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The bottom line is, we just dont know. It could be as underused as claimed, it might not be. To me, the saving over the price of a new bike doesn't make it worth the risk. You could easily end up paying more than new if the battery is failing. At sub £700, it might be worth chancing it, but...

These bikes are about £1400 new and a replacement battery cost £540. With only a six month warranty, I think I would spend the extra £405, which you might have to anyway if the battery dies, and buy new.

Very true. On some main roads around here, I dare not take one hand off the bars to signal when turning left or right. It's like trying to ride a square wheeled bike.

I didn't think they could do that. I heard the other day that a Chief Executive at a certain council couldn't have her £238000.00 pay reduced because it would mean altering her terms and conditions. According to the council involved it was impossible to do this. So much so, that they shut down...

I agree and I'd be a bit cautious about a bike that is claimed to be 9 months old and is the subject of some sort of employer's cycle purchase scheme. My understanding is that the bike belongs to the employer or scheme operator for the first 12 months and it is leased / hired to the employee...

I don't know who pays for the roads, but I do know that it isn't those who pay Income Tax. 100% of all income tax is spunked (excuse the crudeness) away on benefit payments. The roads are probably funded from a proportion of VAT, petrol duty, national insurance, capital gains tax, alcohol duty...

I bought on of these a couple of months ago. Its rated at 25 Kg and works fine with my Pro Connect. Very sturdy.

The basic sums that I have done regarding the running costs for an electrically assisted bike confirm that they are definitely not a way to save money. They score highly in other areas though, as you have pointed out. The freedom to use cycle lanes, short hops across pavements and foot paths...

Or Raleigh?

I've been regularly using my Pro-Connect since June 2008 and clocked up a few thousand miles without any battery connection problems.

I thought that you could buy Kangaroo, but I've never seen it on sale here or tried it. Ostrich is available, and one or two enterprising farmers have taken to breeding them. I have tried this meat and this too is very lean and tasty! Returning to your bike, have you any idea of the range...

Yes, I did buy one of the cheap £13 cameras from 7 Day Shop. Apart from having difficulty establishing what mode it is in, (issue with the indicator LEDs) it's very good. I'm not really very knowledgeable about video, I've never dabbled, but the 7 Day Shop cheap camera produces a high...

We have a brace of, "Television Types" in work for the next 7 days making a documentary. They have a couple of cameras which they gaffer tape to our heads to film what what goes on. These things are full 1080p HD cameras suitable for broadcast quality TV, they will record for just over an hour...

Interesting review. Thanks This is just a total shot in the dark, a random guess. On Sunday, will you, by any chance, be barbecuing a Kangaroo and drinking tins if larger?

This sort of thing has been going on in main land UK for some time, so it has probably spread to the Isle of Man from here. Be careful because if you remonstrate with the offending driver, he can cite those objections as mitigating circumstances which prevailed at the time that he stabbed...

Having watched the video again, the van appears to be past the cyclist with his left hand indicator on. Next, the cyclist almost chases after the van to get along side him to make his point. Theres no doubt that the overtake by the van driver was pointless and dangerous, but as already...

Not had chance to read it through yet EdBike, but I will do. From the brief scan I have done, you appear to have made a good effort. Well done and thanks for posting.

Did anyone see this piece of footage on Breakfast News? It looked a pretty close shave for the cyclist, but I can't help thinking that the incident might have been avoided if the cyclist had yielded a bit more to the van. I know that the cyclist was completely in the right and that the van...

I don't recall anyone getting it in the neck for asking a question. Go for it, we play nicely most of the time, but the occasional squabble does break out.

jbond, have you considered what would happen if everyone decided to make the same choices as you? If a large number of people decided that current ebike legislation didn't suit them and opted to do what they please, I think that there would be a crackdown and a tightening of legislation. That...