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I was almost stopped

I fell off last Friday. I was taking my usual route into town. One section of the route is a shared path with pedestrians and two people were coming towards me with a double buggy so I stopped to let them through. When I set off I misjudged my distance from the kerb and I hit it with my front...

I believe that is called style.

Loose battery connection? I had it on a hard seven, The battery was not seated correctly. Maybe the same on yours.

Yes you need to pedal

I buy radio stuff of Aliexpress and noticed the same thing. However if I put the item in my basket it then becomes available to the UK. Some items I ordered like this turned up yesterday. Maybe worth a try.

I have an Elephant bike that is an ex postoffice bike with a Bafang mid drive motor. I have had it about 3 years. It is my daily ride for shopping etc. I have a couple of other Ebikes, a Haibike hardseven and a Emu front wheel drive, but the Elephant bike is my favourite

Back in the mists of time with 5, 6 ,7 speed blocks / cassettes they used to last for ever. When I was younger I did 10,000 miles a year. I had 2 chains which I changed each week, so I had 1 on the bike and one soaking in a tray of diesel. With this system my drive train would last a couple of...

I think you are probably right, but first check you haven't any stiff links.

When my father reached his late eighties, his balance became a problem. He had cycled all his life, it was his great passion. He changed from human power to ebike at 81. so with the balance problem, he decided he would buy an E tricycle, but could never control it. Over 70 years of balancing on...

Pretty well agree, apart from when I used to race on the track I could do a mean track stand. So I could balance whilst stopped. However this does need a fixed wheel and slight forward/backward movement.

https://cesafety.co.uk/news/data-reveals-extent-of-electric-vehicle-fires-around-the-uk/

Flecc you have the patience of a saint. I have been a member of this forum for 17 years and the amount of times I have read your explainations on this subject is numerous. Well done, long may you rock.

I fitted a dropper seat post on my Hard seven. Put it in the low position for getting on and off works a treat.

Interesting video in the link.