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I didn’t see that in his post. He did edit it an hour or so later though. If he edited it out it’s a bit unfair to take him to task over it.

The point is that it’s not a bike shop in the sense of workshop its a place they sell you bikes. The kid I dealt with wouldn’t know what a spoke key was.

I’ve only been to one of their shops but like most of these places I don’t think you could say it was really a bike shop. There is no old bloke with a flat cap and a fag permanently between his lips who knows how to fix everything and has a tool for everything. Just a young salesman who doesn’t...

http://www.50cycles.com/product/613521520.html Google is useful.

No I don’t have any special info. But I assume from what Tim at 50 Cycles let drop here in a couple of posts that the whole range will be going that way. I might take longer than one year to change them all over though.

A Kalkhoff Pro Connect 9 is a bit over your budget at £1600 or so but was available at ten percent off until two days ago. It wouldn’t surprise me if you got a similar discount if you mention that you are a member here. 5o Cycles is trying to move on the 2015 models because completely new ones...

Right. If it and others of the period are unrestricted does that make them technically illegal? They must always have been I should have thought. I thought maybe he wanted to pedal faster than the cut out and wanted a bike he could pedal on the flat at up to 20mph or so. Though for that a...

You see a lot of these sorts of ideas floated but how many of them actually do what they say on the tin? Lots of people would like a genuinely lightweight bike which still gave good assist - or even just a little bit of assist for hills and still be reliable - but will it happen in my lifetime?

Some Europian bikes use the ten percent leeway in the regs to allow a bit over 17mph before they cut out. Kalkhoff do with all their bikes, but I’m not sure how many others do it. On mine the power progressively eases off until the cut off is unnoticeable and you are on your own. My Kalkhoff and...

I think his point went past you at twelve o clock high.

The majority here ride legal bikes I would say. Plenty don’t and some are just a little bit illegal. Like being a little bit pregnant. There is a lot of misunderstanding about legalities in some quarters. Such as the so called off road idea which is not what many people, and from what you...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34111067 Just saw this on the BBC site. Seems the powers that be are doing something about dangerous trucks in London.

So the TS is responsive enough not to really need a gizmo with a mech just as I don’t with my Nexus then. Just a foolproof thing to cater for all kinds of customers.

The Impulse allows more cadence while still giving power than the Panasonic I believe. It will produce max power up to around 80rpm I think then tails off. The torque multiplication is a lot more too. I’ve never really noticed the effect you mention but they do suggest a smooth constant pedal...

How come? If the motor is giving full power on down changes it will put too much load on the mech just like the Woosh does unless it’s stopped. Or is it it very responsive to the rider easing pedal pressure like an unpowered bike? I don’t have it on my Impulse 1 Nexus 8 and can make quick...

Anyone know if the Yamaha system has the motor interrupt gizmo like the Kalkhoffs to ease gear changing? I think, but am not sure that Bosch has one too?

Chickens and eggs. There is plenty of evidence that many more people would like to cycle to work and such, but are put off by the perceived dangers.

Woosh customer service is among the best but they are busy and you need to get their attention.

You can wear what you like with them. My partner used to have a Brooks saddle on her tourer thirty years ago, and rode over a hundred miles a day for a week’s holiday without wearing padded shorts. Her longest ride in a day was 162 miles. I didn’t wear cycling shorts when riding a utility bike...

A couple of hours on a ride usually. I don’t potter around all day on it. I do wear proper cycling shorts under rugby shorts in the summer and padded long cycling trousers in winter. It took about 300 miles to break it in and now its very comfortable. If you don’t want to wear cycling shorts...