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From the web the Z6 uses a bottle battery - 36v, 9Ah? You could wire a wattmeter in series with the battery and watch the voltage collapse as you cycle, or use a dummy load to place a drain on the pack and see how long it keeps going before it cuts out. A bottle could be 18650 cells or pouch...

A healthy 36v battery should measure better than 41.5v when fully charged, fresh off the charger. Yes, a worn battery will sag to 30/32v when placed under heavy load, cut-out, and the voltage then spring back to measure a higher voltage level when relaxed.

It sounds as if your battery is worn and beginning to lose its capacity to deliver higher current - eg: when going up a hill or harder acceleration. When you demand more from the battery than the cells can still cope with the voltage drops rapidly ("sag") and the battery cuts out ("LVC"). When...

As Matthew says, there's a world of difference between a torque sensor mid-drive and a cadence sensor hub drive. I have a Fiido D11 20" folder with 35Nm rear hub and cadence sensor, an Ebco hybrid 700c wheel TranzX 60Nm mid-drive with RPM sensor, and a Greenway hybrid 700c Bafang 80Nm mid-drive...

Adding riser bars is a common upgrade on those bikes. IIRC, it needs a 25.4mm diameter bar at the stem to fit the existing clamp. Most seem to use BMX riser bars to give it a cruiser look; there's plenty of choice in terms of rise height and bar width that'd work.

Welcome to the forum Pat. The way the motor applies power is a function of the controller and how it's been programmed. Many e-bikes at the lower end of the price spectrum tend to be fairly crude in that respect applying full power in each level of assist up to a speed limit that's pre-set for...

It's not the fact they're cheap brakes that worries me: Mechanical discs IMHO are adequate for a lower cost, small-wheeled folding ebike. It's the fact you're paying a premium for what is in essence a sub-£700 Onebot Chinese ebike and the extra £700 premium you're paying for the "British"...

For the L3, check out Fiido's own web-site, YouTube, and Facebook - quite a lot of generally positive reviews there.

Fiido X bikes for the US have 350w AKM motors fitted and give a top speed of 19mph. The 250w 35nm Xiongda on the D11/D21 can realistically achieve 18mph ridden, but it's the controller that limits it. The older Yolin display on the D11 had a programming menu you could cheat the system to achieve...

I for one have thoroughly enjoyed following your "experimental journey" and travel vlog, beautifully documented with photos of the kit, route, and challenges you've encountered. I've certainly learned a lot (the data/power gained/usage patterns are interesting) so thank-you for that, and I await...

I think it might help if you come clean and say what bike this is - it would help Nealh proffer helpful advice. I say that because It looks to me like a Fiido D21 by the frame colour/fittings (although the controller is marked D12 for AU markets) and that display would be a Yolin. If so, that's...

Yes, as I said in post #10 the Fiido T1 is due in the UK mid-May. That's just 3 weeks away, but they're taking pre-orders now, and the last 3 times Fiido did that with a new model they sold out within days. I don't really understand you there. I'm not saying being legal is a negative. I'm...

Your Outlaw owns the bike already, or is thinking of buying it? If the first, I'm pretty sure you can recell it - it depends on the age. If the usual XLR charge socket, it may have 3-pins connected (newer/CanBus system) or 4-pins (older/analogue). The newer CanBus has a mini-USB socket on the...

I said my piece at the time you bought it. The bike when newly launched was heavily promoted as a 48v system. All the reviews (in the press and on YT etc) raved about the power available, and that was especially heavily praised given the low cost of the bike. Given Eskute was a completely...

It doesn't sound as if the OP is too hands-on, but for my money, I'd learn from those members here already hauling cargo and do a build; that seems to offer the best bang for your buck being tailored to best suit the purpose you're going to put the bike to. Current discussions IIRC include...

Both Rad and Fiido have different versions for the US and EU/UK market - the US have more powerful motors/top speed and throttles as that's legal in many States there. There are places you can day-hire Rad bikes to test them out before ordering. The T1 doesn't come to the UK until next month...

Both Rad and Fiido sell direct to consumer; no dealer in the middle should equate to more bike. Rad ship to the UK from the EU. Fiido have a UK warehouse and have a few dealers who repair and support their bikes, but mostly Fiido will send parts direct to you and have a gallery of "how-to"...

For about the same money (£1200), you could buy a "known-brand" Radrunner. It gets (mostly) very favourable reviews from a wide range of users. Rad has a large/loyal fan base: It's almost the default choice for a low-cost, versatile/adaptable/proven cargo e-bike... so much so, Fiido has started...

Some bikes are known for weak or easily broken spokes. The Somerby isn't one of them. Most often, it's simply a case of buying a spoke key for circa £3 and watching a YouTube video to learn how to keep the spokes properly tensioned. It's routine maintenance, and a skill worth learning to avoid...

All Onebot bikes used to make regular appearances on at least Amazon, but not so much since Brexit. Ebikesdirect used to sell the Onebot S9 which is again similar in concept (rebadged as a Falcon Flo here in the UK), but that too is now out of stock.