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Really amusing story eddieo!! What a situation to find yourself in though..heh 2000W indeed! Crazy kid.

Well I finally got round to testing my kit out...sort of.. I wanted to test the motor out before I sent it off to be built into the wheel so I wired it to the controller, plugged in the battery..a momentary brain lapse as I realised it wouldn't be running sitting on my desk and needed to be...

Perhaps the clear signs approach is needed then at the start of cycle lanes? i.e. a sign, "for your own safety, keep to the pedestrian side at all times". Motorists wouldn't tolerate people walking in the middle of "their" roads, why should we tolerate people walking all over our lanes. Heh...

These courier costs we're paying are not exactly cheap eh, and the cost should include any work that's involved logging the items onto the customs clearance system. I think they use the add-on clearance fee/deferment fee as an excuse to make extra profits. If you look at it as like a loan...

I just had a package sent (freewheel) from China by EMS via AliExpress which has tracking links incorporated.. the site is a load of rubbish, and the tracking doesn't work.. first of all, it links to Royal Mail! When you actually enter the tracking number on the right site, it gives a server...

One carrier (TNT) once was quite persistent and tried to me tell me there was a law which gave them the legal right to charge a customs clearance fee and the law placed a legal burden on the public importing goods to pay it. When I asked which law that was, they couldn't tell me. I made...

I know exactly what you mean, many just walk on these as normal paths oblivious to the fact cyclists might actually be using them behind them! Maybe we need loud horns ;-)

Ignore the "deferment/VAT clearance fee". It's a racket. I ignore it and they've never bothered to pursue me. In future, when you have anything shipped, before it arrives in UK, tell the carrier (TNT or whoever) that you want to pay the VAT and Duty DIRECTLY to HMRC on arrival (or you can do...

That's exactly how my town does it. I wish they would put some signs up though at the beginning of these paths to warn pedestrians to keep to their side, as in my town they seldom keep to their side and walk in the middle or on the cycling lane..usually with dogs off the leash!! Our cycle lanes...

My keyring cam just turned up yesterday by Airmail from China, after an incredible 6 and a half weeks from ordering! Definitely big delays for things ordered before the Chinese "election"! Keep patient :)

CycleCharge meeting planned - Sunday 4pm If anyone is interested, there's an online chat meeting being held tomorrow afternoon at 4pm to discuss plans for the CycleCharge project next year..anyone from the forum is welcome to take part and offer suggestions, or just sit in and watch. It's...

True indeed! I can do that easy on flat :P

10 years in the business that's quite an achievement Tim, congrats. You must be doing something right!

I guess with all the cut backs and increasing anti-social behaviour problems police are facing, policing a 20mph zone would be difficult and costly.. surely there's a technological solution to policing this? Some camera and gadget which clocks who is breaking the 20mph limit and zips off their...

Phew that's strange and concerning to read. It's odd how they anti e-bike in some parts and pro-cars.. it seems they favour rapid progress at any cost? Environmental concerns and future infrastructure problems/costs seem to be low down on China's priorities (with a population their size and...

I posted a similar product a while ago! I wonder if these are legal to use? I know there's some EU regulation coming out soon for lasers, or some UK law..I can't remember, but I remember reading it's being "pushed through" quickly due to concerns over increasing use of laser in consumer products..

Yeah it shouldn't be difficult really for a manufacturer to put a bike up on rig, leave the motor running with some adjustments to compensate for lack of traction.. and just monitor battery life and distance until it runs flat, do it every model they sell, rather than make guestimates from thin air.

Does China have any proper regulations of roads and traffic laws, or does anything go?

I was going through a book I have of photographs of my town how it looked many years ago.. most of the photos are 1930's to 1950's, but some earlier ones...to turn of the 20th century... in all the high street town photos there's loads of bicycles, but not a car in sight. In fact I'm not even...

Hehe I love the picture of the bicycle, it looks like someone just snuck out at night with a lantern and painted that on the road themselves with a tin of B&Q. You have some strange signs and markings indeed! There's very few in my town of Redditch, only on pavements in very few places in the...