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Just what do you put in your batteries Frank? Are they any good for raisin the life of the battery pack?

I don't liker the idea of all the motor and battery mass all being in the wheel. Also, come battery replacement time, I can foresee tears. Sorry, I don't like it and think that it should accompany Stephen Beard's electric pedals in the dustbin.

The problem with buying a second hand electric bike is that they all have, light useage, low mileage and batteries in excellent condition. It's very difficult for the buyer to accurately verify any of this. What's light useage? How do you tell? The average buyer isn't going to know. The same...

I like what you have done here but flecc is right, you must to separate the battery from the bike devaluation formula. My Panasonic battery has lasted 5 years and is still in good shape, but the warranty is only two years and if I was a buyer I would make the assumption that I would need to...

I wear a helmet in the full knowledge that it is going to offer my brain negligible protection from an impact, and that it may actually make any potential neck injury worse than it would have been had I not been wearing one. I started wearing a bike helmet when I first took up mountain biking...

There does seem to be a, "cheap is best" mentality with British consumers for many goods, not just eBikes. Of course, a high price tag is no guarantee of quality and its not difficult to find high priced junk. With quality eBikes that come at a high price, I think that you either have to...

As much as I dislike eBay, this isn't something that I would be comfortable doing.

I think that you need to have an independent value in mind before entering into an ebay auction. If you put the bike up for auction at 99p it is down to chance whether there are sufficient buyers looking for a bike similar to the one which you have for sale during the time window of the auction...

flecc's guidelines are here. I don't know if the battery depreciation / life assumption of 2 years needs to be revised. The formula was developed in 2009 and experience is showing that batteries can last a lot longer. My original Panasonic battery is over 5 years old and done over 15000...

I simply quoted the EZee kit as an example. There are a multitude of configurations possible within the legal parameters and within the range of equipment on the market. I gather that YOU want assistance beyond 15 MPH. But the point being made, is that it's not about what YOU want. There has...

There has to be a line drawn somewhere. A free for all can't exist, or else where does it all end? If the limit is drawn at 20 MPH people will want 25 MPH. If it limit is set at 25 MPH, people will want 30. I'm not sure if 15 MPH is the correct speed for assistance to cut off, but from my...

What are you talking about?

You are trying to infer that riding a 250 Watt, 15 MPH limited Ebike is no different to riding a higher powered, higher speed machine. This is entirely false.

Why don't the people who own the high power / speed bikes register them as mopeds then? The answer is, they don't want to pay. This brings us back to my original point:- They want to cheat the system, they don't have the shoulders to take on the full responsibility.

Hi SRS I quite understand that some people want to travel at speeds greater than 15 MPH. There are plenty of alternative modes of transport which allow this, cars, motorbikes, scooters, mopeds, busses, taxis, trains, aircraft and bicycles with fit rider are a few examples. From that combination...

What D8veh knows, but isn't disclosing is that the DfT have stated that they intend to encompass the EU law (250 Watts) into UK law. This is going to happen and the DfT have further indicated anyone complying with EU law won't be prosecuted. D8veh knows this, but he is choosing not to tell you...

Having read through this thread from start to finish, the thing that stands out clearly is that people want the bike to assist or to power them along at a speed greater than 15 MPH. I also ride an unassisted bike, probably more regularly than my Ebike, and I am reasonably fit. When cycling along...

The thread started off in the regular Ebike section and was moved to off road, where it belongs.

My bike is quite legal and I stand no chance of being prosecuted. So no, I won't be putting it away.

You simply don't get it do you.