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I know this issue has been sorted out on the newer bikes, but it's not acceptable on a bike of your age and cost. This is the sort of thing that you would expect, and put up with, on a £500 bike sold out of a container by an eBay rat. You've paid a premium for your bike, hold them to account...

From memory, I think those wheels have an oval profiled spoke. I had an enormous amount of difficulty finding any spare parts for that wheel and from the comnents made by a multitude of large and well known dealers, came to the conclusion that the wheel is obsolete. I believe that it was on the...

I saw a Panasonic battery on eBay a couple of days ago. I can't find it again now. Is this battery the one that was/still is in eBay?

Your lucky. My MP has difficulty understanding what the English language is.

I think that if I were in the market for a hub motor type bike, I would definitely go down the route of something similar to yours. The price differential between that and a, "branded" model is too great to ignore and you can correct a lot of faults with the money you have saved. I think most...

I'm not really interested in buying one of these bikes, but I am a bit curious. The level of technical backup, service advice and customer care isn't going to be as good as some if the bigger brands. But if you are a bit handy and have some technical aptitude, these cheap bikes could make a lot...

I haven't found a way. It has happened in previous years, but I had forgotten about it until today. I usually get around the issue by stopping, selecting first gear on the handlebar shifter and manually rotating the selector ring on the hub to first gear. The gears work ok coming up the range as...

Does anyone here suffer from Alfine Testicles? Let me explain: Four sets of circumstances need to conspire in order to present a risk of Alfine Testicles. Firstly, the rider needs to posses a testicle or set of testicles. Secondly, the bicycle must have a crossbar. Next, the bicycle must be...

I'm afraid it doesn't make more sense to me. If I were to drive my car around stuck in one particular gear (which is effectively what a hub motored ebike is doing) , it wouldn't be very efficient over a range of different speeds and terrain. The various parameters may all align under certain...

flecc explains it all very clearly here

That makes sense. I must have been lucky and had a set of rims at the lower limit of manufacture tolerance, and tyres at the upper limit.

Is there something I am missing regarding fitting MP tyres? Mine went straight on just using my hands. They were no different to standard bike tyres to fit. I little more rigid, perhaps, but certainly just as easy to fit.

Yawn......;)

Hi Musicbooks. Sorry to hear about the accident and hope there's no lasting damage to you or the bike. I have a feeling that I have read that the small framed Agattu has a smaller wheel than the the rest of the range, so probably not 28" / 622 / 700c. It might be worth checking before ordering...

I can confirm that having been the owner of one of the 24 spoke wheels. They were awful and caused a lot of problems. The current wheel, which I now have, transforms the bike in terms of ride quality and reliability.

Even if the Kmh symbol can't be removed, you could always, "make" it read MPH by adjusting the value of wheel circumference entered into it. Divide the wheel circumference value by 0.62 and enter that into the gizmo. I've just had a look at your pictures on a computer screen. It's a very nice...

Thanks for the review. It's always interesting to hear other people's thoughts. A good suggestion regarding the mud flap.

I think the new Kalkhoff battery narrows the £/Watt hour gap. Kalkhoff battery £500/468 = £1.06 p /Watt hour Wisper battery £525/558 = £0.94 p /Watt hour A 13% differential, down from nearly 50%. Because the Panasonic drive system isn't stuck in top gear and uses each of those...

brucehawsker originally questioned the relative cost of batteries in terms of £/Watt hour, not how far the bike will go per Watt hour. As illustrated by flecc, the Wisper and Panasonic systems are about equal on that score. Returning to the original question, why is the Panasonic system...

It's very unlikely that you would be stopped, but you would be looking at an offence for no insurance and the rest of the grief which goes with using a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road without any documents whatsoever. Before buying a bike, you really should try out a few. £1000 is a...