sell the Ezee bikes as they (provided any reliability issues have been ironed out) seem to have some the best components for the bicycle side of things.. That said on something like the Forza I would have preferred to see 7/8 speed...

I've noticed this (thankfully not with larger vehicles) can happen even on a normal push bike if you are going a bit fast, although I experienced it far more when I lived in SE England than my present home in East Anglia, where the road layouts push most of this large traffic to the A12/A14...

here is a paradox - I expect I am one of the younger people on here and have grown up with high technology all my life, yet I tend to be taking a rather more conservative (with a small c) view of things! I'd far rather see more bikes in the £600-£800 range pitched as everyday transport for...

Some of my job involves an amount of bean-counting; out of curiosity I had a look at Ultima (Powacycle's parent company)'s annual reports - for a medium sized company listed on the LSE, the profits are indeed fairly modest despite strong sales and the bikes are to an extent cross subsidised by...

well my bank manager is a computer somewhere in Wigan and my bank claims to encourage "ethical green investment" ;) I don't own a car anyway which reduces a lot of my expenses.. I guess so, but if its in the middle of the run its going to be much less fun on a heavy MTB with fat 26" wheels and...

Hmm - I've got a somewhat newer Dawes Horizon (my first "proper" bike) but it is sadly languishing in the shed as it needs a fair bit of work done on it due to various worn bearings etc...could be a medium/long term project (need to get a decent workshop sorted out first!) do you guys build...

trying to plan my first "real" long journey in advance (I have friends who live at the other end of Suffolk, near the Norfolk border).. The total trip is just under 26 miles. I have managed this on my pushbike a fair few times, although with understandably slower progress on the hills on the...

many thanks to both of you - just given gmap and already got some useful results out of it. Of course not sure if the American(?) sourced contour data is 100% accurate, but it certainly matches up with my own personal perception of what the hills were like in the area I was monitoring... I...