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if the link above does not work for you, try this one: http://www.bike-eu.com/Home/General/2014/2/First-Test-Ride-with-Shimano-Steps-E-Bike-1456996W/

"chased and faced" on a Chinese bike? it's more like 'dip and shine', they are not going to face the shell before fitting the BB from fear of cracking the spray paint. 3000km sounds a little low but you could fit a new Shimano BB with cartridge bearings from ebay for £10.

Then you have to learn to true the wheel yourself. It'll take an hour to learn the basic with a youtube video. Spokes only break after the wheel is out of true. Spokes only work if tensioned adequately. Too much tension causes the rim to be out of true and dammages the spoke holes in the rim...

but you look after your spokes and keep them under even tension. Many users just don't have the time or the skill for it. For a commuting bike, you will want a bike requiring as little maintenance as possible.

do you have a spoke key to tighten the spokes yourself? and do you ping your spokes every day to find out if any of them getting loose? Spokes are under a great deal of stress when the bike rocks side to side or decelerates suddenly (braking hard or hitting a speed bump)

Your post implies Paul Newport's bike has poor quality wheel or spokes or both. There are lots of Chinese bikes out there without ever experiencing spoke breaking, so the issue is not 'poor quality' spokes. Good products use good material and workmanship, I am not arguing about that. My point is...

Spokes break because of metal fatigue. Heat produced by friction at the J bend accelerates metal fatigue. Spokes are made with cold processes, forging, bending, rolling, the J elbow is where the metal is stretched to form the bend. Starting with a 13G (2.3mm), the bend reduces the average...

I disagree with Martin. Broken spokes happen practically only on rear hub motor bikes, not on front hub motors, not on crank drives.

for the kind of mileage you do, crank drives are much better for the job. Faster, easier puncture repairs and no broken spokes ever.

more choice is good.

not everyone. because a lot of expensive German designs are eccentric, especially in frame designs, pushing one aspect forward to the detriment of the rest. German bikes are generally better fitted but not usually better designed.

why not talk to other traders here to customize and share their stock?

You sound a bit cynical and also unfair. 'Which bike should I buy' cannot function without traders spending their time fighting over the leads. I wish more traders find the time to participate. I have read practically every single post in this section of the forum in the last 4 years and have...

why not? go on, tell us (well, at least point us in the right direction).

I can't see anything wrong with Kudos wanting to announce new bikes in the 'electric bicyles' section - Dave usually publishes full specifications and pictures that interest many of us. But I suggest that traders when posting in this section of the forum restraint themselves to help with...

Have you tried using the pedelecs database? http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/buy/find-an-electric-bike/ There are more than 130 bikes costing £1000 or less and about 37 without listed prices, including the mysterious Kudos E3. The advanced options should narrow down the candiates. Russ, except that...

you have to replace the broken spoke, while doing this, check that none of the other spokes is getting loose. You will probably need to increase the spoke tension because the current level is not enough to stop spokes from breaking. Speed bumps cause the spoke to compress, breaking them at their...

you did the right thing to energize the forum and thank you for that. The little number of posts regarding your new bikes was not due to the new format, but because 2 are bigger sizes of last year new models (those were breaking new ground in Chinese vs German hand to hand combat), the one for...

welcome to the forum, Tom. You seem to have bagged a bargain there. Do post your view on this bike, especially some comparison with the other e-bikes that you have in the past.

trade posts are the best part of this forum if you simply ignore what they say about their own bikes.