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I know the Kalkhoff Impulse 11 is a good bit more powerful than my Impulse 1 because I tried one. But I’m not at all sure I want the extra power. I have to work quite hard to go as fast as I like to go up the steep hills where I cycle, but I want to work hard because I want a work out. I know I...

There was a link to some local English language paper with the story. Other sources had it too including stories of British tourists being fined on the spot. So I don’t think it was propaganda.

Must have been changes then. I couldn’t do that when I had a Woosh last spring. Still like being a very little bit pregnant though.

Didn’t I read a few months ago that Spanish plod are clamping down on e bikes with throttles which are illegal there? Lot’s of Brits got cought out around the Costas.

Unless there have been changes you can’t programme the King Meter to cut out at 18 mph. It goes from 25kph to the next one at 30kph. So that’s a little over 19mph. It does make it much smoother and you don’t get the riding into a brick wall effect, but it isn’t legal. However rather like the...

No this one in stainless steel. http://en.hollandbikeshop.com/branded-bicycle-parts/batavus-bicycle-parts/batavus-chain-tensioner/batavus-chain-tensioner-62-mm-bolt-45-mm/

My Agutta Impulse 1 2013 model is built like the proverbial brick building and has a very good and durable powder coated paint finish. But when I looked at the current Pro Connect models a few months ago I thought the paintwork looked a bit ordinary in comparison. It might be that with...

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I tried the Pro Connect 9 at Bristol a few months ago and it’s Impulse 11 is noticeably more powerful than my Impulse 1 motor. I was able to cruise up some quite steep hills around Cotham in fourth and fifth gears with not that much effort. The gear change switch worked well too, and changes...

If you put or get a local bike shop to put a 18 sprocket on the back all your gears will effectively just go up one. Your new first will be almost the same as second is now, and the same through the range. Top gear will then give you a higher speed at your normal pedalling cadence. 25mph will be...

Looks like they’ve changed to the same kind of dropouts as the belt drive models with an Alfine tensioner fitted as standard. They must have recognised the problem belatedly. I wonder if they still sell a Nexus 8 with a chain though? Probably not.

Cars and trucks and diesel buses catch fire too. At least you can get off a bus if it starts to combust. Not so easy with an airliner at thirty thousand feet. Crossed with the above.

Assuming nothing like a bump or gust makes it deviate that yes I it should. But in practise something will so the rider compensates for those things. If you fitted it with RC and got to be good at controlling it it would probably ride around on its own like a proper ghost bike.

Sounds about right. As said above it does depend on factors such as the weight of the rider, and the riding style and the terrain. If you don’t want to replace the cassettes and chainrings often then the use of a gauge, or other way of checking for chain wear will allow it to be changed before...

That’s true with a rear mech whether the bike is powered or not. It should only be an issue if you have to do a crash stop and can’t change down in good time. If you have a throttle it’s not a problem though. You just have to lift the back wheel an inch off the ground put it in a lower gear and...

I have a Kalkhoff Impulse with Nexus 8 and changed the chain at 1500 miles using a gauge. It was stretched a bit by then but the sprockets were still good. I live in hilly country and like to go as fast as I can manage in as high a gear as I can uphill. Hatti at Woosh posted here that the...

The idea that you have to do so much exercise to burn off an item of food is a bit of a misnomer. In practise if you exercise you will lose weight, and there are not many fat runners or cyclists. The reason has been discovered fairly recently, and is that when you exercise regularly your body...

Don’t really need two on a bike IMO. It’s not like a motorcycle where you overtake and change lanes.

Looks like they call it the MB now.