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I dunno how many of you know but I have been riding unassisted lots recently, did the strava prove it challenge of 600km and then some. http://app.strava.com/athletes/2625496 The t-shirt seems mad expensive so dunno if I will get it.

It's 24 hours. Edit: No worries ;-)

if the link above does not work for you, try this one: http://www.bike-eu.com/Home/General/2014/2/First-Test-Ride-with-Shimano-Steps-E-Bike-1456996W/ http://www.bike-eu.com/Resizes/mainarticleimage/PageFiles/62/96/19662/001_logistiek-image-1457007.jpeg

I also agree with Martin - however the model I am after doesn't appear to be available in the UK. If a UK dealer can source me a Haibike Xduro Race 28 ( Speed or delimited) size 59 for a reasonable price I would not hesitate in buying. I am also after a smaller electric mountain haibike for my youngest son so theres £7000 worth of business if anyone can make it happen.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/alexei-sayle/10603985/Alexei-Sayle-Why-electric-bicycles-get-me-buzzing.html Nice bit of PR for JustEBikes

You could of course just use the edit button before it vanishes. Anyone know how long the edit option stays for?

Read my article here, pretty much word for word what you just said (in a little more detail)- http://www.e-bikeshop.co.uk/blog/post/whats-the-difference-between-the-250w-350w-bosch-ebike-motors-explained/ Yes we actually already do the Urban 28 as a Road Race bike. Check it out on my website.. Link in my footer. Regards Martin

As flecc says, it shouldn't be a problem. The Kalkhoff BS10 is different to a BBS01. Your trike looks good!

They'll probably laugh! Once finished chuckling they may check it out, but if you have it limited to 15 mph assist as Woosh, the suppliers advise, there should hopefully be no problems.

Very strange. We have been assured many times that all customers buying non legal bikes are informed of the legalities!

Kinda fun, is my heatmap for the last few months.

Many times I found a reason to go out on an adventure on my old electric bike, whereas without it 9 times out of 10 I would simply have jumped in the car, or would not have ventured out at all. My fitness levels certainly improved when I had the electric bike & I have suffered physically since selling it. Having a dog to walk has helped somewhat, but I rarely feel as energised and as good as when I used to take my old Alien bike out for a 20 mile spin....

Oh well my working 8 to 32 inch wheel size setting by endless-sphere.com forum From menu can open advanced menu by pressing and holding (+) and (-) and pressing power 8 times. Well My trike 20" wheel speed is 20-21mph for 8FUN Mid Drive BBS-01

Yes. You are right. The philosophy applies to distance as well as hills and, I'd say that, with an eBike, there is far less sense of feeling limited as many casual regular cyclists might feel with the thought of moving out of their regular, easy to access, familiar comfort zone. And yes. A great account from Eaglerider and I'd say I relate exactly to what he has said regarding the effortless nature of the exercise an eBike can deliver a rider. Sure, on my very first outing, I was exhausted, but only because I didn't understand the partnership role I was supposed to adopt. I recall throttling up a 10% - 12% hill, (nr Swyre on our coast road), and being initially disappointed that I was feeling little assistance from my machine. I was still in, probably, 3rd gear and was starting to slow down dramatically from a rate of knots ... so I dropped down to 2nd ... and eventually to 1st ... and that was when I realised and appreciated that Eva was there to assist me. I had, prior to ever sitting on an eBike, assumed that an electric bike would ride and deliver power a bit like a lightweight petrol moped. Not a reasonable comparison for my senior but very able Powabyke - even if, perhaps, some brand new machine might possibly compare to a moped regarding power deliver. (I have no idea and no inclination to find out). Simple truth is, on a standard Mountain bike, I'd have been down to that first gear and peddling with my heart bursting out of my chest. The eBike parallel is similar. I might still be in first gear but the experience stays within the realms of healthy exercise rather than some endurance test because Eva's amps are helping me. And ... as a hill, (a really steep hill), starts to relent and incline less, there is a certain buzz to realise that, hey, I'm still going uphill ... but now I am accelerating! :-) I guess the power thing is all subjective anyway. Put it this way. If spending £XXXX could buy me some newer machine that delivered more torque or power, making my eBiking experience a less physical one, I'd not be doing myself any real favours in considering such an option. I bought Eva because she was robust, heavy and a hill climber. Exercise was always something I new I would get ... but had assumed it was because I'd be lifting, dragging, heaving and shifting her ample frame ... not because I'd be actually riding her. Yet the opposite is true. She is actually very well poised and balanced. Mr Sayle sums up exactly. I also find myself making excuses to take Eva out, even nipping down to Morrision's just for one single item which, of course would be ridiculous if traveling by car or, maybe, even walking, unless some exercise was in mind. I'm going to have so much fun and so many adventures when spring and summer arrives ... it just scares me!

Perhaps it's that 'partnership' that gees e-bike riders on just that bit more to tackle further distances/more hills Beach, so you do end up getting more exercise than you thought you would pre- e-bike? Alexei saying he kept finding excuses to go out on it, our own Eaglerider also said in his recent article he just found himself going on longer rides and losing weight by accident. Well it's just great fun isn't it. I do have an odd image in my head of him singing 'Hello John got a new motor' as he's pedaling around though.

I thought it was cute little write up though I'd guess Mr Sayle was probably commuting around a less than taxing, urban environment much of the time because he said, "The e-bike is an attempt to replace your car, not your bike, and, besides, there is still a degree of gentle exercise involved in piloting one of these machines." Gentle exercise? I had feared that the owning of an eBike might have lead to less actual physical expenditure of energy in the riding of it but, thankfully, fortunately, I now understand something I could not have possibly comprehended, (or even imagined), until I actually experienced my first eBike adventure just a couple of weeks ago. Owning and using an eBike, (I now realise), can be a vastly more energetic and healthy pursuit than simply using a regular, traditional bicycle ... because, the moment a hill is encountered, instead of getting off to push, a subliminal mutual telepathic understanding between rider and eBike kicks in ... and bike and rider decide to tackle aforementioned hill together! I didn't appreciate, though I do now, that when tackling a 10% - 12% hill, it is just fine to slip down through the gears ... and perfectly OK to find ones legs turning into speeding pistons ... because remarkably, impossibly perhaps, the process works beautifully and efficiently ... and, part way up such a steep incline, a second feeling kicks in. "We're doing it, Eva ... We are actually navigating this impossibly steep, impossibly hostile hill ... and now ... well ... now ... there is no way it is going to beat us! And so up we go ... After that first, single experience, I realised that hills were not hostile or negative or any kind of issue at all. I believe a persons will or determination plays as important a role in the determined course of a journey as the battery or the motor of any regular eBike. Unless you live on the Somerset levels, (or within the curteledge of some snooker table flat cityscape environment, an eBike is always ever only going to be a fellow conspirator ... helping, aiding or supporting via a 2 way, mutual partnership rather than acting as some detached, self contained steel and rubber mechanical horse. I was fit enough already though I acknowledge that my healthy BMI does suffer a little in these winter months due to me pursuing less physical activity like cycling, gardening, fishing, walking or photography, etc ... but ... I've already lost about 6lb - 7lb and seem to be creeping towards a true, fit state of body and mind way ahead of schedule, (and the Spring), primarily because Eva, my wonderful preloved Powabyke Euro, encourages me to expend more rather than less physical energy. And my reward ... aside from keeping fit? I get to view parts of my county and coast that, (I'm convinced), have possibly only ever been seen or experienced by others, speeding by looking out of some car or bus window at 40 mph!

Having read that again, I'd say close the door on your way out.

This is £799 and is excellent - http://www.cyclotricity.com/stealth-electric-cycle/

That's the essential for all road users at all times. And to assist in keeping that in mind, always remember we share the road space, we don't compete for it for it's not there to be won.

The missus had her maiden voyage on the Hopper today. The bike fits her very well and after a wobbly start she gained more and more confidence. Then she turned the motor on for a hill - and shot off like a rocket with a scream of delight and fear. She finds it a bit fast even in lowest assist mode so rode it mostly without the motor on, but by the end of the afternoon she was ready to tackle the steep hill back to our home. Amazingly even in lowest assist she cycled up it without any wobbles as it required only a small amount of effort. I think she'll grow to love her Hopper. She already wants to go out again tomorrow. Thank you so much for the recommendation. I think it's going to make a massive difference to her ability to get out and about.

50p per mile. Are you paying someone to ride it for you? I've done the maths on mine over a 3 year period and selling the bike at the end. Less than 5p per mile. Based on a realistic 18000 miles over the period.