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  1. Gringo

    For Sale Bosch Intuvia head unit display

    I put it on eBay and it Sold within 30 minutes, I’m a happy bunny
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    Help! Stabilisers for Adult Ebike

    What about converting your bike to a tricycle with a conversion kit...
  3. Gringo

    For Sale Bosch Intuvia head unit display

    Rather than just leaving it sat in a cupboard, I’m open to sensible offers
  4. Gringo

    Shorter Cranks

    Firstly, if you’re keeping the same number of teeth you won’t need to alter the chain length. shortening the crank arms by 12% (170 down to 150) and Keeping the same chainring will make it 12% harder to press the pedals for any given gear ☹️ I’d consider a 42t ring. Personally, with shorter arms...
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    Shorter Cranks

    I run 155 crank arms. Tomorrow I will have a look in my parts bin to see what I have kicking around. I have brought 155‘s in the past but because I have several bikes (and being an engineer) I find it a lot easier to shorten the cranks that came with the bike by drilling & tapping new pedal...
  6. Gringo

    Helmet noise

    Cat ears :oops: i make my own out of fleece off cuts but here’s some Google results for what you need...
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    For Sale Bosch Intuvia head unit display

    I have a spare Bosch Intuvia head unit display for sale, I’m asking £50 I thought I had a fault with my original unit and brought a spare, before the spare arrived the fault cleared so I didn’t use the replacement, I kept it just in case;) anywho, I sold the bike a long time ago and only...
  8. Gringo

    Should I buy it?

    It looks good but There’s a lot to consider, once out of warranty, values drop quite low. Yes battery’s do loose capacity over time and are very expensive to replace. Stored correctly you can minimise the losses but there will still be some losses. With my Bosch battery’s I can get a status...
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    Alfine 8 Speed Shifter SL-S7000

    I love my twist grip shifters, having arthritis and rsi in my right thumb shifting gear was becoming more and more painful, so much so that I was using a lot of sports injury support tape (Kinesiology tape) for every ride. The tape helped for a while but didn’t cure the problem :( Changing 4...
  10. Gringo

    Vat,duty,postage. and carrier fees.

    OK, my NEW motor came today and it is new, there’s no signs that it ever had a chain wheel or crank arms fitted, al the splines are totally clean and unmarked. sound wave, you’ll be so glad to hear, it works straight from the get go :p and it shows “zero” miles on my display. Total cost £272.06...
  11. Gringo

    Vat,duty,postage. and carrier fees.

    Money back guarantee with buyers protection. I’m not worried
  12. Gringo

    Vat,duty,postage. and carrier fees.

    The seller accepted a best offer of £200 for a 0 miles ALP motor https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/177814/i.html?_ssn=karl_vom_kanal&store_name=schlierseerradhausonlineshop&_dmd=2&_oac=1
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    Vat,duty,postage. and carrier fees.

    I don’t know if it’s relevant or not but I’ve just brought a new bosch motor from Germany. I wasn’t charge any taxes at point of sale so I full expected to get charged at customs, and that’s where it is right now. id tracked the shipment and could see it in uk customs for 2 days so I rang the...
  14. Gringo

    Suspension posts

    I have 3 Suntour NCX posts (on 3 bikes;)) 50mm travel vs 35mm on the one in the first post. Suntour, I wouldn’t ride a bike without one.
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    Rear lights: which is best, continuous or flashing?

    Flashing every time, mine just happen to be irregular/random flash
  16. Gringo

    Bosch Active Line Plus - no torque

    Is it possible that one motor is the “Active Line” motor (40n torque) and the other is the more powerful “Active Line Plus” motor (50n torque) I was looking online for the spec on each bike but it was all a bit vague! I did however find these images of bikes , I believe they are the same years...
  17. Gringo

    Cycle Lanes blamed for Urban congestion

    I didn’t open the link because it’s not relevant to where I ride congestion free cycling :p
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    Battery storage box/bag

    I’ve been keeping my battery‘s in the house since i started Ebiking back in 2008 and I’ve not burned my house down :p For charging, I use a countdown timer so the battery/charger hasn’t got mains voltage going to it any longer than necessary...
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    Anyone use AliExpress regularly, what's your thoughts please?

    Just PayPal on my iPad, like I’ve always done. Anywho after another failed attempt (the error message code says I should contact my card issuers) I just used my credit card instead;):cool:
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    Anyone use AliExpress regularly, what's your thoughts please?

    I’m back on Ali trying to buy some handlebars, as I have always paid with PayPal I was surprised to find that after several attempts I keep getting the same message saying “payment failed” I’m yet to try an alternative payment method because like to stick to just one payment method when buying...