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  1. anotherkiwi

    Makita tool batterys with 250w hub

    Back in the day the guys over at ES used to profit from sales of cheap packs, take them apart and use the cells to build batteries. They found that the big name tool manufacturers use quality high discharge cells. Some of the first 20700/21700 cells came from Makita packs IIRC.
  2. anotherkiwi

    Compared to pedalling under your own steam..................

    You can ride it like you stole it or take things easy, all up to you. I lost about 4 kg the first few weeks.
  3. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/eu-japan-economic-partnership-agreement/ 5 years of negociation
  4. anotherkiwi

    Battery Couriers

    About 30 Amps with the 50E but I don't intend using at over 15 Amps so 0.5C, here is a test of the 48G https://electricbike.com/forum/forum/batteries/18650/68165-top-21700-cells-lg-m50-5000mah-vs-samsung-48g-4800mah Comparing to the 35E, another 10 Amp discharge cell but 18650, of course...
  5. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That day will probably come...
  6. anotherkiwi

    Battery Couriers

    I wrote to HK and informed them that under EU consumer law one simply can't refuse to deliver product from one EU country to another and, for the moment, the UK is part of the EU. Result? I stopped seeing the UK warehouse in the list of warehouses for a while! They will deliver things other...
  7. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And yet again in Japan: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/24/nissan-crisis-new-light-japan-inc-awkward-secrets-carlos-ghosn I can't see Nissan coming out of this with a clean nose. There was a secret plan inside Renault to do a 100% takeover if the rumour mill is correct. Either...
  8. anotherkiwi

    Battery Couriers

    HobbyKing won't deliver batteries from the UK to the rest of the EU which is a pain because the UK always has what I need in stock and the EU warehouse doesn't... I think it is part of the big logistics racket... Or maybe the chunnel regulations has something to do with it?
  9. anotherkiwi

    Black Friday weekend commuter bike

    Buy a folder and take it with you in the train. Or convert a cheap beat up bike that no one would want to steal with a motor kit. You only need a smallish battery for 14 miles so you take it off the bike and bring it to work with you. All the value is in the battery, your most expensive...
  10. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Protesters with big tattoos of Marine Le Pen on their biceps... France has extreme right wing louts AND extreme left wing louts, the extreme left wing louts don't appear to be interested in rising diesel prices... He was a banker, you can't expect him to flip on the error of "liberal"...
  11. anotherkiwi

    Black Friday weekend commuter bike

    7 miles to the tube on a folder OK, 22 miles to work is a real commitment and requires a bike up to the task. There are some nice electric mopeds about and Vespa is coming out with an electric scooter https://elettrica.vespa.com/fr/index.php
  12. anotherkiwi

    Yosepower hub kits.

    Sounds like you have a short somewhere...
  13. anotherkiwi

    Yosepower hub kits.

    Try C4 = 2
  14. anotherkiwi

    Finally gone and done it But!!!

    I have one with a big hole cut out where my sensitive bits are. I have well over 6,000 km on it now. I also have an NCX seat post and no more lower back pain. And... the most comfortable of all - the deck chair on my trike :) No suspension but balloon tyres and lying down flat on a laced mesh...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Meanwhile in Japan... The very pro EU Nissan boss has been toppled by a coup. There must be a few nervous people in Nissan UK this morning.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They have a nice little earner humming along with gambling, cheap fags and booze and... oh surprise! Offshore banking... :rolleyes:
  17. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Isn't it rather the illustration of a long running conflict between Spain and the UK? A conflict which was calmed down when the UK joined the EU. In 2000, a political declaration of unity was signed by the members of the Gibraltar Parliament; it stated "In essence the declaration stated that...
  18. anotherkiwi

    Custom S pedelec battery charging

    Some other things that come in handy are alarms set to go off when a cell reaches 3.65v and a Wattmeter. The most useful tool is a thing called a Battery Medic which gives the voltage reading for each cell in a brick and can be used to balance the voltages. Another important thing is to not let...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    There is no such thing. There is a text, non binding, with recommendations on handling migrant crisis around the world. There is no agreement on support of this text - Trump didn't like it then all his mates jumped on the bandwagon. The UN does not have the mandate to regulate that which is...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just a side benefit. They are eaten fried in tempura batter :rolleyes: (no icon for yummy! rolling eyes will have to do...)