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I'm fairly new to riding an electric bike, but have been riding unpowered bikes for years - so have only recently had to deal with this situation. What I have been doing is to reduce my electrical power level so as to stay behind them, in some cases turning it off altogether. I'm not sure I will...

This is another option to consider - some people love them, some hate them! http://www.bike-eye.com/about.html

Steve, I have been looking at these bikes to as a possible purchase for my wife. A couple of points about what you say. Firstly the Pro Connect Impulse 10 has a Trapezoid frame option which the Alfine 8G doesn't. Secondly The 50 cycles price for the 8G is £2095 and the 10 is £2195, so only £100...

I have seen home made ones, but never a commercially available one. Maybe you need to think of a roof mounted carrier instead? eg http://boyink.com/bantam/bike-rack-top-mounted/

Yesterday I rode my old commuting route just to see how the S11 would cope. It used to take me around 55 minutes unpowered when I was fitter than I am now. When I tried it with my wife's Panasonic powered Kalkhoff it took pretty much the same time. On my Kalkhoff S11 I did it in 40 minutes in...

Perhaps I didn't stress that I wasn't making any attempt at preserving the power, I was riding fast uphill using maximum assistance, just experimenting with what the bike could do. I am confident that it will do far more when I need it to and ride more sensibly. Chris

I used to do a 22 mile round trip commute by person powered bike - took about 45 -50 mins each way. One day tried it with my wife's Panasonic powered Kalkoff. The route was fairly flat and I found it a huge disappointment - power assistance cut out most of the time because I was cycling at...

I am a bit puzzled why you want to do this? One of the attractions of e-bikes is that they are non pollluting when in use, although the electric has to come from somewhere. Using a small generator is a very inefficient way of generating the electric compared with most others. The process of...

Thanks John, it seems that the Pro Connect 9 should be perfect for my wife. Now I just need to organise some warm dry weather for her!

Agreed John, but we still haven't answered Actually Blues' question which is asking for a comparison between a road legal Pro Connect Impulse 9 (250 W 17 mph) and an off road only Endeavor Impulse S11(350W 28mph). I would be intrested in the answer because my wife is interested in upgrading her...

Yes John, I accept that it is true its not a fair comparison, and you are right about the Panasonic. Unfortunately I am unable to offer a comparison between the 250 and 350 watt Impulse motors, but thought it worth mentioning what I did know. Which model is it that you are saying cut out at...

In theory the two items - power and restricted speed are independant. However in practice it seems that 50cycles currently offer you a choice of 250W restricted to 14MPH or 350 watts 28MPH. My wife has an old Kalkoff which is very poor at hill climbing. I have a Endeavour Impulse S11 which is...

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