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    Braking motor cut

    Currently I am having trouble with the electric brakes on my car. I also have a campervan with bog standard normal handbrake. Changing between the two can cause problems. I wish manufacturers would stop being idiotically innovative. Imagine a piano or computer typing keyboard designed by Vauxhall!
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    New Legal Speed Limit: What should it be?

    Fact is, if you are prepared for all the hassle, licences, MOT, VEL, Insurance, helmet and restrictions as to where you can ride, you can have an ebike capable of 70mph.
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    Squeaking disc brakes

    Mine tend to squeak when they get wet. Ignore it, as Amoto65 says, it is a useful warning device and probably a shriek of brakes is far more alarming to dozy dog walkers and earphone wearing air heads than a ting from a bell.
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    Woman fighting for life after 'e-bike' hit-and-run in east London

    Feel for you Tom, but cannot agree. London is in some senses not a city but a collection of villages. For us yokels who need to arrange a national gathering, it is very useful, but to us, best avoided.
  5. M

    Donald Trump's Behaviour

    I am older than President Trump. His list of medication is nothing compared to mine.
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    Woman fighting for life after 'e-bike' hit-and-run in east London

    The moral is, if this happens to you, stay lying on the ground groaning until the ambulance carts you away.
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    Super 73 (copy) retro Ebikes

    If I remember rightly, ex member d8veh stated that more than 500 watts on a pedal assist bike was pointless because the engine would be under performing and wasting electricity. Must confess the reason was too complicated for me.
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    Do we have a “Volt” bike representative among us?

    Here is the web site, just send them an email www.bga-reworking.co.uk mailto:info@bga-reworking.co.uk]
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    Do we have a “Volt” bike representative among us?

    I recently hast a battery re-celled by Jimmy and crew. Nothing could be simpler. Email them a description of your problem and preferably a photo of your battery. They will then tell you your possible options repair/recell. Seeing that your battery is an old one I would go for a full recell. If...
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    Disappointed with a Pendleton e-bike

    In the 1950's I rode a cyclemaster, then a BSA winged wheel, friends had various other cyclemotors. We never snapped a spoke. I never had snapped a spoke in all the years of various bikes from childhood. I then went through various motor cycles, never a snapped spoke. I cannot remember anyone...
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    Disappointed with a Pendleton e-bike

    Seems to me to be an unfair attack on Chinese bikes. I have had two for 7 years or so and they have been excellent. I am not sure that your comment re stress on spokes holds up to scrutiny. Hub drive or crank drive, the power is transmitted to the rim by the spokes, so can you explain the...
  12. M

    Regenerative braking?

    I am baiting my breath. Please keep us posted, Mike
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    Pulling a trailer under load......Flecc?

    He may go on to found a great haulage company. On the other hand, he might find that quality of life is far more important to him and be perfectly content being his own boss and doing things that he enjoys, never rich in cash but rich in happiness.
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    Regenerative braking?

    I wonder what it will be like on ice? Or is there a lever for that as well?
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    Pulling a trailer under load......Flecc?

    I found him inspiring.
  16. M

    HaHa it actually happened......Cheat !!!!!!

    As an old arthritic I suppose I could say that I might be cheating death, but my face is wrinkled enough to simply reply 'Child'
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    [Driving Test] Mid-Drive+Torque Sensor VS Hub Motor+Cadence Sensor

    My comment is that your test was on the flat and did not include a throttle. Trying to start off uphill with only a cadence sensor is difficult because of the need to turn the pedals twice before power is obtained. (no problem if you have a throttle) On the other hand, in hilly country, as you...
  18. M

    Nuvinci Problem

    I am slowly coming to the opinion that high end electronics and ebikes do not make happy partnerships.
  19. M

    Electro bike mark 3 by asbikes-folding?!,

    Why not ask the people you bought it from? Phone: 02476303228
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    Bosch Power Stations

    Those other countries have got Police Forces. We used to have one.