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Yes, e-bikes are usually ok. This page on the A to B website lists all the train company bike carrying conditions for the UK. And this page gives links to the European train situation for bikes. .

Fortunately the good brands usually have very long frame warranties, five or six years is common and they are sometimes longer. When a warranty is that long it can be assumed the part will normally never fail. .

Yes, lubrication in particular, plus keeping things in good adjustment. .

There's a lot of factors in play here Scott. First is that most parts are not wearing ones, for example with brakes only the pads are parts one would wear out with any frequency and most brake parts will never wear out. And pad wear rate is less related to price than the desired efficiency and...

Yes, they are all disc brakes since the wheel is just a bigger disc, able to exert more leverage at the greater rim radius No braking strain on the spokes too with V brakes. .

I'd say the range would decrease a little due to the other factors, like the increases in wind and rolling resistance at the higher speeds attained. .

The answer is mainly that the voltage drop is not linear as you've guessed. I've found sometimes quite large disparities in the mileage obtainable for each step on typical battery 5 LED indicators, though varying terrain can make it difficult to be sure how much is due to that factor. It would...

I take it that it's a different cassette for those though, I was thinking of the usual Shimano etc which are for 10 mm spindle mounting. .

In series doubling the voltage doubles the speed in theory, though in practice it can be a bit less than doubling due to other factors like wind resistance. In parallel doubling the amperage doubles the range in theory, but in practice it's usually a bit more than double. That's because the...

Most of the time upgrading isn't necessary Scott, even the lower end components can do a good job. I remember doing a review of the first Kalkhoff model to arrive in the UK and finding the V brakes worked superbly, as good as anyone could expect. But on inspection they were unbranded, basic...

That just comes down to knowledge of the product ranges from parts makers and whether they are named parts in a bike's specification list. Take the ubiquitous Shimano bike part ranges. In each category they make differing qualities to cover all market price segments. For example their...

Yes, and their complete bikes are usually made in China too. Even Raleigh UK bikes are all made in China apart from a tiny number of specialist bikes they assemble in the UK from largely Chinese parts. Some other countries are involved in bike manufacture, Indonesia and Taiwan for example, so...

Ansmann are German designed and made so the build quality tends to be higher, no doubt why they are confident enough to offer longer warranties. Otherwise not much known on the bike side in the UK since they've only recently had an importer, but Ansmann are a well known long established battery...

The reason conversion isn't usually possible is that most hub motors uses 12 mm spindles to allow for the hole through the centre for the electrical cable going in. Cassettes are only suited to the normal 10 mm bike spindles and won't fit over 12 mm ones. .

I've seen and heard the propaganda before. I use a cyclonic cleaner but it's not a Dyson and performs every bit as well, but for longer since it uses a larger container. It's not fair to say the Bosch performs well under zero load, since we've no idea of the hinge point when the Dyson becomes...

In the East End of London we've done the opposite. The vehicles speed over the flyover and the cyclists are directed into the roundabout below to find their way around that among the local traffic and climb back out. But there in The Netherlands 70% cycle regularly, in Britain it's just over...

I don't know that personally, but from the illustrations it's not the most suitable for conversion, very much an all-out dedicated fixie. The blind front fork end isn't ok for mounting a hub motor and the tyre size is likely to be somewhat restricted at both ends. So either a rear hub motor if...

I was thinking of a front hub motor conversion. That 120 mm is too narrow for most motors in the rear, they generally need 135 mm, but that's with a derailler set of sprockets, so without that and leaving off the odd spacer/washer might trim that width need slightly. Rear frames can often be...

Some members bought them a little while ago when they first came out and I've seen little negative about them. This search link in the forum shows posts on the Burisch subject over a long period, so a browse though those 10 pages of posts should tell you a lot. .

Also: Juicybike Burisch, these are online from various sources like this one at well within your budget and their style may suit you. .