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For someone who hasn't passed their motorbike test and doesn't have a grandfathered moped license courtesy of their pre 2001 car licence, would they have to fit L plates to their speed pedelec? It sounds crazy but I'm guessing they would be required?

I've been getting a bit sick of near misses and lack of speed on the roads so I've been watching to see see how the new speed pedelecs turned out in terms of price and legislation but its all been a bit of a let down on both fronts in the UK. So, I bought myself a Super Soco TC Max which is...

Give Suzhou Bafang a ring. Give one of the big lithium battery companies in Shenzhen a ring. Knock out a range of one or two standard MTB and/or sit up and beg front hub motor bikes at £500-£700 a pop. Nothing special, but then it doesn't have to be, you can buy a Decathlon bike for £200, a...

I was chatting to someone at the Raleigh event last week and they said they'd had multiple spokes snap on their rear hub motor bike. I haven't had one break on any of my three front hub motor bikes in over 10 years. That got me thinking. Is spoke breakage more likely in a rear hub motor drive...

Well I got to try a £2K Bosch bike at the Raleigh event last week. I wasn't impressed. Power seemed on a par with my cheap front hub motor and top speed was slower. Didn't like the lack of a throttle, and having to mess around with the controls to stop it kicking in when I was riding slowly was...

If anyone is interested you can try out a Raleigh eBike next weekend 6th and 7th May at a Sustrans talk about the Bennerley Viaduct followed by a short cycle ride from Raleigh headquarters to the viaduct on one of their bikes. All free apparently. http://news.raleigh.co.uk/bennerley-viaductride

Thinking about ditching the Alien Ocean GS2 and swapping it for a mid-range MTB (or high end MTB in Ebike terms). As practical as it is for a commuter, the terrible ride experience has exhausted my patience, all the more so since my other bike is full suspension with RockShox forks and is a joy...

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I was riding back tonight down a side street replete with wall to wall parked cars. As I came up to a side junction I saw headlights from a joining side street but it was far enough away for it not to be of concern. A mini pulled out ahead of me. As he was straightening up, I realised that...

I stumbled across this interesting bike completely by accident. Strangest ebike I've ever seen! RYNO Motors Online |

If Ebikes became mainstream, what would be the cheap, reliable, goto ebike of choice for the masses? I'd guess we're talking in the region of a £500 battery and motor fitted to a nice and reliable sub £250 utility bike (and to be fair, most bike owners don't own a £250 bike so I'm probably...

I was just wondering how many ebikes are being purchased to replace cars. I use my ebike almost exlusively as a replacement to a car now i.e. I full throttle in to work, exercise is irrelevant to me, to get there as quickly as possible with as little exertion as possible. If I go to the shops...

If anyone fancies a drag race round the Donnington Park circuit then you're in luck. This Friday evening 2nd Sept there is a one off cycle event open to all for the first 2 hours (£15) then official races (no e-bikes allowed I'm assuming!) afterwards. It's all for charity too. I'm absolutely...

Apologies if this has already been covered. "You've gone too far this time, Sir" was published earlier this year by Danny Bent from Buxton (heart of the Peak District) who cycled to India in order to teach over there and so inspire the children in his class. I don't know if it actually made...

It started with a decision to upgrade my forks and resulted in a complete strip down and rebuild. I think I may have got a bit carried away! Just about the only thing I haven't changed is the frame and that was only because I kept getting outbid on ebay. Here was how things looked a couple...

I just got an email alert through from Rutland Cycling. They currently have the iZip Aspen 18" on sale at £400. iZip Aspen

I was just browsing the Kona website looking at their all-mountain bikes when I noticed this "New for 2011, we introduce our first foray into electric assist bikes: the Electric Ute, Token and Ticket. Designed to make urban cycling more effortless via rechargeable, battery power assist...

I've managed to strip the crank extraction threads on the non-drive side crank. I'd unwittingly managed to damage the crank extractor by cross threading and then it in turn damaged the threads. The nett effect is that I have a smooth surface where once I had threads! I can remove the drive...

I'm looking at upgrading my seat and I'm looking for feedback from the 143 and 155 crowd. Mine came with a 130 which was too narrow and lead to numb-nuts syndrome. I switched to a noname gel 165 which can sometimes lead to numb toes so I'm guessing it may be too wide. So I'm looking at...

I've just noticed a couple of new Ebike books available which may be of interest. I've only downloaded and read the samples of each on my Kindle so I can't comment much on them. The first is Electric Bicycle Conversion Kit Installation - Made Easy by Claude Rosay which was published just a...