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The bikes are produced by Derby Cycles. The frames and paint finish on Kalkhoff models is fantastic. I've not had any problems with mine and the paintwork is like new. The bike is coming up to five years old.

I once kept a caller from a PPI claim firm on my mobile phone for over an hour whilst I built a shed. I put him on speaker phone and then after initial enthusiasm on my part, used delaying tactics to keep them on the line. Frequently asking the caller to repeat themselves is a good one, as are...

The magnets usually clip onto the spokes.

Is motor torque a complete red-herring? Surely it's the motor's power which is important. With the correct gearing, you could make a 10 Watt motor produce more torque on a shaft than a 1 KW motor.

That makes sense. I can see there only being a problem with high powered, S class, bikes or standard ones where the torque is multiplied by an inappropriate combination of sprockets.

OK. I thought the motor power output was roughly the same. I suppose if I put my 12000 mile Alfine hub on a moped, it wouldn't last long either. That's the problem.

I said in my opening sentence that this is all about power, not torque. Torque is just one component part of power. Torque = Power / Angular Velocity (speed of rotation). So, yes I can see how 1 KW will stress the gear system more than 600 Watts, the above equation describes that relationship...

Isn't this ultimately about the amount of power that the gear system is being asked to transmit? The torque is just a component part of power. Is the amount of power at the point of input into the hub gear system significantly higher with a Bosch + Rider and Tonaro + Rider than it is with a...

It's probably just scaremongering. I've not had any problems with a crank drive / Alfine hub gear combination and I don't ever recall hearing of any on this forum.

I think there is a degree of nervousness about combining hub gears with these German S Class bikes. Hubs are ok with bikes intended for the rest of Europe.

Things have moved on. You just need to ease off momentarily as you change gear. I wouldn't consider an Ebike with anything other than hub gears, especially for a commuter. The low maintenance is a great benefit with this type of setup.

That's a good post. I don't agree with parts of it, but it is a good post. Thanks.

It stands to reason that with a higher population services such as police, education, health, welfare, water & sewage and housing are all placed under more strain. If the island was desolate, you would need none of the above. As the numbers increase, you need more and more of the above. As you...

That's not what is being said and you very well know that to be the case. It's usual for people to use this or an acustation of racism to counter the fact that people are coming to this country having never paid a penny into any of its welfare, health or infrastructure, and then taking to the...

I was personally involved in one such episode and I know exactly what goes on.

All fair points, but this forum does have a history of deleting or locking threads, some of which contain nothing more than a report about a customer's personal experience with a product or a retailer. No insults, just a report of their experience. Result > Thread removed or locked. Threads...

Do you mean that eddieo may have re-joined the forum under a different user name? Well, lets smoke him out: The Tonaro Big Hit is an elegant bike which is blessed with striking good looks. One might say that it is a real head-turner, the sort of bike which you have always long for but didn't...

My immediate reaction to this was disbelief tinged with very mild outrage. It just seems so wrong to turn away, stay silent and not interfere when people need help when they are facing persecution, bullying or mass murder. Having given this some thought, when (we say) / (I say), "we should...

I agree, nations are selective about what they get involved in and some atrocities seem to be more unacceptable that others, depending on who the perpetrator is. This in itself is pretty disgusting. However, I still don't think that we should ever stay silent if we see something happening in...

No, I don't view the Swiss (who stored property and money stolen from the Jews and facilitated the escape of war criminals) with contempt or disgust. Few of the people who were running their country then are no longer alive. The same applies to Germany, different people now. The point I am...