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    Aldi have some decent bikes in that would make for good conversions

    A super shark on the mountain bike would "probably" fit!
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    Aldi have some decent bikes in that would make for good conversions

    Mountain bike at £310 https://www.aldi.co.uk/barracuda-mountain-bike/p/712676463386000 folding bike at £260 https://www.aldi.co.uk/classic-folding-bike/p/711370449334000 They will sell quickly but a new bike with a bafang or a tongsheng for ~£800 sounds good!
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    yeay! I'm glad it worked out :cool:
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    go for it, I think it'll work and certainly better, well, easier, than rivnuts.
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    I put the battery in the highest position I could just using the top bottle mount in the lowest hole on the battery base. The first two photos are with the battery in the base. The last photo is it out of the base showing the kind of minimum clearance required. Given that when you slide it...
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    Love the cardboard! My frame is a slightly more of a 'traditional' shape - but I'll mount it later / tomorrow to try and replicate the 18mm gaps you have and see how I get on.
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    hmm, I'm not sure that's enough. Eclipse might know better. Or if you are near Twickenham, cycle round and try mine!
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    It just arrived in the post this morning :) So not fitted it yet. Looking at it though I'd say add 2 mm for the rubber washer / mount things. So an extra 10mm on top of the 96mm. I just tried unlocking it and I'd say the 18mm and 8mm clearance sounds fair. When I ordered it I hadn't realised...
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    Rivnuts to mount battery

    are the super shark em3ev batteries from eclipse any good? Bit of flexibility on mount positioning. Nice battery too.