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I think they will import direct from China as the EU conduit has gone sour.

Elifestore seem to have stopped trading on ebay, maybe due to Brexit?

Great to hear. I am very pleased with my Yose. Just wish I had chosen this kit as it would have fitted without stretching. Mine was the one with the intergrated controller. Anyway it has ended well.... so far!

Interesting observations. I must admit when I did my stretch I played the blowtorch over the area. Not enough to damage the paint, just to make the alloy a little bit more compliant.

I think it is a temporary rather than permanent suspension of imports .

Haha, yes I seem to have had several close shaves of falling out myself!

Guys, I have valued everything people have said but please, please lets just avoid a pissing contest and share our passion for our ebiking

The thing is unless we have a systematic survey of people who have stretched a) steel frames b) alloy frames, sub-categorised as to how much the stretch was, the age, use and condition of the bike. Then this is enhanced with similarly segmented data about failures attributed to the stretch ( and...

Well, yes, I would have preferred not to have to adapt the bike to fit the motor. Clearly there is some risk in stretching alloy . Who knows if there was a weakness present in your mates weld or if he was not as careful as he could have been ( no critism intended) . Your warning was as useful as...

Yes, I tend to want to share mistakes as well as successes. I think your comment is a celebration of all that is best in this forum!

Yes, it is. So far so good!

Thank you all for your knowledgeable and helpful comments. A refreshing change to some of the impatient or dismissive comments I have witnessed on some other specialist interest forums! I can see there is not a total consensus. In the end I remembered my son still had an unused Specialised...

Yes, same story. Giving me real grief as you rely on sellers to give good info! What I do not understand is what bike IS it meant to fit, without altering the bike?

Thanks for that. Reassuring that all is not lost. I had just read some general posts on the web about the dangers of stretching alloy and got a bit fearful! did you use the torque washers they supplied?

Hi guys this is my very first post so forgive my naivety and daftness. I bought a second hand Lifecycle Mountain sport. Love it but it is an old one and mint. So I thought I would convert my GT Chukker for the rough stuff. Ordered a Yose 26 inch wheel cassette kit. It said it would fit a 135...