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They need to be insulated from each other with high temperature electrical insulation, available from most electrical stores (at least where I live!). regards Andy

You may need to change either the connector on the wheel/motor, or that on your bike.....basically its your choice which..... regards Andy

You are right. But untill they do, I use a cheap 24 Hour Timer (electro/mechanical), and I wire the mains power to the synchronous motor to be after the switch, so that it switches itself off after the set time has run out! I use midnight as the start time.... Then knowing the charge time...

How Shitty of the supplier!!!! You should name him/his company, here, so that other possible customers are pre-warned! My only other suggestion is to take a look at YouTube with regatd to e-bike testers, and possibly buy one, if nobody else here can help you. Check these testers out (for free):-...

This is for the some here, who get the soldering Iron out and replace defective components on their e-bikes, it will be interesting, but for the most of you it will be simply boring! My apologies for that...

Well you started it, but I did not treat your twaddle, as Twaddle! I tried to point you in the right direction.....but all you have mentioned as "being the way to go", is real Twaddle!! Aerodynamics is not your strong point, is it? If you take a simple plane wing, you will soon notice that it...

You would probably need some very sensitive instruments to prove there was a difference, and it would also be very minor at the speeds usually reached by a legal e-bike. My guess is that the front is heavier than the rear, and as almost anyone who has towed a trailer will tell you, its better to...

Lots of good ideas to try, but has anyone mentioned that the chain also needs to be checked for wear damage regularly, as it may now be "longer" than it should be? Regards Andy

Sapele, for one (there are several), is impervios to woodworm, simply too hard. Also, any frame needs to be correctly built, to prevent flrxing and movement and therefore noise. There is a method, using overlaying, (exterior plywood or marine plywood ) thin sheets of ply and epoxy resin, to...

You make a good point, I wonder is there are other, lighter, materials, that could be used instead. Plywood and strong glues spring to mind, for the frame. A bit like building the DH Mosquito, in WW2. regards Andy

Its very tiny, but if the young lady shown was also present, I might get over my hate for tiny tight spaces just for once...

May I ask you to edit the title of this subject, so that it contains more relevant information to do with the name of the supplier, and any other pertinant data, so as to allow Pedelec members, especially new ones, to avoid that problem like the plague? If not possible, perhaps you could open a...

Correctly cut straight gears, waste very little power, which is why they are used often in car gearboxes for racing and rallying, the only negatives being (with high reving cars), that they are "LOUD".... But I doubt if that will be much of a problem with muscle power assisted by a motor! This...

The same way as ayn e-bike with a working chain (only far more reliable!), you get home on muscle power.... regards Andy

This appears to be a possible new e-bike for some members, the ad I found while doing an online search, but thats all I know. I have not noticed pricing anywhere, that you will need to locate yourself if you are interested in buying! regards Andy

You are doing a good job it would seem!! The bad point about GPS is it must be in range of a cell tower, though the good ones still log everything in a small memory, and "catch up" with you when back in range. regards Andy

You make a good point, and those cutting disks in a battery driven unit, can cut just about anything. Which is why I have two bike locks (the name of which I have forgotten!), one to block the front wheel, and one for the rear wheel, plus hopefully catching a bit of heavy duty fence or similar...

I have yet to see a combination lock, made well enough, to prevent people opening them.The mechanical tolerances on most allow people to find the combination easily. The same goes for padlocks generally speaking, I have shown ladies, who had little interest in learning (my daughters!), how to...

By the sound of it, both keys are possibly on the same ring, if true, that is an awful way to treat important keys.... Always have (at least) two copies of each key that are important to you, and store them in two different places. When I worked for a short time in the morally deficient...

If you skin a knuckle, you are putting far too much muscle power into the job. Due to the way a spoke is tensioned, and the design makes light work, only very moderate muscle power is needed. That is not saying you should do the job by the way, that is your personal choice always! To do, or not...