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Jim, I have a Rose ebike and am pleased with it - quality piece of kit, nice to ride and 100 per cent reliable. The bike bits on mine are very similar to the one you are looking it, although I have the Bosch crank drive system and an Alfine 11-speed hub. My bike was £2,500 which means you are...

To prop open the shed door.

It's not the finest feature on my Rose/Bosch, although I have used it a couple of times on a steep slope when the bike was loaded with shopping. One problem with it is the pedals creep round under load, so it can be a bit of a calf scraper.

Throttles are good for standing the bike up to get going quickly in traffic - my Brompton Nano is throttle only. On t'other hand, I don't miss a throttle on the Rose/Bosch, which I thought I might. The better crank drive systems now offer almost instant assistance, particularly if you are in...

Another recent cancellation is the York Cycle Show on the Knavesmire. That was a big one, but lack of trade support this year meant they were looking at a loss. The post-Olympic surge of interest in cycling appears to have largely fizzled out, but there are plans for a show in 2014. 2013 York...

I don't think there is one, the battery is just too small to get any meaningful use out of the performance. From memory, when Bosch introduced the 350W drive, the smaller battery was the only one available. As Alex said earlier, you could sprint maybe 10 or 15 miles on the smaller battery, but...

That's true. Apart from the one idiot, all the other riders I exchanged a few words with were friendly, whatever the topic. As were the marshals. In that respect the ride was a heartening experience. I usually ride alone. Having to interact with others meant I didn't enjoy, or at least take...

In this case, the Sunderland Big Ride which I've just completed. About 45 miles, including the ride to and from the start. Very mixed going, road, cinder track, single track, cycle path, rutted mud, you name it, there was a stretch of it. One downside was the large number of those...

Presumably, the only problem with weight bearing down on the towbar is it may lighten the steering, which is why the bigger, heavier engine is rated higher. Might be an idea not to load too much in the boot as well until you've tried it out. Sounds like a good set-up to me - most people say...

I wasn't going to mention higher ranks because the figures are barely believable. Around £200K as a lump and £2K+ a month for some. A lot of them take paid work as well - greedy barstewards. As you say, conditions are not so generous for those who started more recently. I think we are now...

It is rare for a police authority to attempt to take a proportion of the pension, partly because it's so difficult to make the order stick. Coppers, particularly bent ones, are skilled hook wrigglers. There was a similar case involving a thoroughly bent inspector in Scotland who appealed the...

Garbage peddled by coppers to a gullible public. A copper who is sacked loses the right to contribute any further to his pension and, in exceptional circumstances, can lose a proportion of the benefits, but never the whole lot. The case of PC Maurice Allen of Durham Police is instructive. He...

I reckon Dave's got hold of a couple of pallets of these hubs on the cheap and is wondering how to knock them out.

I had my Brompton Nano'd last year and have found it to be an excellent conversion. The motor is all but silent, the controller fits neatly on the crossbar, and the battery in the Brommie bag with the connection via the luggage block is also well-engineered - no need to unplug anything to...

Schwalbe are good quality tyres, but the product range is bewildering. The CX tyres you've linked to are budget in Schwalbe terms, and from the website, I don't think they have the company's Smartguard puncture protection belt. Better to spend a few more quid and look for something with...

Roadies with their narrow, thin-cased tyres are always blathering on about punctures because they are always getting them. The risk of punctures is over-stated for the likes of us who ride hybrid/mountain style bikes with wide, comparatively thick-cased tyres. There are 2" Marathon Supremes on...

Looks like Storck make a full carbon ebike: Storck Raddar - Storck Raddar Electric Bikes - Products - Pedelec - Carbon Multroad RADDAR Deore

Another point is a converted carbon frame ebike would be worthless - neither roadies nor ebikers would want to buy it.

Worth a look at Giant. There's a couple of step-throughs available in small sizes for £999: 2013 Liv/giant Twist Lite 2 W (2013) - Bikes | Giant Bicycles | UK / Ireland

Thanks, pleased I haven't missed it. Hope you get the move sorted.