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Any sane person, would rather spend that money on a motorbike.

Now this, had me laughing out loud. :D

I doubt anyone on the planet can hope to turn back or stop the tide of technology advancing, and new life threatening technology harming us foolish humans. E-scooters vs mobile phones? A grain of sand compared to Bondi beach. This is not 'office safe' (turn down speakers) "Self managing"...

The same could be said of ladders. You know significantly more people are killed each year fishing, falling down stairs, falling off ladders, falling off horses, than are killed each year on scooters, whether motorised or not. There is never a call to ban horse riding, nor ban fishing, nor ban...

In their defence, I think Halfords, Decathlon (if they sell them), Go Outdoors (if they sell them) are selling into a market where there is a ready demand. I'm pretty sure they followed "hover-boards" in terms of interest from younger consumers. There are many practical reasons for children...

What is and what isn't an e-bike? This is a great question and there is only one answer ...... Is there? Taken from Wiki. All copyrights acknowledged. A pedelec (from pedal electric cycle) or EPAC (electronically power assisted cycle), is a type of low-powered electric bicycle where the...

Being a newbie here, and a newbie to all things electric with wheels, I am going to do a seemingly quite foolish things and put my head "in the lion's mouth"..... (Restraint has never been my strongest virtue. - Assuming I have any at all? :D ) This thread has at least two daughters, the...

I don't ever plan to ride a bicycle on the roads, but I do meet a few people (often with dogs) when riding off-road and on tow paths. Maybe I should "take one for the team" and look into this. As I don't ride anywhere as a destination and leave my bike while I go off elsewhere, theft isn't...

That doesn't sound very useful. A considerable amount of people riding bicycles, do their own maintenance, or pay what seems to be a growing amount of 'sports' dealerships to do it. Halfords or Go Outdoors, amongst them. "No spares" is not a good sales tag. Would you buy a washing machine if you...

You have an email about this already. ;) If you are confident it can do the job, yes we are interested. :cool:

I would suggest (subject to being told otherwise) Bafang motors are more reliable than the Shimano E8000's (and EP8's possibly) and likely service parts are available. The Asian market isn't so keen to 'throwaway' 80% of a fully serviceable motor to keep some companies profit levels up. If...

I have sent some emails to you directly. You have quite a lot of reading, in your email account. Thanks for the responses above. :cool: All very welcome.

It's beginning to look like, as long as owners don't allow the bearing to get so bad the central shaft starts to wear away the PCB, it's now possible to get these motors refurbished by commercial repairers. I have no idea about prices, but the repairs are commercially available. I'm a bit...

It was. That isn't instilling confidence? The correspondence I have been having with Andy, has never mentioned "bits" of a kit, it's always been 'motor/controller/battery', and I have sent pictures regarding this already. Hopefully, some time tomorrow I will forward to you all the...

Looking for a front one? People smarter than me would have to say that is suitable.

I am completely confused by this reply. This afternoon I got an email from someone in your company who told me there was no stock of the BPM hub motor, and little to no prospect of getting one. That being the case, I am trying to source a MAC 536HF (12) instead..... A much more expensive, and...

It now seems the BPM motor is not as available as first thought. :( Anyone got a source for a new one? <insert crying emoticon here>

With hindsight, I think there may have been a case for (i) either opting for a tadpole style and finding a way to get a non-standard seat fitted that allowed a higher recumbent position, or (ii) waiting for a used STEPS version to materialise, maybe including a search in 'near' Europe, like...

Not enough room above, that's why I had suggested cutting the boom and welding the BB upside down. Today I was reminded there's a channel in the underside of the boom to keep it aligned, so no 'cut and shut' is possible. As to the offroad mobility scooter, I had suggested a good number of...

While at it, I also photographed just how far and how close the steering arm is to the bottom bracket. I also found my 'idea' of cutting the boom and rotating the BB some 180' can't work, because there is a guidance channel along the underside of the boom to ensure the fork steerer stays...