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Should be OK. Ever tried cutting Kevlar? My little finger tells me they might be weaving a bit of space age fabric in there :) The weak point (other than the price :eek: ) will be the metal lock.

Très drôle :)

No it doesn't say that. It is a project and would have to be adopted into law in every EU country. And it isn't new it keeps popping up from time to time. Maybe the insurance company lobbyists never tire? It doesn't bother me paying insurance. There is a special thread for that kind of...

I guy has asked me to help him electrify a velosolex from the 50's. The velosolex is a pedal assisted moped so has a full speed throttle, should be an interesting project. The walk assist on throttle might be severely limited in power. On the KT controller the power provided by the walk assist...

If you don't put a decent lock on your bike your insurance company won't want to know you if it does get stolen. If you have a gold rated Kryptonite on it at least you might get some of your money back. My 0.02 €...

They do if you ride on the road. I don't use the e-bike version but the ordinary 8 speed one and it has 2200 + km on it. The Truvativ steel chainring has certainly worn a little I can imagine an aluminum narrow/wide one might be ripe for changing along with the chain about now. Wippremann make...

Don't sense make? Or... What Is The Main Purpose Of Pedelecs ? I was going to answer transportation...

Very noisy ones...

Great minds think alike... I am going to do this to my controller too. I will grind the fins off the controller and use thermal paste to have better conducting of heat.

And the area covered is amazing even when you don't download! We went to Logrono for the weekend a while back and I played with the navigation thing in maps and it took us most of the way which was nearly 200 km on my base map then it switched over to the city map I had downloaded.

The first time I ever saw a throttle in use in the EU was last week (in what you would call Spain). It was an illegal throttle and on a hub motor bike. People here aren't scared to pedal their bikes...

Lots of Peugeots on the road then? Got to watch out for the griffons too!

I agree with everything you say in the above if you read me again (you know we can agree to disagree, I doubt if you can tip my anger level beyond that :) ). My favorite graph which you used above (did I say you can use that? :p ) in the text that goes with it states "on flat ground with no...

I also ride restricted - 27 km set = about 25 km/h real because of big tyres. In town I am rarely over the cut off.

True if you are in the wrong gear. When you are in the right gear and working yourself it is amazing how few W are shown on the LCD - in the low to mid 30's (km/h) I often see less than 100 W power draw, typically between 60 and 90 W. At 45 km/h on the flat about 230-280 W which means I am...

I get a chuckle every time I read on that page "The BBS02 at 750Watts is really only powerful enough for about 25mph or so on level ground, although with a 52T chainring on a downhill stretch I have reached 40mph." How much does that guy weigh? Or is he just being careful because some readers...

You also have Sapim Strong which are 2.4 mm then 2 mm which I would prefer on the Q128.

The energy required to cover a set distance will be similar with or without restriction: - going faster unrestricted will mean more energy per km used to defeat air resistance - going slower will mean using less energy per km but for a longer period of time - in both cases rolling resistance...

Yes you can do that. When the smaller battery is empty the LVC of the BMS should turn it off leaving you with what is left in the big one. But I think you will be back home before that ever happens. 30.8 Ah x 36 v = 1.1 kWh At 10 Wh per km that would be 110 km At 12 Wh per km that would be...

Or a GSM with external controller, although I have only done 2500 km or so with it so far. With a double chainwheel you can either go very fast on the flat or climb very steep mountains which you can't do with just one hub motor, you have to choose one or the other.