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The rear tyre on my Synergie Mistral is now smooth and in need of replacement. I have looked at the various makes suggested on this forum Schwalbe and Continental etc with a view to finding something relatively free from punctures. However I have been baffled by the range of tread patterns...

I have had my Synergie Mistral for three years and it has covered thousands of miles. Then the battery went under, giving no more than five miles before it died. I rang Synergie. They had no batteries and could not tell me when they would have any more. Rang the purveyors of the...

Can anyone give me a run down on the Powacycle Windsor rocker switch? It seems to have three positions which I assume controls the level of Pedelec assistance. However I gather it switches in and out the twistgrip. Is this correct? Do you get Pedelec assistance in any of the three...

Under the heading "Brake blocks/pads" I asked for advice on choosing brake pads and fitting them. Never got a single reply. Is this a Forum record? Rod

The brake blocks on my Synergie Mistral are beginning to show sign of wear and will soon need replacing. Can anyone recommend a decent replacement which combines good stopping power with a reasonable rate of wear please? Also is there anything in particular I should watch when actually...

Can anyone help me with this one please? I have bought a cable kit intending to replace the brake cables on my sons bike. There are the usual inner and outer cables plus ferrules for the end of the outer cables and for the ends of the inner cables. But in addition to these there are some...

I have now had about a weeks experience with this £3.99 computer and I must say it is brilliant. It is very easy to read, does everything you could possibly want and is easy to operate. The instruction sheet takes a bit of digesting but you can get the basics up and running without too much...

My Bikehut computer from Halfords has performed well for a long time but it has always presented difficulties when setting to zero. It takes huge pressure on the button to get a result and frankly I am fed up with battling with it. Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced, simple and reliable...

If anyone heard Gardeners' Question time on Friday they would have been intrigued, as I was, to learn that a Chinese electric bike was going to be featured. It turned out that someone had just acquired a second hand e bike complete with front basket and they were hoping they might turn the...

Thought I would try a new thread. Seems needed somehow! My Mistral has now been off the road for a total of around six weeks and the latest delay, according to the Electric Transport Shop, is in getting suitable replacement spokes. Apparently Synergie, having originally poo pooed the...

My Synergie Mistral has been on and off the road with a mysterious illness which has resulted in Synergie supplying a new motor under warranty. But that is all they did supply, so according to ETS Cambridge, the old motor will have to be taken out of its wheel and a new motor laced into it...

Anxious to get my spokes all tensioned up and 'pinging' correctly I bought a "Triple Spoke Wrench" by the American company Parktool from Halfords. The packing says "universal" which suggests to me it should fit anything yet when I came to use it on my Mistral it just isn't quite big enough to...

My Mistral has a reinforcing bar fixed across it which is taking up a lot of useful space. I would like to remove it because it does not seem to be doing anything useful and I would then have room to put some lights on my bike. Flecc thinks it would be OK but suggests I do a general...

I am looking for some really good lightweight waterproof clothing for my son who recently took to cycling. He managed to get soaked to the skin the other day in a downpour. Mostly he is a pedal cyclist (apart when he is off on my Synergie when my back is turned) so we are looking for...

THIS BIKE HAS NOW BEEN SOLD FOR SALE – POWABYKE 21 GEAR COMMUTER I have decided it is silly keeping two electric bikes so I am selling my Commuter. Main reason is that I have to push them uphill to get them in the shed and at the age of 74 I am finding the Commuter’s weight just a...