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I am insured through ETA (http://www.eta.co.uk/), but I've not had to makae a claim (or use their recovery service).

Thank you for trying that - very useful to know. I will probably not go for the conversion for the moment because of personal reasons, but I'd certainly need to be able to get it into the bag, if I do.

About the extra width when folded - Would it still fit in a Brompton bag? You may not have the heavy duty transport bag, but I find my machine is a tight squeeze in it (though not necessarily for the width of the front forks) - I have a long seat post.

The big problem we found with cycleguard is that you are very constrained as to which locks you can use. Basically, we couldn't find acceptable locks. The ETA seem to have more sensible cycle-centric insurance, and the rescue service seems ideal for commuters, especially the puncture rescue...

In my case, big feet. I do more damage when wearing size 12 than size 11!

Key on Cadence Is your key as badly placed as mine is, so that it can be easily hit by the foot if you try to pedal with the toes? If you don't know what I mean, it's probably been improved (I also have big feet, which makes it worse).

I hope you enjoy this bike. I assume you've got the Li-on battery, as that's what 50 cycles are now selling. I think that you've got enough power in the bettery to do the whole trip, provided it's reasonably flat. Try to ride it so that the power gauge doesn't go into red - especially not...

After some more research... The Dutch have a wiki at Fietsroutes Vlaanderen - Fietsroutes Belgie which shows it's possible (at least, in Dutch). The CTC have a routes system which is available to members, and 'write only' - not suitable for collaboration, but at least able to accept uploads...

Methinks that we want the motor on the same side as the pedals, so that the power from both goes through the gears to get to the wheel - the pedaler(?) has a soft spot for power, and so does the motor. The gears should keep both in their soft spots. BTW, yes, I'm an engineer, but not...

If we want to record routes, it might be that what we need is something that anyone can edit, where there's a simple structure to allow routes to be added and linked to regions, areas and other things. From my experience, that sounds like a wiki. Is there an obvious wiki to use (e.g. cycling...

I can see that a shaft drive would be able to move the weight off the wheel, so it could go somewhere better. There was a report in a Velovision magazine about a (non-electric) bike with shaft drive, but I've never seen one out or in a shop. Is that warm?

Thank you, flecc. I hadn't seen the 'problem viewing', because I tend to scoot around pages - I actually have a book mark or two in your site, but none on the front page, and I don't go there often. And I shouldn't have made that comment, given that you had provided an explanation. Please...

Isn't this essentially an attempt to replicate the advantage of a crank-mounted motor that drives through the gears? Your suggestion is essentially an electric/electronic 'gear box', which may be a way to go - it may be the only way that's feasible now, but it must be more to carry, more to...

I have just disabled the brake cut-out on my wife's Sprint to deal with a faulty switch. I followed the excellent instructions on flecc's site (see Brake Lever Cutouts) . To my surprise, the operation of the cut out on this particular bike was the opposite of that on flecc's - when I removed the...

I don't know this bike, but a quick check - you may have to pedal for the throttle to work- have you tried that?

Buxton has train access and hills and all the facilities you could need, but the Pavillion facilities are heavily used - book early! There is a country park just south of Buxton which is more suitable for a venue, but I don't know how you'd book it.

I think I should say that I'm reasonably happy with the range of the Cadence with NiMH. I'm also pleased that people agree that it's not unsafe to run NiMH batteries down to the controller's limit. We find we run NiMH batteries to the limit the bike will allow (the controller's limit) every now...

Why li-on is not suited to my commute My use of Li-on is mostly doing quite long runs (up to 18 miles - my commute and practices for it), and I found that Li-on cut out on the hill (about 100m of climb), especially towards the end. My first Li-on battery seemed to recover after being...

Experiences with batteries My wife got her Sprint just under 2 years ago, and uses it to ride to the various schools that she works at. She soon found that two batteries were useful, as she would go out with one, come back later, and have the other 'ready to go'. She also sets out with the...

Thank you for explaining this for me flecc. I guess that we'll wait until the Sprint wears out - my wife has already done nearly 8,000 miles, and they don't have unlimitted life, as I understand it. Has anyone had a motor wear out? If the motor goes, there may be an option to fit a different...