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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    if you look for prebuilt option, woosh have the Karoo with better components (crankset, brakes, battery) and cheaper too.
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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    is it right that the Oxygen E-Mate MTB 13AH is fitted with SWX08C? BTW the woosh SWX02 is wound with code 10 and has freewheel thread.
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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    I can't remember saying hub motors wearing out. I did say that the clutch unit and ball bearings need replacing every 4 to 5 thousand miles and they are cheap to buy.
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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    the 8-Fun BBS01 should fit your requirements. Eclipse, Panda and woosh sell them. For a stealthier look, you should look for a rear BPM from Oxygen or Woosh new SWX02 kit which arrives later this week. The SWX02 has about the same power as the Oxygen BPM. This is the woosh SWX02 kit fitted to...
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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    you want to do 34 miles a day, that's a big ask on your body and a bigger ask on the bike.All bikes need regular maintenance when used as daily transport. Kalkhoff for example recommend regular maintenance every 650 miles (1000kms). It's possible to do 34 miles a day with a folding bike but you...
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    15Ah Battery from a Wossh Sirocco CDL

    ask warwick to email or post a picture of his battery's output connector. if it's the same on your battery, then it'll good.
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    Hire in London - Failure?

    my favourite model at the moment is SOBI: http://socialbicycles.com/
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    No keys... can I still use bike?

    I thought you need to unlock the battery before you can lift the top off.
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    Leaving the EU

    these brakes will also affect millions of less well off people who work in manufacturing, mining and food production industries. the winners are the usual billionaires - just ask yourself how much tax the likes of Branson and Soros have paid before becoming billionaires.
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    Leaving the EU

    I don't know the percentage that needs special help Tillson. When I look at my children's facebook page, their friends are from all over the world. Education is the game changer. That's the direction the world is going Tillson.
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    Leaving the EU

    if you look at the way we educate our children, in 10 year time, our economy will have been overtaken by France, India and almost certainly by South Korea.
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    Leaving the EU

    investing in a bright child is most profitable for the state. That child will go on to succeed later, get a good job, pay taxes etc. Clinics in Switzerland accept European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and invoice you at reduced cost. Iceland has a lot more exploitable natural resources per...
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    Leaving the EU

    there is some consensus regarding the aftermath of Brexit though. For example, international competition will wipe out most areas in our manufacturing like steel, mining and car making, by cheaper labour elsewhere like China, India, Brasil, Iran and Turkey. my strongest worry is the possibility...
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    The dangers of riding your bike too slow

    I suspect that for every accident caused by low speed, the guy who rode behind you was going too fast and not in control of his bike.
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    Hire in London - Failure?

    Think of uber.com or airbnb.com. They deliver results at consistently lower costs for their members, so members keep flogging to their sites. hence the need to think big.
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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    BBS01 is particularly suitable for long commutes because it puts less stress on the wheels.
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    250-500w or 1000w kit?

    don't fit a poor kit on a good bike. there are plenty of choices for the same budget. also, it's important that you should fit a legal kit.
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    Could someone recommend kit suppliers/options for me?

    KD the new kit has the cable set cut to fit the bike you saw in the picture. It's plug and play. I have fitted the same on my bike but with a lightweight motor.
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    Could someone recommend kit suppliers/options for me?

    I think you only have to tell them that you are a competent mechanic.
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    Could someone recommend kit suppliers/options for me?

    YD woosh have 700C with cassette fitting but laced with the Mxus 07C motor which is compatible with this kit, about 0.5kg lighter but about 10% less torquey compared to the SWX02.