Ramblings of a Gavin

 29/12/2020 fig 1.2 freeze framed from the promo video Intro Before I get into reviewing this bike I want you to know why I bought it which will give you a bit more of my angle on the matter. fig 1.2  I started looking into an electric bike after a year of commuting a short distance to work on my trusty steely road bike you see on fig 1.2. When that work placement ended I was looking at my next commute being more like a 30 mile round trip which although completely doable, I wasn't going to commit that many hours of my life to commuting no matter how nice it was to be out on the bike. An electric bike seemed to be a sensible compromise between the speed of taking the car or a motorcycle against the near free to fuel bicycle. The next issue was picking one. A small folding bike was not going to be suitable for the long distance. A mountain bike would cost me more in weight and rolling resistance than the motor would benefit me. Taking these two options out of the equation cut ou...

fig 1.1 I decided to treat myself to an eBike to commute to work which was a mistake. After weeks of procrastinating I bought a very cheap new eLife Ranger hybrid for a number of meritous reasons. I may jot down a quick review of it later on as there really isn't much online about these bikes which is a shame as they are a tidy design at a sensible price point even at full price. After getting the thing home, I decided to take it down to the shops to drop some parcels off. I wanted to see what it was all about! Sadly it was clearly not working right. Although there was something there, it really wasn't doing much assisting, so I returned a bit pissed off. Reserch time What ensued was a night of research to figure out what was going on, but more importantly; what on earth I had just bought! eLife appear to be a brand to sell ebikes through ideal world amongst other sources to clear stock. They predominantly sell folding city bikes but this Ranger 950 has been for sale during 20...

  There is a good chance you either know me, you have found this from one of my other blogs or Google brought you to some of my ramblings here and you have either got lost or curiosity has got the best of you. Welcome to my ramblings page. I made this as I didn't want to make a separate blog to cover all of the little thigs I have done that might interest one or two of you. I have blogs covering a number of bikes, cars, 3Dprinting and even my own fledgling company Heggs Performance Engineering .  I am an aviation engineer specialising in airframes, propulsion, hydraulic, pneumatic, environmental control systems. When I am not at work I fix, maintain and even build motorcycles. When they work I even race them sometimes!  I can  machine, weld (both metal and plastic), produce 3D printed components from my own designs and then produce them in metal on a CNC mill of that's what's needed. But we aren't here to hear all of the things I can do to a just bout acceptable...