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    Front forks and more efficient bikes

    Forks and efficient bikes Sorry i personally think you are splitting hairs an ordinary person coming to on to this site wants to know if decent!suspension forks make for a better bike,in my case 100% yes whether this will be so in 6 months time i will have to wait and see.On the subject of hub...
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    Torque distance riding

    watts up meter Just to clarify what i mean-here goes the Watts Up meter cost me £48 new off EBay not a lot when your paying nearly £1200 pounds for a bike.Inever said it could measure how much was left in the battery as you went along.Also i find lithium batts go from green to flat with very...
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    Front forks and more efficient bikes

    I have been reading the threads on this forum for quite a while now and every now and then feel the need to have a go at what i consider is misleading information put out by some members.First if i was new to electric bikes i would assume by Fleccs information that suspension forks were a...
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    Torque distance riding

    Hi after having a go at poor old Scott with his flu germ yesterday<he did manage to wriggle out of the questions pretty well>i thought i would tell you how i regularly get between 35and 39 miles on my day trips out<can you do better>on the torque with one batt.First off my bike is fitted with a...
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    My Torq Story

    Opinion 50/cycles Nice to hear an opinion on bats from the horses mouth as it were,it is the first time i have heard you voice an opinion on bats ,i take it you were taking of lithium as iknow m/hydride will last the distance having done 2500 miles on my present one and although down on...
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    My Torq Story

    i hear what you are saying about having to factor in extendended warranties by law in the u s a but NCYE WHEELS seem to manage it and for a price of £1077 pounds ,but i appreciate you may have to pay a state tax on top of that. that aside everyone seems to to have dodged the issue of our lousy...
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    My Torq Story

    Sorry about the generalization about prices ,my Sprint was only£925 but considering i can go to Halfords and buy a complete mountain bike for under£100 i still fail to see how it costs even £300 to add a cross bar on a bike when done by a small addaptable Chinese company.On a more serious note...
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    My Torq Story

    I was not critizing 50 cycles for making a profit , and i have found you a very good firm to deal with,what i fail to understand is the price hike from£900 to£1500 from the Sprint to the Forte just by adding a crossbar to a Chinese frame and some switchgear, it does not add up.
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    My Torq Story

    Just a quick reply on the Sprints, mine have m/hydride batts and seem to suite the sprints fine although its not the case with the Torque which seems to like the extra voltage supplied by the lithium battery, and feels a bit flat when used with m/hydride <needs Flecc's battery mod>.
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    My Torq Story

    just like to make a point on the finnish of the torque and Chinese bikes in general it seems you can have any colour as long as it is black or clear laquer.laquer on aluminium frames was a novelty when they came out,not now . When you start charging up to £1500 pounds Matt black is not good...
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    My Torq Story

    hi i own 2 sprints and a torque ,the sprints are great ,the torque i got carried away with what i would call marketing sh-peal when it came out concerning its speed and new lithium batts .I have none of the problems described,would i buy another one NO why £250 for a rubbish battery that only...
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    Looking for new bike

    whisper batt hi does anyone know if spare batteries are available for the whisper and the cost-thanks
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    Just plain NiMh battery packs

    hi considering the high cost of replacement batteries and sometimes the short life,is it not time that 50 cycles had more faith in there products, not just this supplier but others as well and offer a better guaratee.Ezee in the States give a 12 month guarantee on batteries we get 6, Sparta and...