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Hi Scotty, if you have to find somewhere to tuck the assembled DC-DC convertor in some kind of case, then you have the same problem if you used an external battery holder like this from Maplin AAA Size Battery Holders : Battery Boxes : Maplin Electronics - but with less complexity and cheap...

If flecc can remember the original but now defunct URL for that company, it's possible the website may be available at Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine (where dead websites often live on). There may be information there of use to bigplum - Brian

Hi Dan, I get three trips to work per charge on a return journey of 10 miles so your expectations are very realistic. Best regards - Brian (Kudos Tourer).

My twopence worth is you should have stayed in the right lane (or have born in mind that by turning left you lost any right of way) but the mirror issues interests me. I would think many of us novices would appreciate advice on good branded mirrors. My own experience of two I've owned is the...

Odd you should mention that Jimod, I feel a lot fitter but I haven't lost any appreciable weight. It must be all that new muscle which weighs more :-) - Brian

Hi Pete, welcome to the fold. I rode a Kudos Sport on a lengthy test ride with Dave the boss of Kudos. We swapped bikes halfway and the other was a City. I liked the higher seating position of the City and when we got back I was also able to take the Tourer round the car park. That's what I...

Same experience here folks with the hub gears. Ease off a bit as you change and it's dead smooth. I've ridden both types of gear and I'm pleased I chose the Nexus 8 speed for my Kudos Tourer. What I really like is that I can change gear while stationary. Just occasionally I wished I had a "9th...

My rebuttal to that argument Biged, is that a great deal of that injected capital went right out of the country given that most new cars part exchanged for bangers were made elsewhere (and consequently, into their economy). On the environmental side, yes I agree that some old bangers were...

Leaving a £200 (or more) battery laying around for 4 hours or so while I go away somewhere peddling an unpowered e-bike? - hard to see how that will work. The electricity is cheap enough I suppose, but how would it be funded if you included the ability to lock that battery away safely? - Brian

> No - the majority of bikes are, and will continue to be, used for > recreational purposes - even if commuting increased 10 fold. No one asked a couple of years back whether that new car bought under "scrapage" was to be used for commuting or pleasure. What a huge waste of money that was...

I expect there are a few people on this forum (who like me) have been there already Eddie. They do come home of course from time to time (usually with laundry) but if it all works out, they eventually graduate and go out into the world on their own and affirm what a great job you did raising...

My brakes squeaked also when new. The guy at Kudos told me to angle the blocks slightly. So imagine the front of the bike to your left you angle them pointing slightly down he told me (and from the other side angle down to the right). Well I tried it after a couple of days of annoying squeaks...

I renewed my home insurance today. I added my bike and the premium went up by £10.59 which I thought wasn't bad. - Brian

Thanks for the tip Tara. Does the alarm hoot when you unlock the chain (once armed) or is there a delay so you can get the key in the lock? - Brian

For almost 25 years I commuted to London each day using a m/c and there were times when my main bike needed fettling - so I had a Puch Maxi as a back up. The full (tiny) tank would get me there and back and once I got over Blackheath and into the Old Kent Road it was as fast as most things in...

Then they should get (and will probably want) a moped. No matter how you rephrase your personal requirements, you can't get away from the fact that a faster pedelec is a moped with all the attendant extra costs and laws. I obviously can't know who you mean by "younger people" but let's take...

But in the legal sense, increasing the maximum unassisted speed MAKES it a motor vehicle, regardless whether it is driven by an electric motor or a petrol driven one. You can have a faster bike if you want to, you just have to pay the taxes, MOT, insurance etc. The Pedelec industry in the UK...

As you invited thoughts. I want to see a clear definition maintained between a bicycle and a motor vehicle and what you seem to need is one of those. Of course, you then elect to pay tax, insurance and for an MOT (and need a licence) but that's the consequence of a faster vehicle. We would...

A couple of weeks back I got the £9.99 jacket on special offer from Lidl and I'm very pleased with it. - Brian

That's a really cool looking bike Steve - but I wouldn't fancy carrying it up those steps! - Brian