'About as good as a bicycle gets'

Workmanship
'The Agattu is lovingly handcrafted in Germany with most of the technical bits coming from Japan and, in engineering terms, that's jolly good parentage'

Practical
'The Kalkhoff is practical, well-equipped and capable - in short it's about as good as a bicycle gets'

Easy to use
'Like all Panasonics, the power assist is simple to use. Jump on the bike, pedal off and it rides like any other, but press a button on the small handlebar switch and the fuel LEDs and power meter light up. From your next pedal stroke until the battery is exhausted, progress will be assisted.'

Hill climber
'The bike gallops up hills in a most satisfactory manner'

Smooth, confident ride
'The big, chunky Continental CityRIDE tyres (42 x 622mm) inspire great confidence and despite being rated at only 65 psi, the roll pretty well too, with a roll down speed of 14.7mph. That's fast enough to give the bike a light, rideable feel, something very few electric bikes achieve.'

Everyone should ride one!
'In a perfect world, everyone would do their shopping with a bike like this and traffic congestion would melt away... If you haven't ridden a well-equipped power-assisted European roadster, you are missing a seriously top-draw experience'

Back to the Agattu home page

Many thanks to David Henshaw of A to B for permission to publish these brief extracts from A to B issue 63.