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It does, it uses the one with the integrated SRAM 3 speed hub gear. That's still low powered by current market standards though. BionX make a higher power 250 watt H model, but the Smart bike doesn't use that, possibly because it's current demand is high, shortening the range. The choice of...

Indeed. When Kalkhoff first launched pedelecs with the 2007 Panasonic and 260 Wh battery, they did a publicity stunt with a team of three riders who completed 100 miles with a single charge on a cycle track. That 2.6 Wh per mile meant they were scarcely getting assistance, they were just three...

I was already fully aware of the Grace and Kalle Nicolai involvements years before you even bought one of these bikes, which is why I questioned it's heritage in my previous post. As an ex-trade person who has knowledge of power assisted bikes dating from 1950 to the present you are hardly in a...

Your judgement may be premature, they don't have a huge backup network for e-bikes. The current support may only exist while the e-bike is current. I mentioned earlier the e-bike they marketed some while ago, but when they discontinued e-bikes they gave no further support either here or in the...

I'm not a manufacturer but will take it upon myself to inform you the gist of what some of these have posted previously on this subject. Basically it's the split in the market that is the problem. Discounters and online retailers sell the bikes cheaply while often not providing any backup and...

I'm always pleasant and will slag off anyone who says different! :) .

That's a good point. Fortunately those who confuse or can't differentiate colours can and do act based upon which position light is lit. It would be disastrous for them if a single lamp with three colour LEDs was introduced! .

That 350 watts for the USA is pretty much standard now with outside manufacturers. Basically it's been as far as most e-bike motor designs can be pushed commensurate with high reliability. The US limits are far higher of course, 700 watts Federal law but individual states can make their own...

Well here's the facts for you from this very elderly bully. On the 9th May 2003 the EU passed an order to all member countries to adopt in law the 2002/24/EC Two and Three Wheeler Type Approval legislation. In section 1.2. (h) 250 watt pedelecs were exempted from being considered as motor...

I totally agree, and with driving I'm aware of my advancing age and watch for signs of deterioration. Regularly checking my ability to meet the eyesight requirements lead me to have both cataracts dealt with two years ago, resulting in eyesight that can read a number plate at almost three times...

Afraid so Dave, current life expectancy for UK males is 78.2 years. So 40 is already into the second half on average. Your expectancy as an advantaged person is higher of course, and all the figures are expected to increase over time. .

Couldn't you consider a KTM with the Bosch unit instead? An Austrian manufacturer of pedelecs that are also top quality, so there shouldn't be any warranty problems then. .

Not that straightforward though. They say more old people than young die on pedelecs. I would expect that, just look at this forum where 80% of the members are in the second half of life at over 40, and the minority below are predominantly not too far from that. The imbalance is mainly that...

You've probably hit the nail on the head. I used to use the old mechanical office typewriters, even had an Olivetti portable as well back in the 1950s, so I probably still tend to use the same force. This new keyboard has progessive resistance so doesn't instantly bottom out under the stress...

Not likely with the way I attack keyboards. Not so much touch-typing, more touched-typing. :eek: .

Would be more likely to be coffee-spill keyboard with me Mike! I'd got fed up with the usual computer keyboards so went looking for something better and tripped over the Cherry top quality brand. I bought the G80-3000, quite expensive but excellent in use. Link to website. .

Although they speak of pedelecs, I wonder if their popular S class e-bikes have got mixed up in the figures. Could easily happen and at speeds up to 45 kph could be a distorting factor. Just noticed I'd slipped past 30,000 posts without realising it. This latest Cherry brand keyboard is...

A somewhat selfish view surely? Who are you to say anyone's car is unnecessary? Like many others I used to drive a car into London simply because I had to use it during the day as well as part of my job. Many motorists think bicycles are unsuited to our roads and shouldn't be on them, which...

Indeed there are, and that same act contains the 14 years lower age restriction on riding an e-bike. But UK roads speed limit law is only directed at motor vehicles with no mention of any form of bicycle. Possibly an anomally due to not thinking bikes can easily break speed limits, perhaps...

I think the Red Deer are exempt, such as when labrador dog Fenton chased them across the park to the owner's shouts of "Oh Jesus Christ!" :D .