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Absolutely true Grizz, the only real efficiency competitor to our bikes being electric forms of mass transport, the downside being as with all public transport, a small minority of the general public!

My bikes does reduce my carbon footprint to some extent. My job involves driving so I have no choice while at work, but once home the car now sees little use, most shopping and social trips being done on the bikes, but like Grizz the main reason for doing it is because I like it.:) I don't...

My Velo 5 is 18 months old and still on the original battery, the other wired one I have, a cheaper "Techwell" branded one needed a new battery at 1 year old.

Interestingly the Argos Powabyke is branded Raleigh. This heavy lead-acid, brush motor machine is so far behind the Panasonic powered bikes adopted by Raleigh Germany that it is difficult to believe Raleigh UK have chosen to enter the market in this way.

All the Ezee Li-Mg batteries are made by the Phylion company Andy. I'm sure yours will be the later type as the suppliers hold minimal stocks to ensure supplies are fresh, therefore remaining stocks of the earlier type are likely to have been exhausted long ago.

I had a wireless one that had a habit of clocking up miles while the bike was stationary, it also required switching on before use, unlike most wired ones that switch on automatically. I have also heard of others clocking up miles when mobile phones are used nearby and one case of clocking up...

This would be a suitable insulating washer James, Maplin part number CH03D, most modern insulators tend to be made from a rubber compound which is more robust than the the mica type. On the Ezee bikes that have a dynamo style headlamp powered from the main battery there is a brass strip in...

All saddles hurt until you get used to them! Apparently bike shops sell lots of new saddles in the spring, people believing that their saddles have deteriorated and become uncomfortable during the winter lay up! I've found proper padded cycling shorts (which are available as underwear) to be...

I'd use the frame as a heatsink, mounting the diode on an insulating washer on the flat plate above the key switch that the battery slide is attached to with shrink tube over the connections. If you were really keen you could then make a cover to go over the whole thing and a few blobs of...

I'd reccomend paralleling the batteries through schottky barrier diodes as the batteries internal management electronics may not take kindly to a voltage from another battery on the output side. The battery wiring is easily accessible behind the bottom bracket with the bike inverted and this...

Thanks Paul for that concise summary of the bike, I sure many people would be interested in more details of it's hill climbing ability, perhaps when you've done a few more miles you could post details of the effort you feel is required to get up hills of a certain gradient at a given speed, of...

I agree with Jimmy. I don't make a habit of riding on pavements, except where they are marked as dual use, but there are some stretches of road where it would be bordering on suicidal not to use the pavement. There is one such stretch that I use regularly, a very busy 40mph road that is for much...

That's at least four members of this forum from Leicestershire, looks like we're set to become the e-bike centre of the country, certainly the "how many electric bikes do you see" thread indicates indicates that I may have seen more than most. I've only seen one iZip though, that was in Glen...

It's illegal, and in many cases dangerous to those with disabilities to park cars on the pavement and yet it is an offence that is committed to a far greater extent than pavement cycling and almost always ignored by the authorities other than where parking would be illegal anyway. Lets have...

I was reminded of that back in the summer, I was taking a drink with the bottle in my right hand as I crested a summit on an unfamiliar offroad route and I suddenly found myself going down a steep slope with only the rear brake within reach. It worked out OK but it gave me a bit of a fright.

Your existing charger will be fine with the replacement batteries Neil. If you were to fit batteries of twice the capacity your range should actually be slightly more than double, at least in theory and your existing charger would still be OK, just taking longer to charge. The weight of such...

That Component Shop is a useful find Jeremy, I have bought odd items from their Ebay shop in the past and can vouch for their service but didn't realise they had such a selection of batteries, particularly high discharge NiMh types at good prices. My lightweight "get me home" battery is now a...

It's probably a flavour of the month to get the stats up, they had a crackdown in Leicester in the summer but since then there's been a spate of violent crime and I'd like to think their priorities have changed. If it wasn't for a small number of reckless pavement riders there wouldn't be a...

It should be easy enough with SLA batteries Neil, just 2 connections on each battery which will probably be of the push-on blade type. If you open the pack you can measure the batteries and source replacements that will fit, ebay being a good place to look. Even if the wires are soldered to...

The weight is certainly feasible, Brompton folders are even lighter, and a lot more expensive. I doubt it's got much titanium in it though at that price though. Looks like another cheap'n'nasty import to me.