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yes, well I was duped into spending all my savings on this one before I knew about these issues, I took advice from this very forum before buying that bike, so I am stuck with it and I need to make the best of it. I cannot afford to buy a new bike but I can afford to replace the motor. So please can anyone, ANYBODY tell me whether this back pedal brake motor would be OK on a bike without back pedal brake functions or not? No more unkind replies please, I am not the wealthiest person and I have to do all my own maintenance and I cannot afford a new bike. This bike is my only form of transport and I have no public transport where I live.

Jimmy at BGA Re-working, just off the North Circular?

I have a chance to swap the burned-out motor from an Impulse 2 bike with this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Derby-Cycle-eBike-Impulse-Backpedal/dp/B07HJ839G9 , Derby Cycle eBike Motor Impulse 2.2 Backpedal Brake Impulse 2. I do not currently have such a motor in situ as I believe that back pedal brake motors were not imported into the UK On these bikes. So if I fit this motor, will it matter? Will it still work the same as the current motor with no back pedal braking function? Thank you so much for your wisdom.

When you press the off button, keep an eye on the display, it might flash up for about one second after the word "bye". I thought, from reading on this forum, that this was the software version, but mine still says C005, even though it's been updated, so I now have my doubts that it is the software version number. I will report back soon as to whether or not the update has made a difference to the actual ride.

Hi Hannes, I know what you mean about power fade/engine atrophe. I used to have a Pro-Connect with a Panasonic motor. It had much better torque and no jerky on/off power issues like what we are both experiencing with these Impulse motors. I am going to get the sofware on my Impulse updated, I will report back to you when I've had this done at Rutland Cycling (do you know which software version your running on? I think mine is C005, because it flashes up when I get the display error).

Hi Flecc, Thanks for your thoughtful reply. You are quite right, it is important to try very hard to be courteous, and I am glad to know you have been treated with due respect and care by 50cycles, and I hope you always will be.

Hi Flecc, I could, with a struggle, go to their showroom , it's a two hour train journey from Cambridge , and I could manage a small fee for the software upgrade, but I have not received a reply to my post to 50cycles regarding how to go about getting this upgrade. I think 50cycles needs to understand that it is not at all unreasonable for people to get very upset at paying a huge amount amount of money for these bicycles for them only to start going wrong before the 1,000 mile mark/three years (with reasonable care by the owner). It is morally the right thing to do to provide a free software upgrade at the very least to all of the Impulse bicycles which were from bought 50cycles which have displayed these faults (no matter if the ownership has been passed on, as long as the rest of the bike has been kept in good condition) I do not think it is nice, decent, fair or good practice for 50cycles to be hostile about that, no matter how upset the owner is. I am waiting to experience the good customer service you speak of, Flecc.

Well all I know is that I feel very sad that people have spent their money on something that wasn't what they thought it was, wasn't what was promised and people who ride bikes are usually decent people who care for the environment and maybe don't have enough money to run a car. Personally I feel like I've been treated ruthlessly, and that I will end up trapped indoors without my bicycle because I am disabled and I cannot walk very far. It is very sad and I actually feel depressed now.

Hello Joe, Sorry I had a blazing row with you on the phone when you rang me this morning about the clicking noise on my two and a half year old Tasman Impulse 2, and the word "pedal" appearing on the console screen. Although on the phone you stated in no uncertain terms that I would have to pay you £600 to repair it, in the email you sent, you stated that I could get the software upgraded, in order to repair the problem. So how can I do that. I live in Cambridge. I do not have any other form of transport, as I explained, and I live on an extremely small income so there is no way I can afford £600 for a bicycle that shouldn't need such a major repair at this early stage its life span. - K

Thank you Tillson, I agree, I think I will get a set of those, they look good for going in the woods.

B+M is short for Busch & Muller, a company in Germany that specialises in bicycle lights.

Thank you so much again. I am muchly saddened to know that these lights are utterly inadequate. I will think about getting a hub fitted, eventually, when I have recovered from the extreme cost of the actual bike! I will definitely have to get brighter lights as I have to use a lot of unlit pathways and even a mile or so through woodland at night. Thanks for illuminating the situation and enlightening me.

Thank you for the reply. The lights are really extremely dim in a very not-right way! But I would still be interested in replacing them, do you have any recommendation, at the very least about what lumens to look for? I do not think new lights will solve the problem, but if I get more powerful lights it might help, even if they are dimmer than they are meant to be.

I bought a used Pro Connect. It's lovely, but the elderly person I bought it from hadn't been able to use it much due to health problems and had kept it stored up for a long time. Luckily the battery survived somehow, but had gone into a coma. So I wonder if anyone knows whether this would be the reason why the dynamo lights (which are powered by the battery rather than a wheel-hub) are exceptionally dim. I have had the lights checked by an experience bike mechanic and there is nothing wrong with the lights, which are both B+M. Or am I barking up the wrong tree and do I need to look elsewhere to brighten my lights? The battery came back to full life once charged, but the handlbar controller always says it is low, even when it is fully charged with five lights (and it does around 50 miles per charge on a mix of medium and high mode). I have not had the opportunity to condition the battery yet (ie, let it drain completely). Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.