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Indeed Tom, despite being sure that you're teasing, I'd add for others that my comment was entirely from experience and coincides with the opinion of other members who have reaped those same battery improvement benefits. .

That can be the battery's BMS switching on the charge again to achieve a balanced charge in all cells, but doing this with such frequency could mean some cells failing to retain the charge, meaning the battery is near the end. My guess is that it isn't going to last much longer. It isn't only...

True for very many and has been for a very long time. The proof is in the constantly declining number who won't vote or deliberately spoil their ballot papers out of disillusionment. On current indications the impending election may well produce the lowest ever number voting in a general...

True in every field Trex, as soon as anyone appears to make money, others jump on the band wagon. But the best ones survive and prosper while others fail. So your thesis is ultimately true, but I don't think we've reached that yet. Either the market has some way to go to saturate or some of...

Thanks for your informative post Mrgeoff. While I agree that 15 mph doesn't suit many, your views are very British. In northern Europe and particularly the Netherlands cyclists including e-bikers are mostly happy to amble around at lower speeds. Perhaps annoyingly for those with your view...

And if I can be impertinent enough to add another benefit, in consequence the customer with an old eZee model thus automatically gets the latest technology and chemistry each time they replace their battery. I've twice been a beneficiary of this, each time getting a big improvement in...

While true on an averaging basis Trex, local distortions can greatly reduce the population size necessary to achieve those sales. A serious traffic congestion problem can greatly increase the incidence of cycling and e-biking. So can a serious parking problems in a particular town and city...

Filling in pending his return, no, it's eZee's own hub motor. Years ago they used to use Bafangs with high currents but suffered some unreliability so designed their own more powerful and stronger motor. That was long before the BPM/CST and Panasonic rear hub motors, making then the pioneers...

Thanks John, I saw the main point but the irony I found obscure, since I don't accept that an earned benefit can make one a scrounger. Earned pensions should be classified in a national assurance budget and not in the welfare budget. No doubt the current classification is preferred since it...

But that is a distorted view John. Our pensions are based on earned entitlement through our payments in, so they are not wholely welfare benefits. Those receiving them are not in any way scroungers. That's not true of the remaining minority proportion of the benefits which are unearned and...

Truth in that Tom, cwah saying he was riding fast. As soon as we move outside of cycling into motorcycling territory, our risks increase exponentially. Two million motorcyclists produce around 400 deaths annually, four million cyclists about 100 deaths annually, the former 8 times the latter's...

The trouble is that is a circular argument Mike, since it's our society which has created the reduction in personal responsibility. The attractions of being able to blame anyone or anything but oneself are universal to us all, so we collaboratively allowed this situation to occur. .

The "somehow" is that we all remain children to some extent and children like to play with their toys. Among we children are the bullies and wannabee bullies who become respectively dictators or politicians and seize any chance to use the rest of us as their toys. As ever, toys get damaged...

You're in gillboy22, joining Gorstage Lane: Map link .

Yup, any program with benefits in it's title will have that effect! .

Yes, I've noticed on Google Earth that area of commercial buildings. Numerous farms have converted or added to some of their buildings to create light industrial and commercial units, helping to overcome the well publicised economic difficulties that farming faces. .

Yes, hub motors can perform on hills just as well as crank drives, but just beware of the lower powered hub motors that Dutch bikes usually still have. They perform poorly on hills. One person I advised not to buy a Koga because of the hills in his area, finally gave in to it's superb quality...

I agree Steve, that does appear illogical, though, since they were filmed before the suspension event, they do not conflict with that decision. .

Your 32 tooth one might be ok Frank, the top gear with a 26" wheel would be 105 inches, with a 700c wheel 110 inches, a little on the high side. With the adapted 30 tooth one, 99 inches and 103 inches respectively. Top gear ratio in that hub is x 3.05. .

Thanks mfj197, I misunderstood the post. I'll delete my post. .