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A serious question Eddie: I've been riding my Panasonic driven bike for almost 3 1/2 years. The system has ample power, it delivers that power very smoothly and almost silently, integrating with the rider's input in a very natural way. Further, the Panasonic drive has been 100% reliable and...

Yes it was excellent customer service and far exceeded my expectations. It took a while to get there but worth it in the end.

It was the 8 speed Alfine. They sent me two complete wheels, front and rear, ready built.

Hi Will To change from 24 to 32 spokes, you need a new 32 spoke hub, a 32 spoke rim and 32 new spokes. In other words, a conversion isn't possible because you have to renew all of the wheel components. If you have an 8 speed hub gear, you will either need a new 32 spoke shell, which I think is...

The answer is that there is no useful energy to recover and the idea of using regenerative braking to charge the battery or extend range should be forgotten and dismissed from further consideration. Braking by the application of an electrical resistive load, does have possibilities and...

A few things to remember when thinking about regenerative braking: 1) energy cannot be created or destroyed. You can only change it from one form to another and that change nearly always results in changing some of the energy into heat energy. Heat energy is a very low grade form of energy...

And Top Cashback

It takes a day or two to track.

Do they? They used to charge £5, but only after you had created more than £5 worth of cash back and I thought that they had stopped doing it. If it is the case, go for Top Cashback. That definitely is free. I'm usually quite sceptical about these things, but cash back sites are worth looking...

Don't forget the Quidco too. Another 8% off on top bringing it down to £369.

go to Quidco - The UK's No.1 Cashback & Voucher Codes Site and search Sports HQ and you will see that Quidco pay you 8% on all purchases from that retailer. Quidco pay out on many other purchases too, Car Insurance being a big one. Never just go for the biggest earners though. Always search...

Don't forget the Quidco cash back too. With that, the bike works out at £369.00.

I'm not convinced that this is necessary on a crank drive. The additional power provided by the motor gives a lot more flexibility in each gear than you get with legs alone. With my 8 speed Alfine & Panasonic combination, I find myself shifting up 2 or 3 gears at a time because the closeness of...

Very little uptake at this sort of price point I would have thought. I can't see many people who are new to the ebike concept wading in with three thousand pounds. A few hardened ebike converts might deem them to be value for money but, speaking as one, I can't see what the extra one thousand...

I had this happen and still do but to a lesser extent these days. The way in which people talk with, an air of confidence and self assured smugness on a subject for which they have absolutely no knowledge always raises a smile with me. Occasionally, it can be frustrating because some of these...

I mainly use my bike in low power mode these days and have noticed that the range in low power mode is not far off what it was when the battery was new. The reduction in range is noticeable in medium power mode and decidedly noticeable in high power mode. The ageing battery seems to exhibit a...

My original Panasonic battery is about 31 months old. It still shows 5 LEDs on the capacity test and gives me about 25 miles range on Medium Power, 40+ on low power.

cwah I can't compete with you. How can I reason with someone who has no concept of right or wrong, and who cites the laws of Canada, Australia and The US when he lives and uses his bike in The UK? Thankfully I now know you aren't that daft, you have actually been stimulating debate by...

No, what you really mean is that you dont care what anyone thinks as long as you can follow your own agenda. You don't care what effect your actions have on others. You don't care to follow the constraints of Road Traffic law, so you use your fellow legal ebikers to cover up your own dishonesty...

To still be in the research phase 2 days prior to the dissertation being submitted is cutting it fine. It makes you wonder what the final quality of the work will be like.