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Yes, as I have said, my Pro Connect / Panasonic motor has not experienced any such problems and is still utilising the same set of sprockets and chain after 9000 miles. The 9 tooth motor sprocket is showing surprisingly little wear, whereas the 18 tooth rear sprocket and chain wheel do look very...

The timing of when to write a bike review is a difficult thing to gauge. If you write it soon after taking delivery and if like me, it is your first ebike, you can be blinded by the novelty of electrical assistance. Too late, and things have moved on, your bike is obsolete and no one is...

Another twelve months of Pro Connect ownership have elapsed and so I have decided to do a three year / 9000 mile review. The bike has evolved since I purchased mine back in July 2008, but some aspects of the bike remain the same and so will still be relevant. You can read my original 24...

That is impressive mileage you are getting from this new battery. I don't think there is much else out there that can approach 100 miles range with such a neat and compact battery / motor arrangement.

As HarryB mentions, there is a chain guide under the chain guard. On my older Pro Connect, this is spring loaded and can stiffen up if not lubricated. On flecc's website, there is a dimension from the centre of the guide sprocket to the centre of the motor drive sprocket given. It might be worth...

It's difficult to convey the merits of the Panasonic system with words alone and I understand your scepticism. I have owned a Panasonic equiped bike for three years and travelled over 8000 totally trouble free very hilly miles on one. That's enough to convince me.

A Panasonic equipped bike will virtually climb up the side of a house with very little effort. It eats hills and is the best machine on which to tackle them. It accomplishes all of this by driving through the bike's gears. Because power is made up of torque and wheel rotation speed, for any...

Although the Panasonic system is complicated internally, from a user's point of view it is very simple, perhaps one of the most simple. Coincidently, I was only thinking about this an hour or so ago. The Panasonic unit is a very neat and totally self contained drive system. There are no plugs...

On an Ebike and in particular one used for the relentless daily grind of commuting, I would definitely choose a hub gear system (only have experience of the Alfine). Mine has given me thousands of trouble free miles and apart from a slight cable adjustment (10 second job) two weeks after...

As far as committing offences for which points can be added to your licence or a driving ban issued is concerned, the vehicle in question needs to be either a motor vehicle or a mechanically propelled vehicle. A motor vehicle is defined as a mechanically propelled vehicle which is intended or...

It might be worth checking the motor mounting bolts too. These have been known to slacken off causing the motor to move with each turn of the pedals.

From what I understand, having looked at prices both here and in Canada, as a rough rule of thumb, they cost about one pillow case full of £5 notes (when discounted). When considering BionX bikes, you don't need to investigate their pros & cons any further.

Does it have (shhhhh, I won't say it loudly) 24 spoke wheels? It could be a spoke.

I'm not knocking it flecc, I think it is a good thing to have the post counter, user name and status markers. I know some people don't like it and have said so, but do they speak for the majority of forum users? For me, the post counter and to some extent the status thing, played a very very...

Maybe we should also do away with the number of posts counter. A newer member may feel intimidated by members with several hundred, or even several thousand posts. This could have the effect of making them feel that their post lacks credibility due to their low activity count. Whilst we are at...

We have all been demoted. Apparently, some members didn't like other members having "Senior" or "Guru" status. It made them feel a bit insecure. So now, we are all just plain old Members. Edit: crossed with Russ.

What a curious statistic. Did these 14 people then attend their local A&E facility armed with an unlikely story? " ........honestly, I was watering my Azaleas when I stepped backwards and tripped. This caused me to fall and I ended up sitting on the pump. Unfortunately, I was wearing a...

I not sure what the original point of the thread was, but I think some people are now trying to determine if you are more or less likely to die whilst cycling on roads today than you were two years ago. Maybe this is of no interest to some people, but I am curious to know. Once armed with the...

I had a feeling that we were all agreeing, but wasn't quite sure.

Take the following example: (note all speeds are relative to a fixed point on the surface of the earth!) A cyclist on an open road devoid of street furniture or fixed objects. (There aren't many but they do exist) The cyclist is travelling at + 10 mph. A vehicle collides with it whilst...