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It will be policed by the BAGB, they are independent and have a superb reputation. If anyone didn't agree with their findings, they would be very open to discuss. All the best, David

Thanks Dave, we have not heard from him since June 18th. Do you know if has he posted anywhere here since then? All the best David

Does anyone know if this has, or has not been resolved, I have not heard anything. All the best, David

Hi E Moses, the Wisper Torque is a bike. It has the best of all worlds. 1. Excellent Torque sensor. 2. Cadence only mode. 3. Throttle to 4mph and full throttle when turning the pedals forward. Its not something you can fit to your A2B! :) All the best, David

Hi Shemozzle, Not to the most of the current members, there is inly one that I know of that does not meet the criteria already. You may be interested to know that BAGB are now working in an electric bike seal of approval or "kite mark". The consensus at the meeting was ebike law in the UK is...

I'd love too hear from them? All the best, David

Yes it is Dave and all they said about price was it would be over £2,000. All the best, David

Ahhhhhh...... if I could spell I'd be dangerous!

I agree Dave! Just imagine the huge advantage to the treasury, duty and VAT receipts on fuel and all imported goods are poised to increase by 15 to 20%. No stealth tax could of achieved that!

Can I amend that to nearer 15% or 20%? Nearly everything sold in the U.K. including fuel, which governs air road and sea transport will increase by at least 15%, if it's not completely made in the U.K. We are going to see 15 to 20% increases on nearly everything in the shops by the Spring...

You all may be interested to know I had a two hour tour of the new Brompton factory in Greenford yesterday. They employ 140 people on the production line (18 bending and brazing) and 80 people in their offices. I would certainly consider their product made In the U.K. Yes of course some parts...

Hi Kiwi, we had the UK dealership, they were very ordinary technical with quite an ugly lump around the stem to emulate the old Solex Velos. Other than the "lump" the design was interesting but back up was non existent. I don't know what happened to them, we assume they ran out of money.

Great news! Thanks Kittykat, I will get back to you tomorrow if that's OK. Kind regards David

As do Mifa in Germany, they sell bikes to Decathlon, they are cheap and cheerful, made in a highly automated factory and known by many in the bike press as a "bicycle shaped objects". I agree we could make ebikes here for about the same % increase as the bikes made in France. Solex recently...

No Dave, it was D8veh, 20% is absolute minimum IMO but could easily be 33%.

I have just put the phone down to another well known electric bike importer who is going to raise prices a further 10% on Friday. They had already put prices up by 10% four weeks ago. I think Dave's estimate is about correct, 33% price increases on Bikes, EBilkes (and everything else) is about...

We have carefully looked at the possibility of manufacturing in the UK. The biggest problem we have is finding the people to make the bikes. We took three months to find someone to train to become an electric bike mechanic. We offered a good proper salary not an apprentice scheme, there was...

Hi Derf, I would like to say that every Chinese factory I have ever visited only employs adults. The factories we deal with employ adult engineers at a higher wage than we would have to pay in Eastern Europe. It's now more expensive to manufacture in China than it is in many areas of Europe...

Hi Trex, Our problem is that the 40' Hi Volume container that arrived last week is going straight out. Then next one arrives next Monday, when I will have to pay for it at currently 1.238 Dollars to the Pound. My costs are increased by many £1000s. Grueling! All the best, David

Here we go again! The next round of Brexit price increases seem inevitable. It's looking as if we are being forced into another £75 per bike hike... that's unless things improve this week. At the current exchange rates, even with this increase our already tight margins will be reduced still...