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I would question the legality of a switched de-restricted mode, there is no doubt about the legality of the Torq as a physical modification is required to de-restrict it and the manufacturers don't tell us how to do it.;) I would guess this could cause the 905SE to fall foul of the the...

It's true, there are two different web pages for the Torq. The one accessed from the recreational bikes link on the home page is different to that accessed from the electric bikes dropdown menu. An easy mistake to make when updating web pages.

I would guess that due to the relatively small quantities involved, presumably just for the UK market, the costs of buying European components and then shipping them to China for fittment has proved uneconomical. The majority of potential purchasers are not as knowledgeable or discerning as most...

Hi Marina, with hub gears you normally have to briefly pause pedalling to change gear, you can move the selector at anytime but the change won't actually take place until pressure on the pedals is eased, the reason being that the internal pawls that do the changing won't easily move while under...

Harry, by a strange coincidence (Or design?) that is almost the exact size required for the Ezee case, and possibly others too. Perhaps if these batteries begin to catch on competition will force prices down. I would be very interested to learn how they perform in the real world.

It's rather square shape would not fit the Ezee battery case whose internal width is 64mm. And I guess Its smallest dimension of 95mm would be too wide for virtually all behind the seat tube mounts. A pity as otherwise it would be worth a gamble. Also don't forget import duty and VAT will have...

Silly targets, increasing pressures, ever more congestion. It all makes me rather glad I'm in the twilight of my career.

As a leisure cyclist I have the option of simply not riding in the worst weather however I do enjoy a ride on crisp weekend mornings and have some fairly effective clothing. I find trainers pretty useless in all conditions and prefer shoes with rigid soles, MTB shoes for most conditions and...

While I know for a fact that most drivers are under silly pressures that does not give them any excuse to drive in the ridiculous manner that some of them do. Racing at high speeds between red traffic lights or following dangerously close to the vehicle in front will not get the job done any...

Here is a video of London couriers racing, proof of their lunatic behavior which is as bad as their NYC counterparts. While I can certainly understand complaints about fast riding on pavements I feel it's a bit rich coming from "white van man".

Why should taxi and van drivers complain about cyclists on pavements :mad: . I can understand that it may make making deliveries harder although I suspect it has more to do with envy. Given the general standard of van driving perhaps they ought to think more about getting their own house in order.

I see a lot of cyclists and motorcyclists doing that at high speed. Too risky for me though, too much chance of a pedestrian stepping from between cars or a driver attempting a right or U turn without warning.

If you wear a Hi Vis vest and look bored people will just think you're just doing your job.:D

That was my plan, but I too am out of XLR's. As all my batteries are identical I incorporated the diodes into the charger cable, which needed extending anyway. They are mounted on a bit of stripboard encased in a short length of plastic tube, the ends closed with shrink tube. The diodes...

The HP charger terminates the discharge at 28V so requires manual intervention before that. The bike it was supplied with had a 29 cell battery which partly explains the lower voltage. Those HP chargers seem quite common, being supplied with several makes of bike. In spite of that I've been...

That would seem to cover all eventualities Flecc. As said before my own experience of trickle charging Nimh is not good, albeit with AA batteries. I built a simple trickle charger to maintain up to 4 sets of batteries in instant readiness for my digital cameras, charging each battery at a...

Flecc, in the case of the radical battery you could discharge through 2 or 3 diodes, the voltage drop across them fooling the charger. Another parallel diode in the opposite polarity being used for charging, possibly a schottky type to minimise voltage drop. I have a charger from a previous...

As you say Flecc opinions and experiences do vary, I have some electronic time switches with small NiMh batteries which are obviously trickle charged without harm, but I would prefer to err on the side of caution with large batteries where the replacement cost is high. Interestingly a Google...

Nice work finding and testing that Flecc, I'm sure it will be of interest to a number of people, especially those considering converting from lithium types. A word of caution on trickle charging NiMh though, many battery manufacturers including Sanyo and Panasonic strongly advise against...

Bob, LEDs don't have a voltage rating as such, instead a series resistor is used to limit the current to a suitable value. A typical modern ultra-bright LED of any colour will have a maximum current of about 20mA therefore a 1.2 Kohm resitor (Maplin stock number M1K2) in series will allow use...