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Does that just mean that the faster you pedal, the faster the motor pushes?

Thanks for saying about that. I can't ride at a faster cadence but the motor does kick in at a slow cadence. It kicks in as soon as I turn the pedals.

@Jeremy, > So fairly low speed and a lot of stop and go in congested areas, and up to 20 mph on open road. And you want help starting out — presumably to get up to balancing speed as quickly as possible. Correct? yes this is right. Tbh I think I am nearly sorted. I just need to change gear and...

Q1) I think my speed during this would be an absolute max of 9mph. I go at 16mph on the open road, but there isn't time or space to exceed 9mph in the small roads. The absolute legal speed limit on these roads is 20mph, and I often am reduced to driving at 10mph, because there just isn't space...

That's amazing to know that that is where you live. I used to go on trips for work to San Diego and I used to fly over that area in a propeller aeroplane from the airport in Los Angeles. It's lovely to know that that is where you are. I can imagine that you must have some amazing views and nice...

I just tried turning the power of the battery down to 80% again and I think it does make a difference. It also helps if I keep walk assistance on all the time when I am walking. Out on the road, the bike seems to feel much more at home if I ride it as though it was a small car. With a manual...

I wondered if I could tell you about my continuing experiments, and ask a question about the kind of terrain where other people cycle? I have realised that my bike with the big battery and the max power setting is great on steep hills, and against a headwind. It is also great on wide open...

I just bought a Gazelle Ultimate C5 brand new. The battery is too heavy for me and I would like to switch to just using the range extender battery. I am selling the 625Wh 17.4Ah battery on. I have only charged it once and only used it enough to get down to 80% charge. The battery has been...

It does seem to be very hard to sell it on without a massive hit in value. However, if I keep it I have to store it with no intention of ever using it, and all the risks of storing a massive battery. I can't really imagine ever cycling more than 30 miles without being able to stop and charge...

Hi, I did a couple of experiments. I wondered if I could tell you? I tried riding my bike with a 1.5L bottle of mineral water in the frame in place of the battery. That was to see what it would be like with the 1.5kg range extender battery instead of the 3.6kg 625wh battery. I do think it is...

Thanks, yes, I do like it very much. I think it will be a lot of fun once I really get up and running on it. The hubs are very interesting aren't they? My next challenge is that it is has started making a high pitched whistling noise every half turn of the wheel. I suppose that is to do with...

It's quite the thing isn't it?

This is my bike with the new bloom handlebars. It also has 3D printed parts on the front and rear lights to put a filter on to make them a little bit less bright on the eyes of road users. The front one has a yellow filter on just now and the back one doesn't yet have a filter, but I plan to...

Thank you very much for your help and encouragement. I really appreciate it and especially your tip about going up a gear, which has made everything gradually become clear and easy. tbh I don't like to cycle dizzy. If it happens, I just stop and go home. That's why I've been going up and down...

Thanks, yes, it's really not possible to ride like that. I know what to do though, because I had the same problem with computer mouse use and youtube in the past. It's just a question of learning how to predict how the bike will react when I use the controls in certain ways. Once the bike reacts...

It's only been about ten minutes so far because I was getting really dizzy riding. Things are getting better now and I am going further afield. The bike really feels much better when I am going slightly uphill or against a head wind. It seems to need something to push again. When it's on the...

Thanks, I just looked up and it seems as though my bike could run on the range extender alone. It would be 250wh and would weigh 1.5kg versus my current battery which is 625wh and weighs just short of 4kg. I'm quite temped, I have to admit. At the moment even getting the bike set up is quite a...

Hi, Thanks I hadn't thought about the range extender battery. I will have a think about that. They seem to be about £400 which is a whole truckload of money on top of the £3000 I already spent on the bike. I think you would be surprised about how much difference it makes not having the...

This is the bike: https://www.gazellebikes.com/en-gb/ebikes/ultimate-c5-hmb I think the battery is the 625wh powertube on this page: https://www.bosch-ebike.com/en/products/batteries#c328784

I wondered if I could ask another question about fine tuning the ride on my bike? I just wondered if it is possible to buy a much lighter battery with a lower capacity that would also fit my bike? I'm wondering because the 625wh battery makes the bike massively heavy, but I am only using about...