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Colonel, A big thank you for such an in depth review, particularly as you have detailed the geography of the area. I'm sure readers from your neck of the woods will be especially interested. I also liked the bit when you overtook the heavy duty riders and never saw them again! With regard to...

I'm not technical (as you know) but as i understand it, it doesn't matter which derailleur or hub gearbox you may have. Experienced riders will know that squeezing the brakes slightly while changing gear will cut out the motor and reduce wear and tear on the transmission. They'll also know how...

There are 1000s of Chinese assemblers of E bikes - some large, most small. They have jumped on the bandwagon over the past 5 years with the rapid increase of sales especially in Europe (and notably Holland) because that is what China has done for years. As already stated on here, the economies...

Thanks for what seems like a very fair review Rob, and I have noted all the points raised. The Sirocco 2 is certainly one of our most popular models, no doubt due to the 15A battery and its potential for slightly heavier riders (no, not you Rob!) and long distances. We would have liked to do a...

Hi all, Back to 5 degrees after 39 yesterday. Ho hum.... Quick answers for now but if anyone needs more info I should be fully compos mentis (well, as much as can be expected of me) by tomorrow. Can we ship to Australia? A one off would be prohibitive, not just because of shipping but also...

Hi everyone and thanks for your interest. The new crank drive models are at sea right now, due to arrive 3rd week Feb. I am somewhat knackered after a very long train journey and flying back to UK tomorrow night, so would be more than happy to answer queries from Monday onwards if that's OK. Hatti

Ha ha! You don't know me...Hatti the adventurer. Always shunned mega posh travel (and can't afford it either). Took the Shosholosa Meyl tourist train (NOT the Blue Train, got to sell a few more bikes for that), from Cape Town to Joburg. All good at first, train scruffy but clean, but painfully...

Well, Hatti is still here, spending the last day of holiday in sunny South Africa - so do not fear, I will be back posting regulalry from next week onwards! BTW, Woosh can't offer you something for £2000 Im afraid but you might still be willing to consider our most expensive new model crank...

Loved the video Dave. Great. Am forwarding the link to my son, he would definitely relate to it! Also Dave, have had the braai sausages, but definitely too much Amarula last night....so am laying off it today! Still trying to work out how to get some genuine Billtong in my case to take back to...

Hi Dave Do you mean Snoekies in Hout Bay? Not been there but well known ...any good? Long Street - do you mean Cape Town? Blimey, if so, right in the middle and yes, probably a bit noisy and busy these days. Still, you spent time here - how long ago, pre or post apartheid? Not tempted to come...

Good to hear from everyone. Chapmans is good Dave but am staying in Hout Bay and the drive from there to Camps is just as scenic - and free! Sorry to hear about your nephew, Flecc. Of course being on holiday gives a rose tinted view of everything and I'm sure daily life here has its problems...

A Woosh bike looks very fetching, trailer or no trailer. Greetings all from sunny Cape Town where I have been very good until now at staying away from work for 3 weeks. Weather great, food brilliant, wine mega cheap and scenery fantastic - especially the bike trails all over Table Mountain...

We would offer a January sale except that this is when most of our staff take their annual holidays - so sales and support would be reduced and timing therefore wrong. This year especially, though, the weather is still very wet and we have noticed that sales drop when the weather is bad. Not...

Joke one (for Yorkshiremen): Knock knock. Who's there? E-bike. E-bike who? E by gum, think ah've lost key t' battery.... Joke two (for Eddieo) Knock knock. Who's there? Bosch. Bosch who? Bless you, you must have a cold coming on. Joke three (good old Jewish one)...

Hi Colonel Sorry, agree that the review does seem short but understandably lies outside our control. A quick couple of things however: Firstly, the bike was brand new. Secondly, our bikes arrive with the battery only partly charged. We did not want to prepare the bike in a special way...

Just had a ten year old kid waltz though the door asking about electric bikes. Told him he'd have to wait 4 years. 'Nah' he replied. 'My Mum'll get me one for Christmas'. Looking sternly at him over the top of my glasses I told him it would be illegal and besides, would cost her upwards of...

Thanks Dave I'm sure your DIY bikes are great, and as you say, just the way you want them. There's always a lot to be said for that. But glad ours might be the answer for some when it all seems a bit too much hard work! Have a good one. Hatti

But where are you going to get your turkey 'n Christmas Pud, Eddieo? All may be not be lost though. According to my daughter, MacDonalds in Delhi do a roaring trade. Despite our Chinese/German differences (ha ha!) have a nice one and mind the sun... Hatti

All our bikes (like the majority, jeremy) are made in China, and all have EN15194 certification. They all have a 250 watt Bafang motor and throttle. EN15194 certification in China is done either by Chinese companies or by two internationally accredited laboratories - SGS and TUF. France will...

VERY true.... Hatti