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    Corratec LifeS AP5 - looking for opinions

    20" non-folding electric bike which seems to receive good reviews. I like the geometry, but this doesn't seem to be a best way to choose the bike. It comes with Bosch Active Line motor. My main question is how reliable it is likely to be? Here (Warwickshire) it is not easy to find a workshop...
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    Electric bike vs. folder

    I have an old Gazelle Innergy which is about half my weight and a small Tern folder which is less than a half of Gazelle's weight. I have noticed to my surprise that it appears it takes less effort to cycle with Tern. In the sense that I can easily do 12+mph without much effort, and 15+ if I...
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    good e-bike workshops

    Good day everyone (although here it's rainy) I was just wondering if there are any recommendations on how to find a workshop that will be able to service/repair an e-bike which they don't sell at a reasonable cost? I have been turned down by four cycle workshops in Birmingham on the grounds...
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    Controller Compatibility

    The same old story. I have bought a new-old-stock Gazelle Orange Innergy. It was mechanically perfect, but electric assistance didn't work. It was diagnosed by the dealer as controller issue. The battery was also dead, but this was easy to resolve by getting a new battery. The UK dealer said...
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    Complete conversion kit vs. replacing parts

    After the full case assessment, my Gazelle Orange Innergy (born electric, so to say), requires (1) a new battery and perhaps a charger (2) a new controller (3) a new display I am wondering if it might be better to get a conversion kit and replace the whole system? My priority is reliability...
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    Faulty ebike - first diagnostics - what to do next?

    Hello I have acquired a new old stock Orbea Eline bike. It is one of the first models, and there is a Gazelle stamped in every bit, except "Orbea Eline" written (not stamped) onto the frame. It looks similar to Gazelle Orange Innergy. Being old it appears to have a faulty/dead battery, or at...
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    Controller Issue?..

    The beginning of the story is here. I eventually got around to taking my non-working bike to a Gazelle workshop for a check up. After updating the firmware we found that the motor doesn't seem to give any power, and based on the error messages the mechanics deduced it is a problem with...
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    Taking bike on a train

    It appears most of long-distance train journeys with full-size bikes require reservation made in advance. For instance, Cross Country suggests to make reservation via Facebook chat and to use chat transcript as a confirmation. It doesn't strike me as a very reliable reservation method especially...
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    Faulty battery - replace or re-cell?

    Hello everybody It appears my Gazelle Innergy battery is faulty - it is not recognized by the multimeter (in voltmeter settings) nor by bike computer even when connected to mains. I do know that it is about 9 years old and hasn't been used. It might have been faulty from the very beginning, I...
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    Greetings from Warwickshire

    Hello! Some 9 years ago I was a student in Netherlands and fall in love with Gazelle bikes, but they were totally beyond my budget. I then moved to England, and didn't have nor space nor use for a bike till I moved to a remote farm house last year. I treated myself to a small (non-electric)...