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I have been using blazewear heated liners in side ski gloves (cheapies) with the rechargeable battery packs,comfortable in minus 1,just about OK in minus 3 and they heat the outside of the fingers,not cheap but do the job,and although I dont get reynaulds,my hands do feel the cold.

I did ask him and he said the tyre would slip on the rim, I was surprised as a good rider can put lot of pressure through the pedals, some I know pedal on the flat at 25mph plus, which is more then my e bike could hope to achieve unrestricted although it may catch up on hills a bit.

Hi,I have done over 4000 miles on my converted cube hybrid,it's a 250/500 watt rear wheel.I ride all weathers mostly in 250 watt pas mode and last week was quite wet, not sure if that's relevant. I have started getting error01 when switching it on and sometimes during the ride,also surging and the bike sometimes trying to go off at traffic lights,luckily I,ve got good brakes,the error code disappears so far quite quickly,and the surging/ trying to go off has only happened once. I have disconnected and remade all connections and once the error01 code goes now,it seems to stay gone,but if I switch off the bike and come back to it a few minutes later,it reoccurs.I have tried the battery on my other cyclotricity kit bike and no error 01. I am awaiting a reply from cyclotricity who I emailed yesterday,just wondered if none knew what the code meant. There is also a different issue where when 2 bars of battery are showing on the lcd(but still 2 out of three on the battery indicator),at about 10 mph or below going up hill,pas 1 but using throttle,the battery display will cut out from 2bars along with assist(it flashes empty), for about 5 to 10 seconds before coming back.The battery gets recharged after around 20 miles usually so I estimate has done 225 recharges, cyclotricity think its because some cells age better then others,does anyone operate a heavy discharge test /repair facility?

I have been looking at tannus tyres also, but my local dealer says they could not take the power of a 250 watt motor which rather put me off,also the prospect of a harder ride, it would be nice to try a pair

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I find that the continental touring plus tyres I have fitted to my electric bike are quite grippy,certainly more so then the marathon pluses fitted to my non electric bike,I have done over 2500 miles so far on them,the front has still plenty of tread but the back is starting to look a little low,but it's a rear hub,rear battery bike and heavy especially with panniers,I always run them at max pressure(60psi.

Hi,thanks for sharing your experience,It looks from the Evans link like you have carbon forks,I have read somewhere that you shouldn't use a front kit with carbon forks as they can snap,however I am no expert so maybe somebody else can confirm if that's true?

Both bikes have advantages and disadvantages,looks are secondary to function for me but still important.I only use the mtb locally as I don't really trust it and I,m not so precious about it. The grip on the continental tyres (cube)is much better then the marathon pluses on my old ride to work bike,I think they are more sticky as the rear is wearing quite quickly and I can hear the front on the road surface. For the future,I like the idea of hub gears,belt drive and a lighter bike to allow me to enjoy cycling without assist when I,m not training or racing,i have tried locking out the cube forks but find the road surfaces give my arms and shoulders a bit of a battering so will have to live with the weight of sprung forks.I will also see how the new seatpost shapes up. Cube sell such a beast in electric form but I can't justify the £2500 cost and that weighs in at 21kg. For now,my cube does all I really need,and I look forward to the commute as long as I don't try to lift it or get a puncture,which will happen sooner or later,I had two with the marathon pluses (and slimed inner tubes)on my old bike,so I will be putting a head torch in my repair kit.

I could not source a spoke key large enough so filed out one I had already.I tightened all the spokes a quarter turn a week ago but haven't had it out in heavy rain since so time will tell. I have had interest from workmates but non have taken the plunge yet.

I have been lurking on this forum for while and have found it a great source of information. I wanted to leave it a while before sharing my experience of a cyclotricity kit fitted to a Cube Cls bike.I have now done more then 1500 miles so thought I would do the review. I am reasonably fit through running and have raced distances up to 60 miles,I regularly cycled to work(20 mile round trip) but was finding the effort was impacting upon my evening training sessions and races so I was cycling less an less. Having been to see cyclotricity ,I was impressed with the kit so approached my local bike shop to get a new bike to convert,I decided on the Cube and the bike shop seemed keen to fit the kit which I wasn't sure about as I quite fancied having a go. However,I decided to let them do the conversion as I hoped it would be give me a warranty on the whole thing. The main decision was front or rear wheel and I decided on rear as cyclotricity were offering a 250/500 watt wheel.I went for the pannier 10amp battery as I use panniers anyway. It did take a while for the bike to be ready to pick up,one of the reasons being that the larger controller would not fit in the pannier and there was no bag available to carry the controller however a plastic box was eventually supplied.Some months later,Cyclotricity wanted the box back so the bike shop replaced it with the bag they now supply. A bigger disc had to be fitted also as the shimano calliper was rubbing on the hub. The bike works well and looks smart,but is heavy,I didn't realise that the updated back wheel would be a lot heavier(8kg).The whole bike weighs 28kg as a result,and I,m not really sure where all the weight comes from as the basic bike is supposed to weigh just 13.8kg. I have managed 2days of riding to work and back and had 45 miles before recharging but have read it's better to not let the battery get too low so recharge every day. I fitted a torque arm for safety and went through some cheap panniers before fitting some more expensive axioms which are excellent. The bike has had some problems,the rear disc came loose,which was due to the bolts holding it stripping out of the hub.The bike shop said it was a faulty hub and cyclotricity said it was incorrectly fitted by the bike shop. I contacted cyclotricity directly and after some discussion they agreed to repair the wheel. The rear dérailleur ripped it self part going up a hill so I had to get the bike shop to fit a new one which I had to pay for,luckily the rear wheel wasn't jammed so I could come home under throttle. The bike shop think the rear dérailleur exploded as it hit one of the little bolts around the hub and in gear 1,the dérailleur is very close to the hub. I find the motor very quiet which means any strange noises get noticed. I have suffered spoke creak which seems to come from where the spokes enter the rim,but a drop of oil on each spoke seems to resolve it until the next wet outing washes the oil away. I specified continental touring plus tyres as I didn't fancy getting a puncture in the dark and slime for the inner tubes. Despite this,I have had one puncture on the rim side of the tube and its a mystery to me why this occured. Luckily it was at work in a well lit car park. The battery seems to give less power on cold days but is still easily capable of my commute,I have been out in minus 5. I always keep the battery in the house to recharge. Rain has caused no problems and I have been out in some appalling conditions. My commute is about 10 mins quicker,I tend to ride in on level one or 0 but use 3 coming home and 5 on the main roads but using the thumb throttle on hills. The thumb throttle hits the gear trigger shifter so I can only use about half of the travel,without changing down,but this still seems to give all the power I need. The 500watt setting was a waste of time for me,I don't go off road very often and setting 3 seems to give the same power as the 250watt setting 5,settings 4and 5 don't seem to give any additional power but the throttle is more powerful up hills. I use the bike every day as it doesn't tire me out for running so it is a success,and great fun. If I was starting over,I would go for the much lighter 250watt front wheel as it easier if I get a puncture,and a lot lighter.I can make good progress without assist,but getting on my old ride to work bike,it just feels a lot more agile and nicer to ride without assist. I have now fitted a 250watt front wheel kit to an old catalogue full suspension bike,this doesn't give as a good range,and I can hear the motor,which can be quite noisy when working hard up a hill.I use the same battery and have devised a way of fitting the pannier mount.This bike weighs around 24kg but is an experiment at the moment. It is supremely comfortable on the road compared to the cube which is quite comfortable anyway. I do suffer with back issues,I have a suspension seat post but the roads on my commute are truly dreadful in places so my next upgrade will be the sun tour ncx seatpost.