Recent content by Waspy

The two main suppliers of kits preferred on this forum is Woosh Bikes and Yosepower. However, if you cannot even change a tyre (no judgement) then I think your cousin may be right, just buy an eBike. But you are going to have to spend £600 minimum.

Mate, I am definitely not trying to dispute your experience, but here is my personal experience for anyone who needs it: I have Shimano MT200 hydraulic brakes. Both hoses were too long. I disconnect them at the master cylinder, cut them shorter, fitted a new barb and olive, reconnected them...

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No need to bleed your brakes, just adjust the brake lever reach screw.

What a mess the whole UK eBike scene is right now. For ten years the police totally ignored them (and e-scooters) but now they're having a Blitzkrieg on e-cyclists. I think when my battery eventually fails on my conversion, I'll break it for parts and sell it and then I'll just buy a Wisper or...

Professional cyclists average 25-28MPH on flat terrain, all perfectly legal (even in a 20MPH zone). A middle-aged woman going shopping on her eBike at 18MPH is getting her bike crushed LOL

If you look at my video clip in post #516, they do indeed seize a bike on this alone. You seem to have good knowledge of eBike legislation sir, so what is your opinion of conversion kits? What would be the point of a 'plate' or label 'durably fixed' stating the name of the manufacturer of the...

If you mean that by turning the pedals slowly in a low gear with the rear wheel off the ground, a legal eBike in level 5 assist will only indicate 15-16 MPH, that is true. But I'm not sure if all police are aware of this. If they spin the pedals vigorously by hand to see what speed they can get...

Apologies if you've seen this short clip before but in it the police seize a (legal) Hitway BK15 for having no label. Maybe it never came with one, maybe it fell off...who knows? It would be a test case if someone had a legal eBike with a home-made label seized. The law doesn't (I believe)...

In this video, they do "the old wheel off the floor test" at 00:56 and get the speedo up to 74.5KMH. I have no doubt the bike in question is illegal but how that test can be used as evidence to prove the bike can actually achieve 74.5KMH on the road is baffling. But then, they are never going...

"Ya want me to punch yer head in? Ya baldy bastard" That's pretty funny dialogue, apart from Baldy Bastard gets knocked out (which is not funny of course). The lesson here is not to engage with these rat boys in the first place, and especially not Scottish ones.

This is a new tactic by the police, targeting cycle tracks (like I use) rather than town centres (which I don't use). They are really getting a taste for seizing ebikes now. That Starsfly has a 750w motor and switch to instantly go from illegal mode to legal mode. Someone is about to see their...

"The bike, which is suspected as being stolen, has been seized and enquiries are ongoing to locate its rightful owner." So they can return it and immediately seize it back again :D

Yeah, and I would have a GB3 if I could afford it, but I did a 40 mile ride yesterday and the MiRider would have been the wrong tool for that job. But I actually wouldn't mind a folder to chuck in the car The GB3 is probably one of the best small-wheeled folders out there, especially with that...

Are you kidding? The MiRider has no rack and afterthought mudguards. No wonder the Hitway is £1000 more. Wait a minute, I need to go and check I've got those prices right. Mind you the MiRiDER One GB3 has a pretty cool and unique gearbox and belt drive, but £2.5k is out of my reach and I...