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The Nexus Premium and Alfine are virtually identical, so I am lead to believe. It's hard to say much about comfort, but as I'm sure you already know, best to try them out.

That will be ok for your PCs.

Both nice looking bikes eddio. The only things that I can comment on from personal experience are the brakes and gears. Brakes: I see that the lower spec bike has Magura HS11 rim brakes. Whilst these are much easier to set up and perform better than cable operated brakes, they have an...

With the Treasure Island Supplement + Rip Off Britain Levy and the, "your knackered without one" factor, that will be about £750 landed in the UK then. IF it is a faulty power unit, thissituation would make good case for supplying a new unit at factory cost price. Cosigning a bike of this...

Frank Cars are different to your bikes. Cars are type approved and as long as they have the appropriate insurance, licence, VEL etc in place, you can legally use one regardless of it's power or speed that it is capable of achieving. Our ebikes are different, we have to comply with...

Yes, we used to call them Saga Louts. I used to drive many green lanes on both a motor bike and by Land Rover. A few years ago no one used to mind very much and problems were few. The police would sometimes be called by a peevish Saga Lout, but because everything was legal, they would usually...

That one will be a Mechanically Propelled Vehicle Mussels, not a Motor Vehicle. A Motor Vehicle is any vehicle which is intended or adapted for use on a road, the rest are Mechanically Propelled vehicles. A non compliant ebike on the otherhand will be a motor vehicle because that is intended...

It can still be illegal even if you are on private land and the land owner is happy for you to be there. Because a non-compliant bike becomes a motor vehicle, there are certain offences (I can't remember which ones without looking them up, but there are some common offences) for which the...

Some offences with a non-compliant ebike can be committed at any place to which the public have access. The definition of a place to which the public have access is very broad and includes some very unlikely situations. The bottom line is that there aren't many places where you can use them...

I too seem to remember this law, but can't locate it again. It was the, "15 feet from the highway" bit which rattled something. It may have been the following law, which could still be highly applicable to these so called "off road" bikes: On <date> at <parish>, without lawful authority...

Hello Frank Seeing as this thread is safety related and someone has already introduced the topic of speed, I will run the risk of asking a loosely related safety question regarding speed. Whereabouts exactly is this, "off road" place where you can use your bikes?

A torque figure in isolation is pretty meaningless in terms of giving an indication of power. Power (P) is the product of torque (T) multiplied by the rate at which the the motor or wheel rotates (W). The rate of rotation for this calculation is measured in radians per second and is known as the...

If you look vertically down onto the rear sprocket, you will see a little window adjacent to it. With the bike in 4th gear, you should see two yellow lines through the window. If the two lines don't meet, then the gears are out of adjustment. Where the gear cable enters the changer on the...

theskip1 I am the offender here. It was me that was at fault for making disparaging remarks. I don’t agree with you over the question of bike speed, but that is no excuse for being abusive. I made the remarks about you publicly, so for any offence caused by my personal remarks, I offer you an...

It was an extreme example of a law breaker wanting the law changed to accommodate his law breaking activities. This is exactly what theskip1 was suggesting should happen. I've just noticed your signature: Rear 350w Bafang BPM code 12, 20amp controller Or Front 250w Bafang motor, 13amp...

I have just been into Decathlon to buy some new running shorts and happened across one of these bikes. I can only compare it against my Pro Connect, so very quickly, I can say: 1: It costs less than a Pro Connect. 2: It feels lighter than a Pro Connect. 3: The bike is violently ugly...

You can still get around on a legally assisted bike regardless of your ability to pedal, its just a case of choosing the bike which suits your circumstances. To suggest that anyone is attempting to deny you the pleasure of riding a bike is ridiculous. No one is trying to condemn you to a...

It's not about being full of self righteousness, it is about being a responsible and intelligent person. If you want to break the law, that's your decision, but please don't show off by publicising how fast you can go on your bicycle. This may come as a surprise, but there are other people who...

Is there a Super Injunction in force, preventing the journalist's affair with his bike from being published?

That's an intriguing bike. What sort of motor does it have?