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I pointed at a colleagues derailleur and 7 geared cassette, I told him that must make life easier. Only a fixie rider gets to call me a cheat!! Free wheel, what ever next.

Thanks for the reply, will start off by scrounging at work if I have no luck there fleabay's the way. Dave.

Bobby gg, Did you have to modify anything to fit the longboard wheels on the rack? Seen some nice orange matchy matchy ones on fleabay four for a tenner, probably wouldn't want to fix em to a skateboard but would be perfectly adequate for this purpose. Tho I could probably scrounge a couple from 1 of a few aging skateboarders at work. Cheers Dave

Well done with find. Loving my Gallego, have been thinking about a suspension seat post myself. With no luck finding one, this could be a good solution... Hmm, wonders about warranty.

Well I feel that 15mph is enough here in brighton with our badly potholed cycle paths with large humps caused by tree roots etc. The sea front paths are in better nick but very congested with other cyclists and large numbers of tourists walking along them, Your lucky to reach 15mph and maintain that speed for any lenth of time. There's a 20mph speed limit here on most of our roads, (city center) it would be nice to be able to reach and keep that speed whilst in the main flow of traffic, the car drivers would have nothing to complain about at least. I Voted 20mph, fast enough on 16 inch wheels. But can understand why others may want more. Dave.

I've road tested the bike this morning and I'm impressed, turns the hills into nothing at all. 2nd gear and 2nd level of assist was enough to get me up the ones close to home at reasonable speed with little effort. The thottle works well on the flat, especially in 3rd level of assist, but I turned it quickly off as it felt odd some how not having to peddle, I'm not sure it will be needed at all on the short journeys that I will be making. Still i like the fact its there if i fancy using it. The bike was ok to ride with the electric side turned off despite the extra wieght, so not to much of a worry if it runs out of battery power. Dave.

That explains things soundwave, nice bike. Dave

Tonight mine came out at £55 for the year? I forgot to put the public liability and personal injury last time but with the 1 mill cover it still only came out at £77 for the year! Maybe it's a post code thing? Dave.

https://www.cycleguard.co.uk/Products/ElectricBike These are the guys, don't know anything about them it's the first link I came to. Kept in car cover looks promising to me, That's were its kept untill the wife stops pulling/ripping her sun lounger out of the shed come autumn. I've just paid £769 for my folder so your quote may cost a little more.

Hi, Bike arrived today so dpd are in favour with me once more, and thanks to Tony and Hattie for there offer of help by chasing things up with regards to delivery being late, both above and beyond. Bike looks great and feels solid, and only need to be taken out of the box and unfolded. The battery only needed 40 mins to charge I used the time to check the tightness of nuts, tyre pressures and the brakes to as much as possable etc, (all seem fine). Unfortunately since it hasn't stopped raining all afternoon I'm yet to road test it. The wife peddled and used the throttle a little while I held it in the air so I know at least the motor, battery and throttle are working to some extent. Dave.

Hi, Found one for ebikes as cheap as £47 per year, includes some public liability as well. Do many cyclists bother with insurance, i was thinking about taking some out just from a third party point of view. Age eh.

Ok , Cheers Tony. I will post on here if there's any update, so Check your messages before you ring them. Dave.

Well DPD let me down, either the bike is still I'm transit from B'ham - Crawley (20 hours since the last update) or the tracking is a bit wonky! Usually been quite good in the past, in my experience anyway. Anyone else had problems with em? Dave.

Hi, Thanks for the welcome brindledog, The clip falling of sounds a bit of a worry!! how long have you been using it? Lol Mine is in the care of dpd expecting it tomorrow, rain forcast here in brighton. (just my luck) Have you been impressed with the bike in general? Dave.

Hey thanks for the welcome Fat Rat. And im sure I will.