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I guess for some people they would be a good fit, (probably not many here !). If you were urban commuting a short distance and the limited speed in towns/cities probably doesn't make much difference. The manufacturer is inviting a crackdown though, if it is easy to derestrict. The only...

Would you expect the battery BMS to limit the current ?

Apart from the chap at the mobile phone shop where a walkie talkie exploded - hope it wasn't a second hand "Hezbolah" walkie talkie !

620mm high 350mm wide 720mm long Converted Weight including pedals, battery, lights, mudguards and pannier rack 15.8kg

It has more comedic effect when a 6'4" burly man in his 60s zooms around the village on a pink folding bike that is not obviously electric and races the local youths on their very expensive mountain bikes up the hill.

True, my wife's folds in the middle, the handlebar folds down and the seat post drops Mind you that Brompton with 20" wheels isn't in the same league as the smaller wheeled ones

this one ? https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/falcon-flo-replacement-battery.40627/

DIY Get a standard 20" folder (Dahon clone or Raleigh intercity disc 8 12-13kg - they fit wider tyres) with disc brakes, add a AKM74 hub motor wheel (+1.6kg) with 15a KT controller and a 10Ah 36V Bag Battery (1.8kg from Woosh) and there you have it. I did that with my wife's Dahon clone...

I think the Wisper tailwind trail might be a better option with the 540wh battery for your requirements. 1) Battery size 400wh battery is quite modest, if you start going on longer rides (which lots of us started doing once we got e-bikes) you might have to limit your motor assist to get the...

I think one thing to check on the.more.expensive e-bikes that are designed for hard core mountain biking is the gearing, some of them are very low geared, so you will be pedalling very fast if you are mostly on roads / light trails / pavements

I think just about any e-bikes would be suitable. If you fancy a challenge, buy a well maintained second hand donor bike and buy a kit Woosh and Whisper are well regarded here and have a number of suitable bikes and very good customer support https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?camino...

Yes, the people that I know (in their 50s/60s/70s ) that use theirs tend to use them on a mix of roads, light trails and bridleways and tend to have to eke their batteries out if they go for a days riding. I'm not sure what they make of my "clankers" but I'm not sure they have selected the...

There's a lot of people near me that have got top of the range Bosch full suspension e-bikes, but a lot fewer that ever go out on them !

So moving from the standard freewheel smallest cog (14t) to a DNP 11t cog is a 27% increase in gearing - potentially you are going to need a massive chainwheel on a folder (which usually have big chainwheels to start with) to get that sort of increase.

That looks like an amazing saving and the bike looks great too. I wonder how the price and performance of the bike compares with buying a second hand full suspension bike and adding a Bafang / Tongsheng kit. I guess there is probably some difficulty level of route and obstacles where a...

I think that it is worth being careful (phoning up the shop?) but maybe the shop is trying to cut it's overheads down to the absolute minimum on this offer. Does putting "Trade Sale" in the description affect consumer rights ? - I wouldn't have thought so.

Just doing a bit more research, the Carrera intercity disk 8 is the one to go for, the disk 9 has an odd rim size with really difficult to get hold of tyres (& tyres have to be very narrow)

So I have replaced cable disc brakes with hydraulic (£30 for front and back mt200s on AliExpress) on a number of occasions (though never on a folder) and even with my fairly basic skills in bike mechanics, it was a 10 minute job everything just fitted. Is there some complication with fitting...

Is it a six speed derailleur ? That's what I did on mine ( on your advice). Works fine so far, didn't even need to re-index the gears (although I've seen some comments questioning how long the DNP freewheel lasts - if it only lasts 2000-3000 miles I'll just replace it). Best upgrade ever - can...