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Good effort all round, Flecc. I'm not sure I want to go a lot further. Much over 40 miles and I start to get bored as much as tired. Time is another consideration. I'm not into speed - have to concentrate too much - and I like to stop regularly for coffee, a cigar, more coffee etc. Today's...

Not as yet. I think I'm right in saying it would be simple to remove the bar end and fit a bar end mirror. You would, of course, lose the bar end upright grip, but even if you fixed a mirror to it, the grip would be almost unusable. I don't use the upright grips a lot, so may do it.

Did my first 50 mile ride today. The AVE performed faultlessly, although the comfort isn't quite there compared to the Rose. I went from Sunderland along, or rather up, the C2C route towards Consett. Not all good news, I peeled off the C2C to attack my nemesis hill - Iveston bank. Another...

Inspired by this thread I've just put a £5 Halfords bar end mirror on the AVE. Does the job quite well, and I've only hit it three times on those blasted A-frame obstacles on bike paths around here. I'm not saying it's the best mirror in the world, but it's a lot better than what was there before.

Annie, You don't need to raise the saddle to the point where your feet cannot touch the ground. In any case, that measurement is irrelevant to pedalling efficiency. The classic starting point is your leg fully extended with your heel on the pedal - this gives near full extension when...

The previous Bosch system - as fitted to my AVE - has three levels within each level, making 12 in all. Trouble is they duplicate and overlap, so tour 3 is higher than sport 1 but about the same as some other setting, and so on. Fiddly and over-complicated - I can see why they dropped it. The...

Getting the saddle up to the correct height will help in at least two ways. Your pedalling is more efficient which means you get more out of the energy you put in. In turn, this leads to longer battery life and faster progress. Also you are much less likely to suffer discomfort with a...

Why didn't our correspondent in Shanghai get this story? Head turned by a couple of bonny Chinese lasses by the sound of it. If I was his editor, I'd sack him when he gets back home.

Makes sense to leave the chain and lock at 'your' parking spot in the secure area at work. Leaving locks in public can be a tiny bit risky because a thief can work on how to breach it while you are not there, making stealing the bike faster when you leave it. That's most unlikely to happen...

Sounds as if you have plenty of height in the saddle, and in any case you have an explanation for the knee pain. Full leg extension is not what is usually recommended as I expect you know. One thing to try to avoid with a high saddle is having to rock your hips to reach for the bottom of the...

Is the battery going to be too wide to clear your legs/knees? If not, fine, but you are also within the weigh limit for a seatpost rack, although you would still need to secure the battery to the rack. Speaking of knees, is your saddle set too low? I see lots of people riding like that and...

You are thinking along the right lines. The locks plus the secure area at work ought to give you peace of mind during the day. Security at some workplace secure parks can be compromised by other users, but if that happens your locks will likely keep the bike safe.

The range indicator is best ignored, it drops to nothing under full load then leaps back up again when you stop. If you buy a bike, you will soon get to know the range variations for your use. No reason to think a recent used bike will have a bad battery, Bosch talk about storing them for...

I was looking at £750 bikes before I got carried away and spent thousands. It seemed to me the Powacycle Salisbury was as d8 describes - low spec but reasonable quality. Woosh and Kudos are well thought of on here, so you won't go far wrong with either of those. As a commuter, you will need...

Range is heavily dependent on hills, headwinds, the power setting and the amount of effort you put in. I use sport mode most of the time and in average give and take conditions can get 40 or so miles from an 11ah battery. That's on my Rose, a Haibike - or any other Bosch bike - will be...

I wonder if that's partly a consequence of your lightened front end due to the better quality forks. Equally, I'm sure the only reason your bike - and my Rose - are fitted with cheap and relatively heavy suspension forks is because they are cheap. This topic cropped up in conversation with a...

As an ebiker, I would much prefer an easy disc throwing contest.

There's no external difference between 200 per cent and 250 per cent motors, so it's going to be hard to check for certain. I think if you rode both, you would notice the difference. My 250 per cent AVE is noticeably perkier than the 200 per cent Rose on full assist, although the small wheels...

Eddie, Do you know if your bike has the max 200 per cent assist hub gear Bosch motor or the max 250 per cent assist derailleur gear one? Hopefully not a daft question because I believe Eddie's bike has the SRAM dual drive hub/derailleur gear combination. Just realised, looking at the rear...

Probably heavier than a lot of girls.