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My 2009 905SE City has now had 4888 miles on it since I got it in September 2009, and is still performing well with just basic maintenance/replacement of drivetrain components. I normally ride 14 miles to work and back every day and charge the battery every evening when I get home, after...

This was in our local paper today.. I live too far away to support this chap but it seems surprising and worrying that he is suffering from the hard times as I think that shop has quite a good reputation.. Felixstowe: Businessman calls for more help for small traders - News - Evening Star

I've had my Wisper since September 2009, and done over 4000 miles on it. I usually ride 13-15 miles every day and charge each night. Normally there are two lights left on the battery LED and the handlebars show amber by the end of the night (which seems OK) - but recently I just get one LED on...

My Transition group wants to use cargo bikes or bikes pulling trailer to deliver local produce. Now Ipswich actually has a fair few hills contrary to the stereotype of East Anglia, so they agreed that e-bikes could be worth investigating. As well as ready made bikes, what are good and...

Saw another 3 e-bikes on the road today... well actually one was a trike. It had a sizeable wire basket affixed to it. You could easily get a weeks worth of groceries, or a fair bit of DIY stuff, or a couple of medium sized dogs into the basket. There was a also a Giant and another generic...

A chap from my local cycling group turned up on a Sparta Ion at the pub last night last night - he had hired it for his wife to encourage her to cycle more and was trying it out.. he was also curious about "British designed" e-bikes as well and we chatted about the Wisper.. The Sparta Ion he...

A while back David mentioned there would be a even bigger capacity Wisper battery. available. Any news on this? Would be interested also to know approximate weight and dimensions (particularly height) as if I did get one there is a rear LED lamp on my seatpost and I'm not sure if there would...

I decided to get a DSLR recently, nothing too special, just a Nikon D3000 and also a 70-300mm lens. I got a standard SLR camera bag to put inside my Ortleib panniers which I can just about fit the body and 18-55m lens - the larger bags would not have fitted inside the panniers (which already...

fairly positive article here. of course ETA benefit as people who buy more expensive machines can be steered towards them for the insurance, but if an insurance company is plugging them it also shows they do not consider e-bikes to be too much of a risk for claims etc... Electric bicycles set...

1 & 2 - these were outside and inside a LBS, Python Metro and Schwinn tailwind... the shop is Elmy's on St Helens Street who in 2009 didn't touch e-bikes :rolleyes: 3 - Giant LaFree parked outside Sainsburys 4 - Sakura, ridden by a Chinese/Fillipino gent aged 50-70+ (people of Oriental...

I got the Wisper spokes tensioned after 300 miles by an reputable local bike mechanic as per warranty agreement, and have had no problems since then, other than having to tighten up a couple of loose spokes (very small increments, listening for the right sound as advised here). After nearly...

what models are now available in this price range but with a reasonable dealership, customer service and stock levels? I know Alien have a good reputation (although haven't their prices risen recently after the stock shortages)? There also appear to be the models the Chinese guy up North...

I am really confused by this phenomenon - people in their mid 20s to even 40s riding on the pavement, in villages and low traffic areas with a clear road next to them. I can understand kids and teenagers doing this, and maybe others in peak times and in more crowded area but why when the roads...

This time I remembered to replace the chain on my Wisper after 1200 miles (it was already nearly 0.125" over!). Now I'm at 2200 miles and the second chain is nearly 0.75% over (This time I got a Park Tool CC-3 to check it - its on the verge of fitting the gap - I guess its about 100-200 miles...

Anyone got any ideas what you can do with this mapping data? Can it be loaded into any open source software or existing stuff like memory map? OpenData - Increasing innovation and supporting Making Public Data Public

I've been curious about this, as although most people here do drive (and most report taking their e-bike back for maintenance :rolleyes:) I think there's at least two others, Straylight mentioned not owning a car and there was someone else.. and if you do (other than for e-bike maintenance)...

After 10-20 years away from "proper hardware" stuff (I used to design and build circuits in my teens in the 1980s) I want to get back into this. Other than ebikes my ultimate interests are in renewable/resilient power supplies (a solar/wind powered UPS), radio communications and home...

Just about to ride home from the office when I noticed my rack was wobbling, and one of the bolts at the bottom (where it fixes to the bit just above the rear axle has worked loose and disappeared... (normally I tighten these every so often but must have overlooked it this time) that bolt could...

I'm sure it was on here someone posted a link to a company in London selling reconditioned UPS units as well as deep cycle SLA batteries. I am after various UPS units for work (they need to "play nice" with Linux and Network UPS tools, including correctly reporting mains input voltage) Does...

this comic (Bicycle Comics - Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery) is worth a read even if you aren't American :) Bicycle Comics - Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery | $5.00 a Gallon Gas