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Cannondale above. Does have weird wide bars and short stem that my friend wants back but I have the originals which will suit me far better. The crankset is a nasty cheapo job but that would disappear anyway with mid drive. Need to see if TSDZ8 will fit. @Woosh, your opinion? Do you have key...

Well, the seller had said the bike was still available and he is arranging the courier. It’s always a bit of a risk on eBay but my experience is that buyers tend to be much better protected than sellers. He had an opportunity to pull out when he realised the courier was going to be far more...

This is the one my son has just bought...

The plan is not to convert either of the Treks, although my crapcycle has rim brakes and I’ve not died yet. The Cannondale already has hydraulic disc brakes and that’s the one I’ll convert. The Trek is to get some exercise mainly, likely to only use in the dry and I’ve not had much issue with...

There are no missing parts. Turns out the wheels are original as well. Price is good to fair. My son yesterday bought an almost identical fx 7.6 for -£140 delivered and that bike looks in very good condition. The seller made a mistake on delivery, listing it at £17.50, it’s actually costing him...

With a tsdz8 at about 4 kg and 1.9kg for battery and under 10kg for the bike, should still be light. I am going to change the rear cassette and the granny gear and see how I get without a motor...

Trek FX 7.5, quite old but expensive aftermarket wheels etc, not that much abuse. Ding on top tube but nothing serious. Too good to convert really. Paying £130 which I think is a good deal! No disc Brakes which is a bummer. I'll either keep it or my son will take it.

I just checked, mine was a10Ah 36v Ping battery. I had a 42 mile round trip commute but could charge in the day so 21 miles on a charge. It was more uphill on the way back. Motor was front hub. At first it was fine with the 21 miles but very quickly it started suffering voltage sag and cutout...

If I remember correctly my 1st e-bike build used a ping LiFePO4. Can’t remember the capacity. It worked ok until it didn’t. Appeared to lose capscity quickly. It happened over winter so I put it down to the cold weather but in hindsight I suspect some cells went bad. My circumstances changed a...

Unfortunately I have - a battery is an easy target and in my case the battery is worth more than the rest of the crapcycle. I have been offered a Trek hybrid bike from a friend of a friend for a good price and there is a dent in the top tube. Looks suspiciously to me like someone has tried to...

Well, I am not asking you to do it. It suits me though. Sometimes it goes in a trunk bag, sometimes a pannier, never gets left on the bike. The last thing I want is to draw attention to my bike when I leave it locked up unattended. Imagine how annoying it would be to get out the pub full of beer...

To celebrate the resurrection of the crapcycle, a photo. This is the hill I climb a couple of times a week. It’s harder work on Tuesday when full of beer and kebab.

@Woosh, not wishing to do you out of a sale, but would the used Camino take a TS BB and beefier controller and do what I need or is the motor itself too weedy?

It was a regular Camino, and you suggested it may not have enough grunt unless I misunderstood? I still considered it with the option of swapping the motor and / or controller. As to reply from @saneagle, what I want is something that will provide assistance up to 15.5mph regardless of...

You have current stock, and can confirm it can be configured as current controlled? You may have a sale as fed up with looking about. Any concerns about uk rain? Will store indoors, but must be ok to use in the rain…

Still very undecided about my ‘spare’ bicycle. I think I’ll use my existing and now repaired Tsdz2 on a folder. Ideally then I would want a 48v hub powered regular bike I think. There really appear to be very little option in the pre-built category. There are a couple of cheap Chinese options on...

I suspect that the driver was somewhat unaware of how dangerous their manoeuvre was - but that's still not an excuse for such irresponsible driving. The whole leaving 1.5 m when passing a cyclist is very difficult where I live and I usually wave a driver to overtake when I'm comfortable that the...

Having fixed my bike yesterday I was cycling up a steep single track road - 16%, and was making steady progress. Someone I sort of know (suspect they didn't recognise me) decided it was appropriate to barge past in their pickup, passing not more than 12 inches away. Sure, they were not going...

I don't think it overheated as such, but the motor obviously gets warm and then cools and the hall sensors and PCB heats and cools because it's internal to the motor. Heating and cooling = expansion and contraction. Add any moisture and that really is asking for poor reliability. Really the...

My conclusion is that water ingress definitely didn't help. I've also read a few posts where hall switches have died after a climb. Moisture and heat isn't a good combination. After some water ingress protection, after last time I had it apart, it did look dry inside this time, but the motor...