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Surely if you wanted an ebike to go faster under electric drive, than the 25kph of our bikes, then you can you go the "S" bike route, with its own additional requirements and limitations? Personally, I am happy enough to accept the modest restriction we have for the big ones we don't have. I...

I have used a socket at an eatery, and recently at one in Emsworth, "The Greenhouse Cafe", saw a group of four e bikers do just the same. Clearly this was pre arranged and they came with short 4 way extension lead and their individual chargers. The group two couples, were doing a long distance...

The reality remains that e-bikes use such a small amount of energy that even a battery holding three quarters of a "Unit" only costs pence to fully recharge. Thus a partial top up has even less value, and still yields several 10s of miles. Unless the business model is based on massive...

As the tone of some answers also hint, I think the OP has misjudged the magnitude of "range anxiety" with our e-bikes, unlike an EV we can still pedal it. Again, unlike cars we have IMO quite a range, relative to the typical user's journey. Clearly there are exceptions, but these are far from...

Too many eggs in one basket for me just at the moment, "nice" as integrating things might be. In engineering I pay for, I tend to be conservative with a little "c", liking my issues to be in individual, affordable and ideally serviceable packages. However, very keen for the trailblazers to move...

None, though I can't see a possible link here with the order of coupling or uncoupling the charger? However, if it is relevant, nearly without exception the battery is charged when removed from the bike.

The manual for our Kalkhoff Agattu Impulse 2, states the charger is first connected to the battery, before the charger is connected to the mains. And for disconnecting the charger is disconnected from the mains before the charger is disconnected from the battery. There is IMO zero ambiguity in...

No direct help unfortunately, but there has to be a "business opportunity" waiting for "adaptors" enabling the use of the available Chinese crank drives, in place of defective drives of various, but limited brands?

The answer might be related to a lubricity issue and or noise? It has to be realised, metal on metal gearing has its own issues and brings its own complexities. Addressing these with a wet sump option would bring its own challenges. From the picture the plastic has failed structurally, though...

Showed he saw the bike, the intended purpose.

This LINK seems to know the regulations.

I came to this from decades of conventional road cycling. I tried both rear hubs and crank motor drives, the latter with several brands. Now my experience is about 10 miles of hub drive and several thousand on our crank drive, the imbalance being down to much preferring the experience and...

Maybe as it is under warranty it is in your interest to take it back, rather than fiddle with it, the more so IMO not really understanding the finer points of how these function. If screwed up initially, then that's ramifications are down to their account, up till you get involved.

Thanks vfr400 for your response and I understand the argument you are making. However, presently we have what we have, and need to decide how we best live with that. I suspect because they provide the provision to override the auto sleep mode, is because doing that is desirable, and that stacks...

General question; with an e-bike featuring a design that if the bike is unused for a period, the battery auto goes into "sleep mode", or can be manually switched into this mode. What are the arguments for and against routinely manually switching into sleep mode if not sure the bike will be...

In respect to workshops as opposed to sales, its probably just mirroring the franchised domestic vehicle trade? The electronics and software in main line products, is becoming so specialised that involvement is only at plug in diagnostic level. The need to know the nuances of the electrical...

If conventional bikes, type to type, are structurally etc fine for conversion to e-bikes, it does beg the question why widely in the e-bike market, the offerings do seem to me to be heavier that just the motorisation components add? I am not saying the conventional bikes are not suitable, it...

On my car I have wiped the soldered up joint with an antirust fluid before heat shrinking the sleeve over it, so there is no room for moisture to ever wick into it. I use Supertrol which I have to hand, though I feel Waxoyl would be nearly as effective. Moisture and traces of residual fluxes are...

Why not fit a £10 or abouts real budget end cycle computer and know the differences with the fitted system?

I noticed one of these on an e-bike that was also chained to some railings, but it had the pair of keys as delivered dangling from the AXA Defender!!!! The devil in me thought, I could lock it and be off with both keys, that will cause a bit of "fun", well of course I would, not but I don't...