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Many e-bikes are in the hundreds of pounds (and many non-e-bikes in the thousands), and some of those are perfectly decent bikes (for example http://wooshbikes.co.uk/, but there are plenty of others). The battery is a substantial proportion of the cost of those bikes. We all look forward to cheaper ...

The Gadii look good, but make sure you don't order one too large. They seem a lot fatter than they might for the nominal size.

Woosh are a good place to purchase, excellent customer service (but not a local bike shop). They have a folder quite a bit under £1000, http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?gallego Quite a low power battery is one disadvantage of that particular model (but a lot of folders have even less); won't matter for rela...

There is also the Battery Management System (BMS) in the battery ... still only another £10 or so. Sometimes the controller is integrated with the battery as well. A 36v 5.8ah battery is pretty low power too, even in that market. Lots of threads about building batteries at https://www.pedelecs.co.uk...

Also look on Pedelecs https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/forums/which-e-bike-should-i-buy.40/, which is more active than this forum. As the previous poster suggested, you will not get what you want new ... and probably not second hand if it is in good state. I wouldn't try to get GPS closely linked to...

Are the e bikes are being fitted with the best batteries available at the moment? (serious question as I don't know) I'm pretty sure the answer is basically 'yes', insofar as 'best' is precise. There are lots of tradeoffs of price, capacity, max rate it can deliver (both peak and consistently), lon...

about a solution which takes the (relatively modest amount of) power to the bike and charges it in situ The 'solution which takes the relatively modest amount of power needed' is basically a battery of about the same power as the battery the bike has ... and also sadly approximately the same weight...

Are you keeping the phone display going the whole time? Possibly fairly bright for outside usage. That will chew through battery regardless of what apps are running.

I have the same experience as Simon with Woosh and 700C tandem front conversion; and suggestion to ask on the more active https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/forums/conversion-kits-general-discussion.42/ as well. (I even thought for a moment, hang on, I wrote that and they've somehow changed the author!)

I think that is partly true> BUT I think it reasonable for them to need insurance, a driving license of sorts and probably a clear licence plate as well. And that is already allowed for with current legislation. An issue at the moment is that as they are rare and unknown the insurance tends to be in...

Woosh might have something for you, a bit over £800 but not near the £1500. eg Petite https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/forums/which-e-bike-should-i-buy.40/ is £1050. Or ebikes-direct have the Cyclotricity Sahara for as low as £649; more with better battery. https://www.e-bikesdirect.co.uk/electric-b...

Many people really like Cube bikes, come in a wide variety of styles. Raleigh Motus is good for some, but probably not those with stupid phones. Ask on the pedelecs site giving more information about how you like to (and can) ride. Much more active site than here. https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/fo...

The rules apply on roads, tracks and bridleways. You shouldn't be riding on footpaths or off public rights of way anyway. The only place the rules don't apply is on private land (with landowner's permission). I don't know if the rules apply on a bridleway/footpath on private land with landowner's pe...

I checked ours and saw that it has an extension to the seatstay. That makes it much more stable (and less risk of damage) than the ones just attached to the chainstay.

Nothing specific, but I have always found kickstands that fit on the chainstay work much better then ones that fit around the bottom bracket. That's because the bike often spins around the bottom bracket ones if you have heavily laden panniers on the rear rack. Our most successful stand was a Halfor...