second hand

Three years ago I bought a second hand Gepida Reptila 1000. It has been a great bike and I have been very pleased with it. My bike developed a problem with the tensioner spring which according to Gepida is no longer available. The tensioner spring has probably weakened due to its age. The...

Just want to share my joy at recent good fortune. Dropped by my LBS and the owner, knowing I was riding a conversion E-bike slightly unhappily, showed me a second hand Ebike he was keen to offload for £500. Now bear in mind this bike is very close to the spec of my conversion, with upgrades of...

In some ways this is sort of two questions in one. The main query is: what are the risks of buying a second-hand e-bike? To give you a brief bit of background, I am a 63-year-old living in Ibiza with a terminal cancer diagnosis although the risk of my imminent demise seems to have lifted, for...