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Hello everybody On the Italian forum we had recently a couple of experiences with the Panasonic unit that I think deserve your skilled attention (hi flecc ;) ). The first is a full suspension Specialized transformed to accommodate the Panasonic central motor and equipped with two...

Hello everybody, it is a long time that I do not write on the forum, but I like to read it as often as I can in order to follow your experiences and especially Flecc's wisdom :) . I need your advice now. A friend of mine, in Italy, is looking for a pedelec: her routes include challenging climbs...

I see on the new website that eZee is going to import in Europe its conversion kit. There are a few strange things re the weight – a 3.2 kg controller (?) and a 3.3 kg battery while the same one on the Torq is said to be 5.6 (?) - but the kit seems very interesting. Do you know which motor is...

Can anybody help me to identify this motor? Is the one fitted on this fine (Chinese-)Belgian pedelec, called Emove or Wattworld: http://www.jobike.it/Public/data/swamy/2008331224230_E-Move%20City%2001.JPG On the right side of the motor it is written: F.D.C. MECHANISM. CO. LTD RATED...

Did you see this one? Panasonic Titanium Flat Road EB Priced between $5,422.95 and $6,717.23, titanium frame, carbon parts, panasonic unit with 5Ah or 10Ah battery (but with a strange "Japanese" range), 3 frame sizes, 56 frame colors, 3 wheel colors, 2 battery and case types, and 2 saddles...

I need some help for my two years old Lafree brakes: a rear SRAM drum brake connected to the p5 gear and a front Rollerbrake. They are getting weak (the rear one is weaker and squeaks too). My local bike shop - who has no experience of such brakes - did regulate them and they are going better...

I've a problem with my battery (Giant Twist 2006). Leds are acting strangely. In past days sometimes it happened that they light up when I took the battery in my hands. Today they don't light when I press the check button nor when the battery it is connected to charger. Is it just a problem of...

Did you see this one? It seems to use a kit very similar to the "specialbikes" one sold on eBay (see here). The Specialbikes folder, which was sold till last year, was not bad value for money... but it was less money.

Does anybody know the exact maximum weight on the new Giant Twist carrier? The manual says 15 kgs. but a shop in Italy sold one to a friend of mine with a child seat on it, saying that the carrier is marked 25 kgs. so there are no problems. I kwow that this bicycle has had some changes...

Hello everybody – I had long holidays… :D Did you see the preview of the “new” Extraenergy test on Aktiv-Radfahren? (pdf in German > 1MB) In the introduction of Hannes Neupert, the founder of Extraenergy, there is an interesting explanation of the delay. The new Giant has demanded to...

I need a piece of advice. I’m thinking to buy a Brompton (ML6 with 12% reduced gearing). I plan to use it as a normal bicycle, without electricity, in the situations I need "intermodal mobility". But before buying I have a couple of questions. First of all, if I discover that I need an...

does anybody know which kind of motor is this one it is used by an italian factory called microbike - which produces quite simple but powerful pedelecs it has a different behaviour from what I'm used to know about crank motors: it can have non-legal versions till 700W - 2KW as well...

Do you know anything about those currie "trekking", "street" etc? Frame seems a copy of the Sparta-Ion... They are beginning to be imported in Italy, but there are no data about them (power and so on).

I need a piece of advice for the brakes of my Twist Comfort Gts 2006. Both the front and the rear brake are "squeaking". I bought the grease for rollerbrakes, but I find the grease-hole cap only on the front brake. The rear one, which goes together with the Sram P5, isn’t it a rollerbrake? And...

Any idea of what's going on with the second part of the Extraenergy test? It was scheduled for December, then delayed till March (Taipei Show) and till now no news... Unwanted results?

May be those video reports can be of some interest for you. On our Italian forum we are testing the uphill ability of different pedelecs. Here is the performance of a Biketech Flyer model T4, which has the new version of the Panasonic crank drive motor that was used by the ancient Giant...

I see here an article speaking about Mistral pedelecs with L-ion 36v 10Ah battery packs at less than £500 and sometimes on offer at £400 on eBay… I’m quite surprised about these prices: it seems me more the cost of a battery than the one of a pedelec! Is lithium batteries price falling? And...

Sometimes I have a look at www.alibaba.com, a sort of global trading site where one can see a lot of the Chinese bicycles that then (in Italy, but I presume in the UK as well) we find under various brands as cheap offers… This time I’ve seen something that appears to me quite strange: it seems...

On the French pedelecs forum I find the first review of the new Giant Twist. I try to summarize it (sorry for mistakes: I'm translating from a foreign language to another…) Good product, comfort, ease of handling, the weight of the front motor is not felt. Assistance sets off...

I have a question about the different national models of the same ebike/pedelec. Giant Lafree was sold in EU with a 250W motor and in the USA with a “250/390W” motor. Ezee are sold in UK with a 200W motor, in Germany with a 250W one, and in the USA with a 400W motor, if I’m not wrong. I...