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Motorcycle and car batteries are designed for float rather than cyclic use, meaning that repeated discharging and charging will lead to a short life.

Nick, The bracket on the leg was for the dynamo itself, not the light. The light fixes to the fork crown, in the centre above the mudguard (just in the right place for the control cables to rattle against).

It should be possible to use 3 identical complete assembles in series on a 36V supply if you have room on the bike. If made for automotive use they should have the necessary voltage and current limiting components built in. Using individual LEDs is more tricky as they require a series resistor...

Nick, Both lamps are secured with a short bracket to the mudguard fixing screw on the fork crown, you can see it clearly on this picture of the Forte. In both cases the lamps were original equipment on the bikes, the Sprint having a bottle dynamo on the front wheel and the Torq having a small...

Thanks Flecc. We had a dry day yesterday, even a bit of sunshine, but very wet today. The snow is only very light, melting on ground contact, but not what I expected when I looked out.

Cheers Frank, just stuck my head out to check the weather with a quick road test in mind, it has stopped raining... but it is snowing:(

Frank, if you can post a picture and/or give dimensions I may may be able to identify it. Alternatively if anyone stocks it the chances are that RS components will, it might be worth a look if you have half a day to browse their vast site.

There was torq:D of making it and others available on pedelecs but I don't think anything came of it, perhaps due to copyright issues. Most of what's in it is the obvious stuff but at least it's in English. The service data for the Shimano components is provided with the manual and is also...

I frequently use my Torq with M+ tyres on a muddy towpath and I've not been in the canal yet, anything more extreme than that is not really suitable e-bike territory anyway, at least for stock machines.

I've been working on this seasonal project for a few weeks but have been awaiting a shipment of LEDs from a Chinese supplier which finally arrived yesterday enabling me to complete the project. It is a pair of LED headlamps built into dynamo lamp housings which come as standard on Ezee...

Phew 32 mph:eek: Lucky to get away with scrapes.

Ian, you made a comment earlier about being powered without assistance, the Torq, in common with many purpose built electric bikes will definitely not do this, when given help the Torq will go fast and far, but without pedalling it will, as they say "just hang on the wall". It is important to...

Oiling the motor externally is unlikely to achieve anything. The axle will turn in factory lubricated ball bearings, sealed to keep out dirt and water so any externally applied oil will not penetrate. Motors often sound "creaky" because the power is applied as a series of rapid puses which can...

Many suppliers quote somewhat optimistic ranges on their websites, in reality very few people manage to achieve anything like 20 miles without pedaling and I think this would be the case with the Heinzmann with its older technology. Of course it is battery capacity that limits range and it would...

Hi Ian, while I have no specific knowlege of the Heinzmann I understand it is quite powerful and should give performance comparable to a decent purpose built electric bike. That being the case it should power you unassisted under most conditions, perhaps needing some help on the steeper hills...

Yes, I often wonder about that too. I also wonder how the seller expects anyone to bid over £750 when only a very brief description is given, the details incorrectly state the bike has full suspension and no gears, no delivery/collection details are shown and one tiny photo is provided that...

The project box replacement is on my list of things to do. On my Sprint the box is in poor shape also having lost is handlebar clamp. I understand the battery meter on current bikes is different, having an LCD instead of LEDs.. I wonder if the plastic is any stronger.

Sorry to here of that misfortune Derek. Those battery meter casings are very fragile, mine are glued in a number of places on both my bikes, can you not glue yours with epoxy resin? I'm fairly sure they will be available as spares and I doubt there will be any soldering involved, the brake...

You are right Harry, the 350mm height will not fit. The Ezee case will just take a 5 high stack of D cells, approx 310mm, there is slightly more height at reduced width but a full 350mm is only available over an area of about 50 x 50, and only then if the XLR connector and fuseholder are...

Ski clothing would seem well suited (:D ) to winter cycling. And it comes in bright highly visible colours in contrast to much purpose made cycle wear available in various shades of black.