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Ditto but I have to say after purchasing one of the Lidl stands today (I often have a couple of bike repairs on the go at once) I now think the Park is way overpriced for what it is. The Lidle one truly is excellent - it's be good value at £90, nevermind £30! I love the handlebar steady...

Cycling down Blackpool prom on the way home on Tuesday, in the sun and a nice gentle sea breeze I thought to myself "if someone said they'd give me fifty quid to drive home in a car from work today I'd turn them down". It's not all about how much money you save ;)

You need a faster ebike :p

I think you've just made my mind up on what to fit to my full susp mountain bike. What are your kits like for durability off road? I'd be putting the battery in a back pack. Any dimensions for the 48v 10ah battery?

You may find this very odd coming from me with me being the wreckless law breaker et all but I'd really like to see red light jumping cracked down on. I can, hand on heart, say I have never purposely jumped a red light either in my car or on my bike. Ebike riders have even less of an excuse...

I doubt it. I worked out the average fine for driving without insurance and tax - it's a whopping - wait for it - £375 and 6 penalty points. As for the injury attracting a prison sentance you're kidding right? Even GBH (i.e. actual intended inflicted harm) only attracts community service now...

Yes, spot on :-) I'm debating adding another two 6s packs and one 3s pack to make 63v15ah pack :-) 900w/hr's :-) As far as chemistry - the "hobby" lipo packs I'm using are LiCo - Lithium Cobalt - very volatile if mistreated. LiMn is not quite as volatile but still has the potential to...

Youve got the same pedals I have - 'cept mine ar black. the stock ones on the Trek were crap - the screws kept falling out of the cages and the bearings were well on thier way out at only 2k miles. Why does a premium manufacturer continue to spec crap pedals? Maybe they expect everyone to...

I can guarantee with utmost certainty that 90% of "legal" ebikes sold in the UK, if you put a watt meter on them, will have a peak motor draw of more than 250w and if ascending a moderate hill or into a stiff headwind will continously draw more than 250watts as long as the hill or head wind...

Haha - I'd NEVER build a lipo pack for anyone else. I wouldn't be confident they had the intelligence to use it properly without burning thier house down ;) I use four of those - two paralled and two in series plus another two 3s 5000mah pack paralleled then seriesed in to make a 63v...

Yup - the axle may be 12mm but the flats are 10mm across :-) 44@20v - so 1kw max - that's not actually that high - something like ezee's arms would siffice. Thought you'd be going higher with lipo + the BPM.

Yup - you deffinately need something on those rear dropouts. I know you've said 48v 500w motor but that means nothing - what voltage battery will you be using and what amps will your controller put out. I'd be looking at something like these on those soft alloy dropouts.

How is it legal if it assists to 19mph?

620watts and 19mph? Am I correct to assume the bike was MSVA'd, registered, insured, taxed and you were wearing an approved motorbike helmet on your test ride? ;) Sounds like a nice kit - I very nearly plumped for one when I was researching my first ebike.

Those torque arms look nice and thick - I think I might be putting in an order for my next project :-)

Amen to that!

Yes, precisely - I was merely trying to demonstrate that Germany - not only in respect of legislation but also infrastructure - is miles ahead of where the UK is not only in respect of ebikes but cycling in general. And if we had similar s-class legislation here then I'd probably be in the...

:rolleyes: I said "designated cycle" routes - routes where motor vehicles are excluded but where all classes of cycle, ebikes and horse (non carriage drawing) are allowed. Interestingly, these routes also stipulate that pedestrians should not use them unless it is unavoidable to do so.

Yeah, I'd think I'd get stopped pretty sharpish riding a moped down Blackpool prom!

No, you can ride them on designated cycle routes as well.