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  1. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    A question for you tech gurus.... The Machinery Directive tells us that we cannot use a battery with a maximum Voltage of more than 50V. When our 43V battery is fully charged it reaches a tad over 50V so we are within the rules. When we see systems advertised as 48V are these actually 43V...
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    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Hi Ebiker, sorry to have not answered your question as well as Woosh, I misunderstood. (Thanks Woosh) The production model of the mid drive bike will develop 100Nm, the hub drive will develop 50Nm so the torque on both bikes is about the same. All the best, David
  3. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    On the hub yes. All the best, David
  4. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    It was a terrible blow Soundwave we had expected to sell at least £10 millions worth in the first few months. But hey ho life goes on!! All the best, David
  5. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    I’d love to give you such control over settings but I’m now not allowed to thanks to EN15194 2017! ☹ You did! We have sold about £350,000 worth of them and are selling off the last dozen or so at almost half price. They are a superb bike at a silly price now.
  6. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    I can do this for under £3k, full carbon. E8000. All the best, David
  7. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Its not scientific ebiker99, although it should be!! The power is the same but because of where the torque is measured 50Nm hub is the same roughly as 100Nm centre. All the best, David
  8. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Thanks Neal, I’m with you, I far prefer the look and balance of the hub drive bike. the standard battery is 450Wh DLG with an upgrade option to 700Wh Samsung for the more intrepid explorers! The motor is a new model from Shengli, it’s great! All the best, David
  9. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Ooops! Thanks Tony! All the best, David
  10. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Thanks that’s all very interesting, the Wayfarers both run 43V systems and the difference between 36V and 43V is huge, more power but less stress on the system. It just feels more “comfortable”.
  11. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    Cheers Steve! They are the same in terms of power the 50Nm Hub drive packs the same punch as the 100Nm Hub drive. All the best, David
  12. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    I agree Kirstin, price is probably the reason but I was surprised, I expected the numbers to be the other way around or at leat 50/50. The point that's intrigued me the most is the reluctance of the dealers to even try the Hub drive version. But when they try it they buy it.
  13. Wisper Bikes

    Hub or Mid Drive? Any views?

    We are continuing to visit our fantastic Wisper dealers all over the country demonstrating the new MID drive and HUB drive Wisper Wayfarers, collecting orders for delivery in February/March. As far as we can ascertain we seem to be the only company selling almost exactly the same bike with a...
  14. Wisper Bikes

    need chain for wisper 905

    Hi Stu, we don't have the174mm axle in stock now. However if you would like to drop me an email, I can send you details of site in the USA that will have them. All the best, David
  15. Wisper Bikes

    The development of the brand new 2020 Wispers... in Pictures!

    Hi Crockers, we may introduce a hub drive after we have done extensive testing. There are a few 5 speed ebike hubs available now that are sold as being strong enough to take 100Nm, in the mean time deraileure gears seem to be the best bet on the Mid Drive bikes. We have discovered with our less...
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    The development of the brand new 2020 Wispers... in Pictures!

    Hi Al.B, Yes prices are including VAT. They will be built in China, Taiwan and Portugal depending on their final destination. For instance we are currently building 700 bikes in China for delivery to New Zealand in January. Brexit is screwing everything up as you can imagine. I hope we have...
  17. Wisper Bikes

    Full Throttle ebike legal again!

    I am sure others would be more informed on this but I don't believe there is a restriction on customer fitted conversion kits. All the best, David
  18. Wisper Bikes

    For Sale We are selling Wisper 705Torque for a local customer.

    A freind of Wisper is selling her husband's 705Torque with a 575Wh battery. We will service the bike before it goes to the new buyer. It has only been ridden 340 miles but is a couple of years old. We are not selling the bike ourselves but we will offer a three month warranty for the buyer's...
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    New ebike company in the UK......

    Looks nice, but how do you adjust the saddle height?