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Is this going to be backed up with a guarantee to match the fabulous claims? There are one or two, "abouts" in there and mention of 5 or 6 years. With respect, I could produce a graphic showing marvellous ground breaking battery. What actually counts is 1) Does it live up to the claims. 2)...

Yes. But the Panasonic system is more efficient due to the motor driving through the gears. Therefore, the amount of energy consumed by the motor for each mile travelled will be less on the Panasonic bike than on the Wisper.

If range isn't bothering you, I wouldn't bother continually re-setting the battery. Running it down to cut out doesn't do them any good.

I found that when the battery was new, it dropped to 4 LEDs after about 1 month. I then "re-set" the battery by fully discharging. It then remained at 5 lights for about 6 months before falling to 4. After another re-set, it remained at 5 for about 3 months. It then fell to 4 lights and I didn't...

The Panasonic battery has a diagnostic system built in. Press and hold the battery test button on the battery. Initially it will display the level of charge in the battery. If you keep holding the button in, the lights will go out momentarily, and then re-illuminate. This now shows the capacity...

It's all very fuzzy. We have tried to establish exactly what a warranty is before and it seems mean that the battery is ok if it holds more than 80% of the stated capacity. And to be fair, 50 Cycles have always honoured this. My present battery is now 22 months old, has been used for about...

You are absolutely right about the cost of replacement batteries, they are a real ebike killer. Not only are replacements jaw-droopingly expensive, the life of the battery is exaggerated. The present claim of 500 re-charging cycles is well short of reality. The claim of over 1000 charging...

That's good news. No doubt this claim will be backed up with a 4 year guarantee. (Twice that of anything else on the market)

I think that the Swiss Flyer battery is much wider than the standard 10 Ah one. So much so that the pedal crank is wider to accommodate it. From what I understand, these new 12 and 18 Ah batteries utilise a different battery technology allowing the cells to be packed into a case which is...

It's hard to tell from the few pictures that I have seen, but the new batteries appear to be the same height as the old 10Ah ones, but slightly wider.

You may think that you don't see adverts, but are you a victim of subliminal advertising? Do you arrive home after a shopping trip wondering how all of those useless gadgets that you don't need ended up in your bag? ;)

Firstly, I don't mind the adverts. This forum is someone elses train set and they are a liberty to do what they want with it. If anyone doesn't like the way that it is run, they are free to leave and join another forum dedicated to electric bikes, or start an advert free forum for themselves and...

It is a good looking bike, you can't take that away from it. What is the thing perched on top of the rear mud guard? It doesn't seem to have enough reinforcement to be a rack.

I have not seen a great deal written about it, probably because it is quite a new system. More than likely, we will have to wait a while before we can benefit from consumer experience. This is usually the best information to make an assessment on. All that can be said about the Bosch system...

It is sometimes best to telephone them and speak direct rather rely on email. I know it's no excuse, but they aren't the best at responding to email. I'm not sure what they are fitting to the PC these days, but Derby cycles supplied me with wheels ready built, pretty much to the spec that...

Don't forget, "we're all in it together"

It's all very odd. By the way that these people are dress, they certainly don't give off the impression that they need to cycle because they are too poor to afford a car.

Very true. The trick, of course, is to strike a balance which mitigates and manages those risks with an acceptable level of interference on life.

Sorry if this has been posted before, but its the first time that I have seen it. I can't decide if it's a good idea or not. Getting the thing to activate, without fail, every time that it is required is the difficult aspect of the design I would think. If that has been overcome and it is not...

Well, to oppose a torque of 15.9 Nm acting about the spindle of the pedal (assume the pedal width is 100 mm), there would be about 320 Newtons acting acting at the edge of the pedal (15.9/0.05 = 320 N). To resist this force at the edge of the pedal, it would feel like a 33 Kg weight acting on...