Last year I voted for the Agattu, which I still think is the best general purpose reasonably priced quality bike

available. However, time for something different.

 

This year I'm voting for the traditional Powabyke, yes really! Here's why:

 

1) For ten years this traditional bike has reliably flown the flag for e-biking through all the years when e-biking

was little known.

 

2) The company has given good service thoughout when few e-bike suppliers supplied any sort of service,

making them our friends for the example they set to others.

 

3) Sold through local bike shops, these have been the entry into e-biking for many and given sterling service

for utility cyclists.

 

4) The £500 that many have to pay for a new battery now would have kept a Powabyke owner in new batteries

for the whole decade with some change left over.

 

5) These models may be heavy and old tech, but they climb better than most, don't just cut out when the going

gets steep and have a good range as well.

 

6) The recession has brought a bad patch for the company, and it's when they are down that we stand by our

friends.

 

So for all these reasons it is uniquely the e-bike of the decade and I recognise that by voting as e-bike of 2009

this representative model:

New bike......Powabyke Euro

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Edited December 8, 200916 yr by flecc

wow,,,not only have i got the Grand masters bike of the year for last year but also for this year....what will my next bike be ?

wow,,,not only have i got the Grand masters bike of the year for last year but also for this year....what will my next bike be ?

 

And your vote is carpetbagger?

 

J:) hn

i am still sticking with my kalkhoff,,,like Flecc says the Powabyke is a great bike...but the Kalkhoff is something else.I am quietly hoping ther is no bike of the year for a few years....i don't thing my wife would appreciate it. I have still got my cheapo Aldi mountain bike which generally i take on holiday as its thats scratched and rusty it wouldn't matter if somebody took it.

wow,,,not only have i got the Grand masters bike of the year for last year but also for this year....what will my next bike be ?

 

You are obviously a man of impeccable taste carpetbagger.

 

I'll let you vote for me next year.

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I bought the Powabyke before i found this forum,so i can't give you any credit there,sorry Flecc,but the Kalhoff was sold to me mainly by yourself and the other members of the forum so i would like to say one big thankyou to everyone.

My new bike vote goes to the Kalkhoff Pro Connect S;)

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My kit bike vote goes to a certain Bionx PL 350 powered Carrera Vulcan:cool:

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J:) hn

I really like the 350 watt BionX

 

Matra the French company have taken on BionX and offer about 8 different bikes and the kits as well. ignore the flash bike on intro to site and click on "normal" looking bikes on far left and range appears. I like the I Step force @1750 Euro.

 

surely an enterprising dealer could introduce them here......

 

Matra Sports: solutions de transports électriques: vélos, cyclos, VTT électriques

 

YouTube - Test iStep Runner - jepedale.com

 

typically french and awful presentation, try and ignore the egits!

 

YouTube - Vélo électrique Matra I-step : vidéo de presentation

typically french and awful presentation, try and ignore the egits!

 

YouTube - Vélo électrique Matra I-step : vidéo de presentation

 

LOL, who are these people ?

What, no votes for the Gocycle? I found a Flyer X-series MTB on the web and it gets my vote. Cost as much as my motorbike but cheaper than an Optibike!

 

Bicicletta - home of electric bikes - Wisper, Gocycle, A2B, Sparta, Koga Miyata, Flyer...

John,

 

What are the rules for kit bikes? Do they need to be series production or do one-offs count?

 

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/4009-getting-ready-tour-de-presteigne.html

 

Nick

John,

 

What are the rules for kit bikes? Do they need to be series production or do one-offs count?

 

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/4009-getting-ready-tour-de-presteigne.html

 

Nick

 

Either series production or one-off projects qualify Nick, as long as it has pedal and electrical propulsion, i.e. a pedelec.

 

Wonder what yours is going to be:eek:

 

J:) hn

John,

 

What are the rules for kit bikes? Do they need to be series production or do one-offs count?

 

http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/electric-bicycles/4009-getting-ready-tour-de-presteigne.html

 

Nick

 

Whether you win kit bike of the year or not Nick, in my view you definitely qualify as the "e-bike rider of the year"

for these reasons:

 

1) Producing that bike.

 

2) Sweeping the board at Presteigne riding it.

 

3) Your strong support for the continuance of The Ching Challenge.

 

4) Creating and suppying the Ideal Diode to satisfy demand for a high efficiency way of paralleling batteries.

 

5) Your technical support within the forum.

.

Tony, now you're embarrassing me. I haven't even got to 1000 posts yet.

Moreover, my total e-bike mileage isn't that great. What about the people who are commuting serious distances, like Frank9755, Conal and others?

 

So who does the highest annual e-bike mileage? Let's have an award for that.

 

Nick

Edited December 10, 200916 yr by Tiberius

Sweeping the board

 

Flecc

 

Nick needs to dress up next year if he wants to do that!

Highest mileage - most effort

 

Nick

 

I do considerable mileage but I have your linked battery setup and three batteries so can cycle the whole 30 miles on full power!

 

The ebikers who have to balance distance and available battery get my vote!

 

Conal

My kit bike vote goes to a certain Bionx PL 350 powered Carrera Vulcan:cool:

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J:) hn

 

Hi John, may I ask how you rate the Carrera, I'm looking to do a similar thing but with a different kit than Bionx...reply via PM if you want to, don't want to hijack the thread.

Tony, now you're embarrassing me. I haven't even got to 1000 posts yet.

 

Quality, not quantity it's fair to say Nick. I may have posted nearly 13,000 times but much has been banter and trifles interspersed, sometimes merely to sustain forum life rather than anything else.

 

 

Moreover, my total e-bike mileage isn't that great. What about the people who are commuting serious distances, like Frank9755, Conal and others?

 

I had seriously considered them when posting that, but publicity counts, and it's your exploits this year that have probably brought the most attention, certainly in the UK arena. It's the way of the world that the many steady regular achievers don't get recognition, unless put forward for an MBE or the like.

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Hi John, may I ask how you rate the Carrera, I'm looking to do a similar thing but with a different kit than Bionx...reply via PM if you want to, don't want to hijack the thread.

 

Please keep it public! Start a new thread if necessary. Very interested in anything to do with BionX. Did not realise we has users on here.......

surely the Wisper 906xc has to be a contender.

 

don't know how to attach the very large original pic file, which allows you to zoom in on all the gorgeous carbon fibre detail etc.....

 

http://i48.tinypic.com/iyfs4x.jpg

Edited December 10, 200916 yr by eddieo

906

 

Hi Eddie

 

The 906 is available this weekend if you are near 7 Oaks?

 

All the best

 

David

ah what a decision;

 

if money was less of an issue i would have Cannondale Synapse for my long good Werther trips when im feeling full of beans, and the wonder full 906xc for my bad weather need to get the job done, take the back route to the train station.

 

but money is an issue and for this reason

*******

best bike for me is:

wisper works 905 se city

*******

 

 

it's been doing both the jobs above very well at almost half the cost of of each of my dream bikes

 

well done all e bike manufactures it looks like this year has been a bit of a public perspiration change for e bikes if there was e bike index for me to invest in that's where id put my spare change next year.

 

as a non driver(i cant quite get the hang of it) this year has been the best year i have ever had for personal transport thanks to e-bikes

New Bike

 

Cytronex Cannondale Synapse

 

Cheers

 

Nick

New Bike: Kalkhoff Pro Connect S (Choice of frame sizes is a big plus over Wisper)

 

Kit Bike: Nick's Presteigne winning bike

Big Wisper

 

New Bike: Kalkhoff Pro Connect S (Choice of frame sizes is a big plus over Wisper)

 

Kit Bike: Nick's Presteigne winning bike

 

Not anymore Bob we will have aout Alpino 28" bikes in February/March

 

All the best

 

David