kevwright

I can already highly recommend the Woosh Sirocco CD. Half the price and hardly need to pedal on level 5 assistance.

Thanks everyone, I like the Argos ones but maybe like that without the top part? Will look at all of them later. Kev

I have searched before posting this, but can not find much.... I have just got the Sirocco CD from Woosh, and am finding my way around it, but have been to a few bike shops now and looked at loads of panniers, and there are a couple of things I don't get. First off they seem to be sold singly, but surely if i install one on one side of bike and put my 3kg bike lock in it, its going to adversely affect handing surely? I assumed I would just get a simple throw over set with pockets either side and equalise the weight out, but there seems to be very few of these? I suppose the other option is a top box or bag, but I like the idea of hiding the battery a bit more? Kev

Thanks for that. If it does not affect warranty or anything I will give it a go. I think the seat thing is liveable with for now but will consider those if I need to later. Kev Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I have asked the last question (about top speed) in the above post in a new thread over at http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/15064-woosh-sirocco-cd-speed-question.html#post185531 so if you see it here can you answer on that thread please.

Hi all, While playing around yesterday with the LCD control panel, I saw that it is possible to simply raise the pre set 25 km/h setting up to 40 Is this all that is keeping this thing legal? Also, what are downsides of changing this setting (I left it at 25 for now) TIA Kev

So I took the bike out for a decent 10 mile run this morning, and am still very impressed indeed. It was too hot to ride for too long, but I feel this could get addictive quite quickly :-) I do intend to review the Sirocco CD in depth, but not for a few weeks. Intending to try my 9 mile cross town commute for first time tomorrow, not for real as am still on holiday until Tuesday, so this will be test run with no pressure! Bought a couple of locks today, actually I got 3 of them, as Halfords are doing 3 for 2 on accs ATM. Typically I bet for a newbie, I should have checked better as the 2 U Locks I got are impossible to fit in the frame of the Sirocco due to the frame shape and limited space available. Ah well, live and learn, and I will leave one at work and just carry other in panniers (when I get some) or rucksack if taking it to work becomes a regular thing. One last thing, I am a smartphone / gadget fiend, so have been playing around with the little LCD controller thing tonight. Ran through setup, and at the screen that says 25 kmh I kept pressing it until it hit 40 kmh, and when I pressed enter, I heard a little click. Surely that is not all you do to over ride the 15mph limit is it????? Kev

I think you will be impressed Mike. I just did 2 miles on it, not much but I am very unfit and its over 26 degrees out there. Really pleased with it based on that first short ride. The front mudguard got a bit bent in the back of the car (its a really close fit anyway), so need to sort that out, and the seat has a bit of side to side swivel, which as its quick release, not sure how to tighten that? Maybe have to replace with a bolt through system? You do need to cut the motor out by hitting the brake each time you change gear, otherwise its clunky and does not sound like it would be good long term. What is surprising to a newbie, is those 2 miles I did, well, I would swear blind they are pretty much flat....nope, they are in a car, but not on a bike! Lot to learn. Gonna go out tomorrow when cooler and see how far towards work I can get..... Kev

Thanks both, have to say the chap at Cambridge was excellent both yesterday and today. The bike is in the back of the car at the moment but will give it a test run later today. Will probably blog about this over on my own Tech site but will certainly link to any major posts on here if that is allowed. Kev

Hi all, hired an Electric Bike while at Rutland Water, and really enjoyed it, had not ridden a bike for about 15 years up to that point. Am leaving in next few mins to go to Woosh Bikes in Cambridge and buying a The Sirocco CD | Chain Drive Electric Bikes from Woosh | electric bike sales & hire which we had a ride on yesterday on the way back from Rutland to Ipswich. Although Ipswich is not that hilly, I want to see if I can ride this to work, its about 10 miles each way with only 1 real uphill on the way, but we want to take these for about a month a year to the Lake District, so thought CD made sense? When I say "these", what we are doing is buying one bike and then seeing how we get on before deciding if we should get her indoors the same bike or a different one. You have about 30 mins to put me off this bike :-) (actually,make it 90 mins, I will check on iPhone before going into Woosh) Hope Hatti is not reading :-)) Kev