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I agree. My tip is to talk to a friendly lawyer, and get him to draft a letter, requiring imminent fix or money back. You may even be able to write such a letter yourself, and get it delivered with recorded delivery where the recipient must sign for it, a possible cheaper alternative, though...

How awful, a possible serious accident and or damage to the nether regions, or both. My thoughts are low quality bolts out of the far east, but just guessing..... Having built a kit car in the early 1990s here in Germany, and having to abide by the requirements of the German TÜV (Pronounced...

Easily done. My best offer, assuming the forks are steel, is to remove the forks (or remove all electronics from bike and take the rest of the bike) and take them/it to a welder, and get him to simply build up the areas that you have damaged, with carefully applied weld. Then file it carefully...

When the metal is lightly roughed up, and properly cleaned with Meths or similar, and then not touched with fingers, the bond is unbelievably strong, even when large temperature changes are experienced.. I have been using epoxy for metal, glass and other items, since I was in school, though it...

You obviously have never used Epoxy or any similar derivatives, not your fault, but you are letting your bias affect your judgement. A properly made repair will be stronger than the aluminum tubing.......maybe not quite as pretty though! Think of all the cars, boats, fishing rods and planes that...

The welders gave you good and valid advice. Till you get your new frame, why not do a good and easy fix on the crack. Clean off all paint, slightly rough up the surface for some good distance, 2 inches, will be good. Clean the whole area with methylated spirits. Do not touch with your fingers...

It is only used for testing ground connections. That is its whole purpose put simply.....Those used on very high voltages, need to test with a higher voltage values, but the current flow in a properly made system is tiny, usually micro amps or less..... There is a serious misunderstanding of how...

That is an item called a "Megger". It is not used for finding shorts between phase and neutral, which WOULD possibly damage mains voltage equipment, but it is used to find shorts from either phase or neutral to ground. Mostly high resistance shorts, but below 1 Meg Ohm. It is used to check that...

I don't disagree, but how is someone with very little knowledge and experience in buying 2nd hand e-bikes, going to work out what to buy or pay. I have seen the letters here on Pedelec, from "beginners" caught having bought secondhand e-bikes that were basically scrap....I am sure that you have...

One trick that needs to be learned with soldering, is to use a high temperature setting, and go in "fast and accurately" to solder the joints. This puts far less heat into the wiring and the insulation, cause less or even no damage to the insulation. Use a quality resin cored solder. Crimps are...

Difficult to test accurately, but a long, long bike ride is probably a good way to start checking, even if you only ride in large circles for a few hours, to avoid being miles from home when the battery finally is empty! Its difficult to be accurate about the battery state, as it is a function...

Perfectly said! Regards Andy

Replace the ones you have now with some sturdier washers, preferably Stainless. Regards Andy

Brewer is an ill mannered idiot, much too full of himself, who never recognised what a pleasant and REALLY clever Guy, Edd China is.....he held that program together, basically with no proper assistance from Brewer.... Having to watch Brewer, just to follow Edd on the program, was a trial..... I...

I like Edd China, he's a clever old stick! Thanks for the link, it was great fun to watch! Regards Andy

Few locks are safe when approached with a Battery powered cutting disk. And nobody takes any notice of the noise nowadays .... 1) But I agree that two locks are best/minimal. 2) plus a sensitive bike alarm, and you are within listening range, but it might scare off some thieves, or at least make...

Contrary to what many believe, AC is far more dangerous than DC. But only the really good books actually state that. Its about a factor of 3 difference, if you compare the size of the killing current of AC to DC. 50ma to 150ma. See the following links:-...

A reasonably sorted quality high wattage resistor could allow the two batteries to achieve identical voltages, but restrict the current to a reasonably low value. The problem lies in the very low internal resistance that some battery types have, which allows almost unrestricted high currents to...

Is the wheel size programmed, far larger than the actual wheel size? regards Andy

I think its true to say that we all learn as we go along, methods change and get improved on, though such a Tarp is unlikely to strike a chord with most of the e-bike community I feel......speaking for myself of course, but I rarely "fiddle" with the insides of batteries, and know enough not to...