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  1. anotherkiwi

    AliExpress vs eBay for buyer protection?

    Except our tyres which are made in Indonesia... :rolleyes:
  2. anotherkiwi

    Battery charge monitor vs. LCD charge monitor: which to believe?

    I have never understood P5, what does "this parameter is determined by the battery characteristics, ordinary 24V lithium is generally is 4-11, 36V lithium is between 5_15" mean?
  3. anotherkiwi

    I have lots of cells, anyone able to build a battery?

    If you want an unused kit for a fiver + postage send me a pm. They are limited to 3.5A per cell so of no use to me now or in the future. You could make a decent 5P10S battery for low load usage though.
  4. anotherkiwi

    AliExpress vs eBay for buyer protection?

    I only use them (Ali) for cheap hard to find in local shop items. All expensive stuff I buy in the EU for 1 or 2 year guarantee and buyer protection. I haven't bought much from ebay I usually use amazon market.
  5. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They have been laying off people at Opel too IIRC...
  6. anotherkiwi

    ebike build from scratch

    I really like the idea of the 20A controller. Most of the time you can get away with using it at assistance level 4 which is about 444 W with the 44.4v battery. When you really need a big push you have 880 W on tap for a short burst. IIRC d8veh suggested 17 A max with a 48v battery in another...
  7. anotherkiwi

    I'm bent!

    OK so after rolling the trike I was having shifting problems. Dragged the lump back up to the third floor and set about indexing the gears (again). First of all my downshift button for the rear derailleur was sticking. After checking cables and everything else I took the cover off and removed...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The French minister of finance is paid 12885€/month before social security, pension and other reductions. That comes to about 118732€ a year - £104993 at today's rate.
  9. anotherkiwi

    Best way to climb a hill for battery/motor health

    I had to postpone last Fridays ride because the weather window I had went away and today there is snow on one of the three mountain passes I want to cross :(... In any case I want to see how many Wh I use on 760 metres climbing and 48 km when riding as economically as possible.
  10. anotherkiwi

    Best way to climb a hill for battery/motor health

    Woosh beat me to it. But with a crank drive you can also up the assistance level and use a higher gear and... pedal harder. You decide how much work you do. I now am much slower on the 2.8 km climb back from the station because I change down and stay seated. When I had the hub motor I learnt...
  11. anotherkiwi

    Q128C seems very slow - normal or not?

    Depending on dropouts you don't usually need them on a steel frame. If the dropouts are very thin they might be a good idea.
  12. anotherkiwi

    Q128H - Wheelbuild Info Needed

    All spokes I have calculated for Q100 or Q128 had a 2 mm length difference between drive side and non drive side in 2 X for a 28" rim whatever the ERD of the rim in question if that helps. Mxus hub the same.
  13. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Colonialist France and Great Britain have a lot to answer for in that fiasco... If Israel didn't behave so badly they wouldn't need protection, jews christians and muslims lived in harmony for centuries all through the Middle East and North Africa after all...
  14. anotherkiwi

    Q128C seems very slow - normal or not?

    That is the standard out of the box setting I have seen on my two.
  15. anotherkiwi

    Shwalbe Tyre problem

    In my answers: I use their tyres when I can't find competing products to suit my needs. I wouldn't be seen dead on a bike with Marathon Plus, or maybe, seeing the way I ride I would... I would use Michelin tyres again if I had the right kind of bike/need despite having a sidewall failure on a...
  16. anotherkiwi

    Thought I'd Broken My Frame

    I think you may have forgotten the "," it can't have been an inch out :eek:
  17. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I thought the second S was for Stalin? ;)
  18. anotherkiwi

    Q128H - Wheelbuild Info Needed

    http://cyclurba.fr/forum/188305/nouveaux-modn-les-q100-et-s-cnOble-hors-axe-cassette-vitesse-nO-canelures.html?discussionID=9933
  19. anotherkiwi

    Aftermarket 18650 Battery Cell Pack

    Also: https://eu.nkon.nl/accessories/welding-material.html
  20. anotherkiwi

    Is rain to blame for BBS01 problems

    Reports on general internal controller problems with the BBS01 helped me choose the GSM with external controller. And the price. :) I managed to fry the PAS out of the box :oops: and the plastic cover over the secondary drive cogs had a stripped screw thread from the factory other than that no...