This Real World User Guide tells of my (painful) experiences and ebiking realisations whilst riding some 2500kms (1500 miles) on Swiss urban and mountain trails. Hopefully my mistakes, learned the hard way, will help you (or a loved one ) make the right decisions when buying, building or riding an expensive (and fast) ebike. *New Chapter update:23/09/2010 Essential reading for all ebike users and potential ebike users The guide also pulls together a variety of BIONX information and help that the author has learnt from 3 years of surfing the online E-bike forum world And: The Big Brother Section - Tips on Staying Alive, including the telling of my 5 very close calls to meet the Great Kahuna in the sky