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Within reason, personal weight is less important that bike weight. One's body automatically adjusts muscle strength to body weight carried, since that weight is ever present one is always exercising to match the weight. There's no such constant adjustment for an intermittently ridden bike's...

True, but fortunately there's not too many areas with them them. .

Thanks John, the source document I copied from had no link, hence my improvisation. .

The problem with suspension on bicycles is the potential for losing pedal effort due to soft suspension absorbing the downthrust effort, and this particularly applies to rear suspension. Basically the bike bouncing down with each pedal thrust and only some of the pedal effort driving the bike...

You're in Jezz, riding on Hazelwood Avenue: Map Link .

Any e-bike maker should be able to quote a sensible frame warranty period, Wisper for example had a 6 year frame warranty on that brand name of e-bike. I could list a number of brands that have had broken frames, but there's no point, since any make can have the odd failure for various reasons...

Don't worry, I saw the joke! :) Your comment made me think of Howard and his scooter, what he termed his Hog in "The Big Bang Theory". .

I appreciate that, the power is only high in our eyes anyway. Traffic officers conversant with 100+ bhp motorbikes and 200+ bhp cars are unlikely to flinch if checking your 4 bhp pedelec. It's barely into moped territory. .

Assuming the high power isn't blatantly obvious and if you can tell him or show him the power stops when pedalling stops, it's likely he'll question no further. If it's throttle controlled and he happens to be unusually conversant with the latest law, you may be obliged to point out that your...

The law in the UK allows 4 mph on footpaths for pedestrian controlled vehicles and disability vehicles. The latter have an 8 mph speed limit on roads. EU law allowance for the same vehicles is 6kph, which is 3.6 mph, and e-bike walk alongside throttles are usually designed to that. So from a...

This story keeps cropping up each time the Tour is on, but it's a nonsense. All the "hidden" systems are too noisy to be concealed from the thousands standing right alongside the bikes as they climb. In any case the battery capacity of the downtube system wouldn't add enough over the longer...

Thanks KTM. Elsewhere I searched showed the driver fixed penalty could be up to £100 in addition to 3 penalty points. There does seem to be some vagueness about the issue, depending on what site one looks at. .

Do traffic lights even legally apply to cyclists, or is it like UK speed limits, the law confined to motor vehicles? Everywhere I look refers to motorists/drivers etc, and the penalty for infringement is 3 penalty points with a £100 fixed penalty or up to £1000 court penalty. Cyclist can't get...

If so, it shouldn't be expensive, these gear sets are normally stock items for good e-bike suppliers and easily replaced. .

Yes, not with the Yamaha, but with other crank drive units. Whether wheel hub motor or crank drive is really as much a matter of preference than anything else, but it's true that those who enjoy their unpowered cycling often have a preference for crank drive. In other areas both have their...

Since there's no problem when cycling without power and it feels like it's locking up under power, an alternative to a connection problem can be the internal reduction gear teeth breaking up and seizing. If you turn the wheel backwards by hand when switched off, you should get a regular slight...

Hi Wonderer, welcome to the forum. We aren't UK only and have members in many countries including the USA. We also have a "UK off-road, S-pedelecs and Overseas" forum where I'm sure you will find others with similar interests. .

Yes, road bars for maximum climbing power. I think you've answered why your found the comfort bars uncomfortable after a while, you like a lean forward position which puts weight on the hands of course. Comfort bars only work well if sitting upright with hands relaxed rather than weight bearing. .

Most comfortable are the comfort bars often used on utility bikes like Dutch bikes. Fairly wide, grips swept outwards and downwards slightly. A keen cyclist friend who always had drop handlebars tried the pedelec below, the first e-bike he'd ever tried out. When he returned I expected a...

The first adoption of e-bikes by police forces was in 2007, the bikes supplied being standard Wisper 905se models, this due to Wisper principal David Miall approaching forces. Subsequently other forces have adopted e-bikes, mostly Wisper for some while but I understand at least one force is...