Dan,
Thanks for the compliment
. I also tryied a diy electric brompton but was rather disappoited. If i was do it agian electric i'd use a crank drive version with a ping pack.
There is nothing wrong with human power it is what i prefer!
and having something for the hill makes lots of sense. The one thing i didnt like about thhe bike is at the start i was rather fit, but got lazy using the motor only. then i realised i was becoming less fit thus only use the motor on them loooong rides
cheers,
Nathan