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    Helmet cameras

    I've just got a ContourHD to use with my Westfield and on my bike - very happy with it and simple one touch recording on/off. If you keep your eyes open they come up for about £130 on ebay/Amazon. I don't want speed shown on the vids of me driving my Westfield ;-)
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    Cycle lane puzzler

    You forgot about ploughing into the back of the parked cars/bus when rejoining the carriage way. This is what happens when non-cyclists design cycling amenities.
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    How many people are using there e-bike off-road?

    Off to Gisburn soon - I'll post pics when I come back - maybe even some GoPro footage.
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    Bike to work scheme sucks

    Yeah - that's what I did - I paid the 7% "deposit" to enter an "extended hire period". At the end of three years you have the option of keeping the bike and cycle-scheme keep your 7% "deposit". There is little difference between hiring it for three years and buying it outright though, so I...
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    Received my new bike today!

    Love it! A cargo bike and a fat bike are next on my bike purchase wishlist.
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    Be Careful Out there...

    How on earth do you just fall off when turning a corner? Were you just going to fast?
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    Bike to work scheme sucks

    Cyclescheme still do it for 7% (it's 3% if lower than £500 or 7% if higher that £1000.)
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    Bike to work scheme sucks

    It's better if you're a higher rate tax payer ;-) Digging out my payslips I was paying £28.19 a month for my £700 Trek, or £338.33 per year. At then end of 12 months I paid a "final" payment to cyclescheme of 7% of the value of the bike or £49, so that's a £312 saving, or 52% off the cost of...
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    Amigafan2003 new build mk 2

    Upgraded to 10 speed shadow plus:- Managed to get the chain (kmc 10.93) , cassette (11-36 HG62), shifter (Deore M591) and rear mech (SLX GS) for the grand total of £88 delivered. Quick test ride though the local rock gardens shows it to be nice and quiet and even running in the 11t gear I...
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    Insane 700amp 55v multisport thruster

    Well, let's see. 3 of these packs in series gives one 55.5v 5ah pack with a peak discharge rate of 780amps - so yes. However, double the packs and you get a 55.5v 10ah pack with 1460amps peak discharge rate. They wouldn't last very long at those type of discharge rates, that's why the 10kw...
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    Caught someone driving badly via my cam, am I allowed to put it on youtube with the car reg on?

    I'm sorry but that's a load of rubbish. My local police have followed up on a few incidents I've let them know about, even patrolling my kids school in the am for a couple of weeks after I emailed them pics of people parking on the zigzags/double yellows outside the school. They've always been...
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    Caught someone driving badly via my cam, am I allowed to put it on youtube with the car reg on?

    Use windows movie maker to shorten the clip to just show the incident, upload the clip to you tube and call 101 to report the bad driving - tell them the url of the video.
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    is it only expensive bikes that have throttle mode no need to peddle?

    If you want a bike with a throttle then easiest way is to just buy a kit and adapt an existing bike. "Throttle only" isn't EU compliant, that's why you don't see many with that function.
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    8Fun BBS-01 kits

    Yeah - the support model between the Ezee kits and Bafang kits are a world apart, I can understand your decision. It's a testament to how much you stand by the Ezee kits. As they say - "you pays your money, you takes your chances".
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    8Fun BBS-01 kits

    I know what you mean John - unless you're Chinese national/seller then spare parts are hard to come by - even EM3EV (Cellman) are having trouble with spares/support/trade prices - he's based in China but he's English. Probably a good idea to drop the BBS units regardless, now that we've figured...
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    Small Battery

    Why is loosing 1.5kg from the bike a requirement? On an ebike, it doesn't make that much difference. Besides, going on a diet for a week is a cheap way of losing 1.5kg ;-)
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    Electric Bike Ban

    Ditto. It's still good to see the police turning a blind eye and using some common sense though.
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    Electric Bike Ban

    Ah, I sit corrected then :-)