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sold for 275

item number 260850392820 link: eBay - The UK's Online Marketplace http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad11/adamwatkins87/ebike/ebike10-1.jpg Description in the auction listing. Hope to get around £200

Nice one, today I did nailsea - yatton - strawberry line - cheddar gorge, stopped at the base and went home again, 37 miles. Its a really good route isn't it. Would love to climb the gorge and cruise down Burrington Combe, but I wasn't on electric today

spoke to some Sustrans chaps on a cycle path today; they said the androd version is days away

Testing a rather expensive crank driven mountain bike How e-bikes got sexy | Peter Walker | Environment | guardian.co.uk

I started a thread about costs / payback. I found 2.5 years until I saw any saving on my £1.5k. And in this climate it's probably best to keep the capital. Driving a citroen c1 was a better money saver for someone who still needs to keep a car

Just to update, I've found out the problem was not pinching the inner tube under the tyre - thank god. I thought I was going crazy. The Alex 1000 (or similar name) rims which came as standard on my bike were too small and were allowing the bead of the tyre to pop off the rim under high load or when left in direct sunlight. I changed the rim for a mavic A319. It was 200% more difficult to install the tyre over the rim this time which was a huge relief, and i've not had a problem for a couple of hundred miles. In conclusion the original problem was a damaged rim. The rim span true but had somehow decreased in diameter. Someone explain that ...

please change title to "Got Disappointed, Calculated eBike Costs"

I think I may have spent too much on accessories! Rain gear, pump, lock, lights really do all add up

Agreed, certainly not a quick way to save money. I was just interested really, as I knew I would eventually see some sort of payback but wasn't sure how long it would take. There are some other things I could say which would make it sound alot more attractive. For example I would still want to own a bike by default, even if the electric project never happened. In addition it would almost certainly have cost more than £160 if I was going non-electric. The electric project has been, and is still a bit of a hobby, so it is almost certainly displacing another hobby which could be more costly. For example I love the remote control car hobby, but have not spent a penny since the bike project. There's an RC car for £500 which had me dribbling recently, but i've not even been close to buying it since the bike thing. Gym membership saving? although I would never pay for exercise, what a stupid waste of money it would be to pay someone for the privilege of getting a sweat on ...

2 years until I see any money back !

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do they have a website? I'd be interested in a kit using the bottle battery

17 miles on mine, 95%+ power only. Details in sig

My regular route comprises rural roads with some horrible ruts/holes. I'm thinking of getting the Cane Creek Thudbuster, but at over £100 i'll have to save up

If I knew I might be able to avoid it. Properly lubed the tube up and it still pinched ... ? or maybe the tyre is shagged

sweeeet, it happened again at 50psi. tyre bead is now welllll stretched. Time to get another tyre. Just to add that I lubed the tube up before installing to prevent pinching it

Must have been pinched tube. I'll run higher pressures and see what happens

Earlier this week I was sat in the office and heard a huge bang from the car park. It turned out my rear tyre had exploded whilst stood in the sun! The tyre must have popped off the rim, rather than exploding, beacause I've replaced the tube and am now reusing the tyre. The bead on the tyre is clearly a little stretched but has not popped off since. The tyre blew off at 75psi (tyre says max. 85psi) Am now running at 55-60psi but its noticeably slower to ride Tyre was a Schwalbe Marathon Pro

Similar kit to mine and 3kg less, that sounds like a good job. The silver battery rack is certainly a beast on mine, I used to have an alloy halfords rack before I went electric and the electric rack is 3x as heavy. I'm sure a much lighter rack could be achieved when the battery is stored vertically down the seat post

I was pleased to discover mine weighs 24.1kg including lights, rack, battery, and both mudguards. Its a 36v bafang 8fun 250W conversion from alien ocean how heavy is yours?

I feel the same fitness increase from my 20 mile, 4 times a week assisted commute, feel great

I did a few quick calcs concluding about 4p for a full charge on a 10ah 36v battery. I assumed charging efficiency is about 65%, a kWh of power costs 9p, the battery capacity is 360Wh

Thanks ! I'm BS48 please

I registered today after 2+ months as a guest. Reason for not joining in the beginning is that your registration process does not accept hotmail.com email addresses. (not mine anyway) I'm not a great form-filler-inner, so as soon as someone makes it difficult for me I walk. However now I have a new email address