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In fairness that hasn't been the case with the Panasonic units which have never had any official internal spares available. Bikes using those have always sold ok second hand despite replacement units costing circa £500 plus fitting, the Giant Lafree series especially getting premium s/h prices...

Seconded, Well done Woosh! This is in stark contrast to the Bosch problems currently being posted about. .

In need terms I was speaking of availability of course, I despair of getting anything effective done about climate change. Of course two tanks are an inconvenience, just as charging an e-car is and even filling a fuel tank, but two tanks are better than nothing at all. As for ammonia, clearly...

That's what the Belgians did successfully, running on ammonia based fuel with no dual fuel tank. And anyway, why are dual tanks a problem, they already exist on a number of vehicles. As I made clear, there is nothing to stop an ammonia fuel car having a tank twice the size, so range is not a...

It's likely to be the motor unit bolts holding it to the frame need tightening, this creaking being a common problem on the Panasonic crank units too. The units are bolted into the painted frame so it's inevitable that with pedal forces twisting the unit from side to side some early bedding...

Strava for utility cyclists who use their bikes as general transport: Me: "How long does it take you to get to Sainsburys?" Response: "Dunno mate, I shop at Tesco." .

Here's a video posted by Cyclezee showing a ride through the Milton Keynes cyclepaths during a deserted Xmas spell: MK cycle ride .

I agree that hydrogen is a definite prospect. However, those arguing against ammonia are usually out of date on the issue, this article for example is riddled with mistakes and missed points. For example the claim that two fuel tanks are necessary is nonsense, even the Belgians didn't have to...

Where these bearings are concerned that is utter nonsense. There is absolutely no excuse for a crank unit design having bearings that could ever fail within the warranty period. That never happens with either the Panasonic or old Yamaha units. The bearing positions in question in the...

Wisper too. .

Here's an explanation I found online, it's definitely not for me! What is Strava? Currently focused on the needs of avid cyclists and runners, Strava lets you track your rides and runs via your iPhone, Android or dedicated GPS device to analyze and quantify your performance. Strava makes...

Cyclezee are at Milton Keynes: Cyclezee Ltd. 3 Guest Gardens New Bradwell Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK13 0AF .

The Sanyo motor that Giant used in the Twist 1 and 2 models was a regenerating one, therefore having no freewheel. The later Express models have a freewheel and lost the regeneration function. This is only a guess, but it seems to me to be likely that the gears for the regenerating one will...

At one time for your crime you could have been transported to Australia, and there they had a very strict 200 watt limit. :eek: That would teach you! We can't do that any more, they've changed the limit to 250 watts. :( .

Welcome to the forum Garf, have fun researching all the sources including in here. We'll look forward to hearing about your choices. .

Not quite that simple though since no-one knows. Members coming in are always greatly outnumbered by visitors reading. At this point of posting 13 members and 50 visitors are in, and visitors can get into the hundreds at times. .

Indeed, whatever the rights and wrongs of the issue, Bosch and their customers cannot afford to have high profile 10 page threads like this with 186 posts to date. Goodness knows how many site visitors have seen it too, since it's been on the front page for nearly three weeks to date. .

On that assumption, number 3. .

That's very likely to be a factor, especially since motorcycle engines were almost always single cylinder which are most likely to transmit harsh rhythmic shocks to the transmission. .

It certainly should be. Panasonic have got their integral BB bearings right from the outset, they never fail and are still in use on units up to 12 years old. From what Arstu says, Bosch have greatly increased the bearing size to correct the problem. In my view that's an admission of a design...