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Just to round this thread off, I'm now back at my flat, but the battery I ordered is sitting at a pick up point in the next village because the carrier was unable to deliver it here. (I find that quite difficult to believe as there's always someone around in one or other of the flats and we all...

Thanks for the tips. There's only one socket on both the charger and the battery, so it should be proof even against this idiot I hope! I went back to Elecktro-fun, the website from which I bought the bikes and batteries and the cheaper of the two replacement batteries they're selling there...

I've now had more of a chance to look around. I've also been on a learning curve and discovered what Ah and Wh mean. Sort of. My best bet looks to be Otto, which is a kind of German equivalent to Argos, has been around a long time and who I've used before. They have a model with Panasonic cells...

I'll have a trawl around online first, but I was planning to buy from the same company from whom I bought the bikes. Theirs are Samsung. (They're the company in the link I posted earlier.) The original ones that came with the bike did pretty well all things considered. Edited to add the Samsung...

Thanks for all the info. That's very reassuring that the bikes' motors should still be fine. That was my main concern as I didn't want to lay out a lot of money to no purpose. I'd also be lost without them. I've become very used to pedalling my way around locally and even a bit further afield...

I'm guessing that means doing something to it that enables me to be able to charge it again? Thanks for the tip, inevitably, I had no idea that was possible. Who would do it? I haven't seen it mentioned on any of the bike shop's websites in the vicinity of "my" village, although doubtless it's...

Absolutely right, they're identical models, just different colours and they've been good little bikes. They were the lightest I could find at the time as I'm very petite. (Thanks to all the exercise I get when I'm away I'm now even lighter again than I was when I wrote those earlier posts that...

Hi Everyone, you gave me a lot of much appreciated help when I first purchased my bikes several years ago - I can't believe how long ago it was and how the time flies! I'm now hoping you can help me again as I'm just as ignorant as ever when it comes to anything other than just riding them. My...

Thanks everyone, it all makes a lot of sense and I'd definitely go along with Rob F! I'm not too far off the correct saddle height and am making a point of mounting and dismounting correctly - this isn't difficult to remember as once again the advice here is spot on and it is actually the...

That's music to my ears! Wow, I'm not far off that, perhaps I'm doing better than I thought! I reckon about another inch (well maybe 2) and I'll be there. I think I'll give that one a miss. I can see how it would work for the legs, but with my peculiar proportions I'd end up with a...

That makes a lot of sense, not least because I did find when I first begain to raise the saddle that it was instantly a lot more comfortable. Apart from anything else, I stopped sliding forwards, despite the fact that the saddle itself tilts slightly backwards. Whether I'll ever muster the...

I've had such a lot of help from the members here, that I thought you might like a progress report on my return to cycling after a gap that is way longer than I'm prepared to specify! As anticipated, it was too cold to go out in the short spell I was here over the New Year, but I've been back...

Thanks for that. It looks like I'll be back in early January, so from what you're saying, I'll be OK to leave the batteries until then. I'm not sure how easy it might be to "take the top off" in January though, if there's a lot of snow and ice around I don't think I'll be doing much cycling!

Elli, the owner of one of the other flats and the block administrator has just been here. I've asked her if she could periodically charge the batteries when I'm not here - as administrator, she has keys to all the flats, so can use my electricity - and she's said that'll be fine. Problem solved...

Not really, I live on the north east coast, so Eurostar is a very longwinded option as I have to go from Newcastle down to Kings Cross first. Bet it's a pretty spectacular journey in parts though.

Just got back from a trip up the mountain side - on a chair lift not on a bike though! There was the following message waiting for me. "We thank you for your e-mail. We will have to make an special request through your reservation for our special reservations department to approve it. We will...

I wrote to KLM last night, haven't had a reply yet, but I always seem to get stopped at security somewhere on the journey from Germany back to the north east, so even if KLM should give me the go-ahead I could run into problems with them. Once it was over 2 tins of sauerkraut and the possibility...

Why? Is there a problem taking it on a plane? Edited to add that I've just been to the KLM website and apparently there could be. It doesn't specifically mention bike batteries, but it's looking a bit dodgy. As I've been taking my laptop back and forth on numerous occasions, it didn't occur to...

I thought I'd tidy this thread up, first by saying thanks for the advice, it was much appreciated. I'm currently in Oberaudorf and had the chance to try out an electric bike in one of the shops here. Brilliant, I loved it. (Course it helped that it was a lovely warm sunny day!) I bided my time...

Thanks for joining in, that would be good if I could leave the battery in the flat when I'm in the UK, but as I plan to rent it out in between times that's not an option unfortunately. It's a solution for Ettica though. (Even if there are sockets there, I don't know how the other residents...