Recent content by nmmelectric

Interesting. I am about to do just that, but mine is for a recumbent trike, which makes this task much easier, though still a bit complicated. The reason is that I don't want to give up the option of touring in the Highlands (camping out), and the only two plausible kits (TSDZ2 and Photon) are...

The following is a sticky thread on this forum, and contains links to the details: https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/pedelec-law-the-details.37594/ Or, for an authoritative version: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/all?title=Pedal%20Cycles

The law also specifies how the power must be measured, albeit obscurely; a claimed rating is not enough. I can't understand why you have so much difficulty understanding that simple fact.

Yes. Also, I don't know what Amazon's E-cargo vehicles are, technically, but I will bet that they at least bend the law pretty hard.

I am not. My head is higher than the top of my wife's sport's car. And, yes, I have such a beacon, though light it only when needed.

You may well be. For extra giggles, consider my recumbent trike; the EU regulation does not apply because of its seating height (nor does some of the UK law), so what law DOES apply? Almost certainly the last.

They assuredly can, and do. It is often delegated to councils, but the police still have the power to do so. Now, enforcing the law on non-pavement footpaths gets a lot more 'interesting', but that's a whole other thread. Harking back to the original post, I went to see the TSDZ2B and CYC...

I am (but that's because it is my name) :) My trike would cost 8K to replace (I paid 6.5K in 2016), but good recumbent trikes are speciality items and expensive. My first investigations into this area were c. 2015 for my traditional roadster, and it would have made an impressive...

That was exactly my reaction when I tried one.

Because I want the cycle to respond to my effort, not just to go faster. I am not worried about working hard - just that 'hard' for me is now much less than it used to be.

Indeed. When I was a mere lad of 70, I was looking for a road-legal hub motor that would be geared for assistance at under 5 MPH, because my problem then was hills of above 15%. I failed to find one. However, six years on and chemotherapy later, having lost 30% of my power, I am now looking...

Fine. In which case, it isn't legal for use on UK roads. The slowest I (or most people) can ride with a 20" bottom gear is 2.4 MPH (40 RPM), and 500 Kg up a 15.5% slope at that speed is c. 800 watts. The law states clearly that an EAPC motor must not be able to maintain more than 250 watts...

You mean this one? https://www.heinzmann-electric-motors.com/en/products/bicycle-wheel-hub-motors/cargopower

And everyone's experience on another (mainly USA) forum I have frequented for some years. The people who do serious hill-climbing universally say that 250 W hub motors do not cut the mustard. I should also be fascinated to know how you fit a hub motor and hub gears into the same wheel, unless...

That's impressive.