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  1. cyclebuddy

    Hello all with a Planet X ebike

    Welcome Nicholas. I'd not heard of the brand, your picture looks interesting, so I went looking to find out more. The Planet X website seems to hold a couple of redundant/unlinked general e-bike pages, but there aren't any direct links to actual e-bikes from their main site/home page. Are they...
  2. cyclebuddy

    Faulty eCarrera Crossfire

    There certainly were many negative reviews published on Halfords website 3 years ago regarding the Crossfire cutting out issue, as it related to the version they were then selling, the version Newtsoup here was then posting about. Maybe the issue is that the Crossfire you're writing your review...
  3. cyclebuddy

    Cube exc 54 cm ebike 500 tourer stolen in High Barnet

    Along with D-locks, I use these immobitag RFID chips in both my e-bikes. The visual tags may discourage but certainly won't stop the bike being stolen. But if the bike does turn up in some scrotes' garden shed, the Police at least know who it really belongs to from the RFID chip embedded in the...
  4. cyclebuddy

    Help! Himo z20, Fido d4s/d2s or second hand Woosh Rambletta? Budget Folding E-bike advice wanted please!!

    That seems very uncharitable. I've got a Xiaomi phone and the linked wrist band - the phone and app work brilliantly! At 1/6th the price of even a cheap iPhone with its' poxy 1600mAh battery, the Mi's 5,000mAh battery means it doesn't keep crapping out using GPS on a cycle ride like the iPhone...
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    Help! Himo z20, Fido d4s/d2s or second hand Woosh Rambletta? Budget Folding E-bike advice wanted please!!

    A lot of people here highly recommend Woosh particularly for their support, and like the Rambletta. If it suits you, it's likely worth buying (it wouldn't be listed on their site if that particular bike were a dog). As for Fiido, Banggood is an authorised Fiido reseller, but they can't ship...
  6. cyclebuddy

    just joined

    It's nice to see an e-bike manufacturer who isn't so far up their own backsides they can't still laugh at themselves. Here's their recent Fiido D11 Indiegogo funding promo film... Good luck with your new D4S.
  7. cyclebuddy

    Vulcan E bike owner ( I know)

    Those batteries come new with 4 keys. If you've lost them all, you'll have to drill it, because the maker doesn't do spares.
  8. cyclebuddy

    just joined

    Interesting - thanks. The page says you can pick-up from Bath, which is Fiido's own new proposed UK Distribution centre (according to Fiido's own website). £769 is a bit rich though, given it's only £511 if ordered direct from Fiido themselves (which you can't yet do). Once stock finally...
  9. cyclebuddy

    Derby cycle battery charger

    I don't know your specific charger, but I doubt you can do what you're trying to do. Most of these chargers fitted with multi-pin charge plugs/sockets use some communication with the charger - to turn-off the charger in a failure event, like overheating or over-charging. Some even use a...
  10. cyclebuddy

    just joined

    Really? Where is that? Fiido say they still aren't shipping to the UK yet. The D4s is a good value folder for the money, but it really isn't in quite the same class as either the Woosh or Wisper that sjpt suggests.
  11. cyclebuddy

    Battery light Pendelton bike

    https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/pendleton-somersby-electric-bike-battery-charge-query.40758/
  12. cyclebuddy

    Van Moofs

    There was a mention in The Guardian yesterday from one of the VanMoof founders saying his prices will need to go up (Click Here): Taco Carlier, the joint founder of the fast-growing electric bicycle company VanMoof, whose main base is close to Amsterdam, told the Observer Brexit had been...
  13. cyclebuddy

    Help! The Pedelec Law has got me thinking .

    There's always this assumption that there's us, the e-bike user/rider/enthusiast... and plod who know absolutely nothing whatsoever about the topic. I'm guessing that under some of those uniforms, there'll be an increasing number of e-bike enthusiasts too. There may well be a number of them...
  14. cyclebuddy

    Voodoo Bizango E shimano steps

    Are you deliberately trying to flame this thread? Nealh is going to come down on you like a ton of bricks if you carry on perpetuating such an erroneous falsehood. ;)
  15. cyclebuddy

    Help! The Pedelec Law has got me thinking .

    My own feeling is it's best to leave it as it is - that is, exactly as it came out of the factory. That you can't read it doesn't matter: You know it's there, it's compliant with the law, it's "original" as the bike was supplied to you and it hasn't been altered. To slap these ebay stickers...
  16. cyclebuddy

    Evans Pinnacle Mercury E-Bike

    There's something not right about that. I agree with vfr400: even a 120kg lard-arse like me can get 30 miles quite easily on a mix of power levels and terrain - inc 15% hills - from a 10-11Ah battery - with both a friends rear-hub drive or my own 2 crank drives/3 batteries. I've had 36 miles at...
  17. cyclebuddy

    Used Yamaha or Bosch?

    That certainly seemed the case pre-Brexit, although a pain having to send your motor back to Germany and await a diagnosis/repair/replacement. But what happens now post-Brexit? Can you still easily ship your knackered motor across the water? Notwithstanding any delays waiting for Bosch deciding...
  18. cyclebuddy

    Wisper 905SE cutting out randomly

    It sounds to me as if your battery is dead/dying and hitting the low-voltage cut-out. Age and dis-use can often do that. It would be worth fully charging it and measuring the voltage with a multi-meter to see if there's still any worth-while life left in it - taking a ride as far as you can, and...
  19. cyclebuddy

    Carerra torque spring removal?

    https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/delimit-carrera-crossfire-e.27555/post-577343
  20. cyclebuddy

    Vengeance battery not charging

    A picture of your battery would be more helpful. The pre-2019 and post-2019 Vengeance used different batteries - different styles from different manufacturers. Some Carrera bikes use comms from the battery, others don't. If the earlier Phylion/Joycube battery type, the trick is to see whether...