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I thought some of you might be amused at the following paragraph from the owner's handbook for a Chinese motorbike as sold in Africa.... The rest of the handbook is rather better. It's not all like this! 'Fule, engine oil and axunge must preserved place of the children don't touch, and...

Here's a little conundrum for the trade members: If one has owned an e-bike for long enough for the battery to be getting past its best (maybe WELL past its best) and one wanted to obtain a replacement, probably not much of a problem - but: (1) If the bike is a few years old, how can one...

I saw someone tearing down Piccadilly on Friday morning towards Piccadilly Circus on a Segway. A police van wasn't too far behind but the rider turned right into Duke Street and the police van didn't give chase. I can't see him getting away with that too often! An expensive mistake to think...

This doesn’t really come under the category of a ‘bike review’ – maybe a two-bike review! Anyway, my apology if it’s a bit too long (I had to split it into two posts because there’s a message length limit) and I hope the moderators will let me off – I promise not to do it again – for a while at...

Well, maybe not, but they can be surprising. My work mobile phone was a bit of a museum piece being a Nokia 6210 from about the turn of the millennium. Believe it or not it was just coming to the end of its second battery, which had reached the point where it needed to be recharged every two...

Elsewhere there has been some discussion on electronics and in particular diagnostics. Read on and wonder! I was using a Citroen Berlingo van which belongs to the outfit I work for. That had a particularly nasty party trick which caught me out the first time - but I soon got wise. I was...

I wasn't seriously thinking of buying any, and after looking around I'm even less likely to do so.... Forget about 'house contents' extensions - I was interested in 'proper' bicycle insurance. It seems the rule of thumb is around 10% of the purchase price of the bike - so if, for example...

Despite some doom and gloom on here at its inception, the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme does seem to be achieving some success. I mention that now because it's presently being extended east and west, and as I work in Central London a good bit of the time, I could not fail to notice that LOADS of...

I don't have any definitive ideas as to what's 'ideal' in terms of crank drive (such as Panasonic) as compared to hub drive (such as Wisper). However, I'd formed the opinion that Flecc was generally more in favour of the Panasonic system and its offshoots. That was until ten minutes ago when...

Not specifically related to e-bikes, but bikes in general... Looking at the Tonaro (not with any intention of buying one) the 'bighit' is rather pretty - but it's also pretty heavy, as Flecc has pointed out here and there. Another bike I like the look of is the A to B Metro, which is even...

I’m looking to sell my almost immaculate Wisper 905SE Sport (2008 model) with a 14Ah battery. It’s now almost exactly three years old (purchased from E-bikes Direct on 1st January 2009), has been used solely for leisure riding (no commuting), has never been ridden in the rain, and has no faults...

I've been reading an article about the developments in battery technology and really it's more to do with 'green' cars than anything else, but interesting, so here's a resume which might interest you: The Nissan Leaf and the Ford Focus Electric both use lithium-ion batteries, and there are...

Fordulike mentioned that it would be wise to keep personal information away from the eyes of the world at large when on-line - and I've seen what can happen when people get careless: Computers are a significant part of how I earn my living - and I'm well aware of just how easy it is to come a...

I'd ordered a Brooks saddle (two, actually) from Halfords on line. Collect from the local store in two weeks - which meant today. Their time scale, not mine. My credit card was debited at the time of the order, which isn't really acceptable. The goods were not there today when I went in to...

.....certainly like this hot weather! Me too...... Rog.

(Part 2 from elsewhere) I don't necessarily believe ALL that I rant about. I'm glad enough that there's a welfare state - I just wish it were not so full of loopholes. I concede that some of the indigenous population have nothing to be proud of when it comes to a work ethic, and also that...

Compatibility and incompatibility..... I wish it were as simple as that. Power supplies and connectors have changed, not to mention the different variations on SATA and the case of 'hybrid' boards which support IDE hard drives as well as SATA drives - but not very well - different and...

.....just a year ago. I ordered my Wisper 905SE from Electric Bikes Direct on 1st January 2009 (£1200 delivered) having never ridden an e-bike and so I was, in a sense, buying 'a pig in a poke'. However, I'd done my homework and although I've seen other bikes from different manufacturers...

In case some of you haven't noticed, it's not all bad news - the pound seems to be recovering very well against the dollar. Not back to almost two dollars to the pound as it was about a year ago, but back up to around $1.65 from a low of $1.35 a few weeks ago.... You might find some of the...

Has anyone tried to buy a pair of cycling-type sunglasses lately? Having tried both (large) Halfords in the area and found them to be completely out of stock, I visited one of the LBSs and was quickly reminded why I don't go there often - the cheapest pair they had was £75, but they promised...