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  1. jimriley

    How To Mount A Junstar Headlight Onto Handlebars Cheaply (Bafang BBS01b)

    Have you seen those Panto Mirrors with voice alert? He's behind yoooou!
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    What is everyone's opinion on this set up?

    Not legal on the roads. I fitted a Bbs01b, 250w, it's fine.
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    Discrimination against bicycles

    So get healthy cycling then go and spoil it all at a fast food outlet?
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    Black.

    Ooerr! No fun shall be had. Soz.
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    Cycling in icy/snowy conditions

    Treated myself to spiked tyres. Great. Pics of the pennine bridleway, Littleborough. In places the track was covered in smooth ice.
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    Black.

    The fashion for Black - senior consultant surgeons have a term - Donors.
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    Ebike 250w questions

    If you get a cadence sensing motor you get assist if you rotate the pedals without effort. For help on hills just up the assist level to full assist. I have a Bbs01b 250w kit with throttle, my choice was to set it at 9 levels, could have been 3 or 5, don't get more power just more steps. I...
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    POLL: Roughly how much did/will you spend on last/next last ebike (incl. conversion kit if applicable)?

    15 Yr old GT Nomad Hybrid, a hand me down from son. Bbs01b kit fitted with large battery. Then a fair bit spent on lights, horn, USB socket, panniers, tools for motor, studded winter tyres - they needed new rims! Also got a pair of cheap sprung forks, sprung seat post and brookes copy sprung...
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    Woosh Rio crashing in style

    His Mum has only just taken his stabilisers off and he isn't allowed on the road yet. (a go to remark if pavement psyclists give me grief).
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    Help! What is the blue button???

    Park tools do a range of them. V useful.
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    Help! What is the blue button???

    I found this useful, my gears were out of flunter, not changing properly. Watched on phone as I worked in the bike.
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    Speed links

    There was one on my fairly new chain when I fitted the kit, not had a problem with it. They should be as strong as an ordinary link.
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    Electric Bike for light touring - and Halfords

    I fitted a kit MD motor to my hybrid. Love it. Can you not fit a kit to one you already have, or get one s/h.
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    Sinclair c5 revisited

    I smell a rat too!
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    Nail traps in Daresbury Firs.

    Take care out there. https://road.cc/content/news/nail-trap-laid-down-against-cheshire-cyclists-280115
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    Sinclair c5 revisited

    Or tarmac?
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    Carerra Crosscity ebike

    Step 1. Get a meter. Then someone will tell you what to check with it.
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    Sinclair c5 revisited

    One off those large clear balls, a Zorb, you can roll down hills or ride on water in, enveloping the whole caboodle. Adjacent vehicles would then play pool with you.
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    Sinclair c5 revisited

    Sir Clive's nephew has come up with an e trike in a shell. I dread to think how that shell would fare in a minor prang like my recent entanglement with a tram line - out with the body filler and spray paint...
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    Which helmet for ebike? What do you use?

    Just found and ordered a Giro Fixture Mips helmet at go outdoors - £50 with the discount card, £3.25 postage. Fluorescent yellow. A pair of those waterproof lobster gloves have just arrived too.