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Thanks for your response, that's good to know about the battery. Yes, I don't fold it as it is, I have a skoda roomster with the seats out so I manage to fit it in upright with a little jiggery pokery. But I do wonder if the added weight will just make it prohibitive, in which case it would make...

20" bikes are not so good with a crank motor because you need a big chainwheel. Hub motors are better anyway. I would never fit a crank motor to a small-wheeled folding bike. it doesn't give any advantage over a hub-motor. You're starting to over-think your idea. Just do it, and you'll be...

hI guys i am just fitting a new speed controller and led to the wifes Cyclomatic cx2 just wanted to make sure i am connecting the wires correctly. the first picture shows the 2 block connectors 5 wires that go to the motor i presume they are they connected colour to colour? the other picture is...

It's just a bit difficult to get your head around the numbers. For hub motors, the torque is measured at the wheel so the tyre diameter is important, the resulting climbing force at the point of contact with the road is inversely proportional to the radius of the tyre. Smaller wheels correspond...

In case you're interested, here's why I don't like crank motors. Again, I have used them on my own bikes, not thousands of miles, but enough to figure it out. You have to be in the right gear all the time and change gear a lot, which makes riding more hectic than relaxing. They're generally not...

You'd believe anything. That list is an exaggeration. For example a few Kalkhoffs within one year were produced with the Alber Neodrive after their Daum Impulse motors were failing, only because their preferred alternative crank motor from Bosch wasn't available due to the high demand for them...

Have you tried the Suntour torque sensor? It's sort of half-way between a cadence sensor and a Bosch. I quite like it actually, but I prefer the control you get from a normal cadence sensor system. It's a set of springs on the crank, which make the outer move relative to the inner. I don't know...

his Raleigh has the worst possible combination for a steep hill: torque sensor + hub motor. He can probably gets up to the top of Winsley Hill on the Santana but at 90kg his own weight, I think he would be better off with a BBS01 48V crank drive kit. I will test a 48V DWG22C on the Santana when...

So I went out for a longer test ride this morning (40+ miles, 50% quiet lanes so good for 'motor listening') and although this repaired bare motor is considerably quieter than before the change of bearings (pedestrians were literally turning their heads as I approached), it is still not as quiet...

I think there is more than that but also think flecc is right, people buy kits because of the obvious savings beside the satisfaction of knowing all nooks and crannies in your bike. Coming back to the subject uk companies which design and manufacture here in the UK. That's a subject that I...

I have seen a few damaged rims where both front and rear brakes are V-brakes. This does not happen when the front is disc and rear is V-brakes or when the motor is a crank drive.

The answer is very simple using a process of elimination. A front hub on that bike would compromise the steering and the front suspension. There's a fair chance that it would break the drop-outs, and would not be able to grip going up steep trails, so we can safely and comprehensively cross...

Depends on how steep, total weight of rider + bike, where the motor is (hub or mid drive) There is a rather good predictor here https://wooshbikes.co.uk/clearway.php From the Woosh website https://wooshbikes.co.uk/? Will your bikes sail up hills? It depends on your weight. The heavier you...

Hi All Has anyone got/had or tested one of the above bikes? I'm looking for opinions, reviews do's and don't's before I contact them. I understand the above model comes with the motor set at 250W, I'm not looking for any more to keep within the UK regs. I've read so many conflicting reviews on...

Does anyone really care if you have a throttle? Unless you are riding like a lunatic, or speeding along at thirty five miles an hour without pedalling, or riding on a pavement, or without lights at night, I'd be amazed if anyone interfered with you. I haven't been stopped by the police while...

I bought the Gran Camino couple of months ago and this bike can handle any trail, hill gravel roads, but, I do miss a mid motor. I had a Brose mid with a Gates belt drive and was built like a tank, could climb any hill with ease, but sold it as the back wheel removal was a pita! and bought the...

Hello everyone, I would appreciate your advice. At the moment my bike is a Trek Roscoe 6 and my riding is predominantly on forest tracks. I am in my 70’s and now find the hills in the forest to be extremely daunting. To be truthful I’ve always found them daunting. So after seeing most riders...

It's not the motor that's the problem.That motor driving a pedicab at 8 mph will draw the maximum current from the controller all the time, which will over-heat it, which is the problem that OP is trying to solve. The solution is a slower motor or bigger controller that can shed more heat. OP's...

Something worrying discovered whilst in Hospital I was visiting someone in the local Hospital and rather than do the 20minute walk from home, I rode there on eBrompton. Of course I left the battery behind so this was a simulation of riding the bike as if the battery or electrics had failed. The...

If I remember correctly, you owned a Woosh Sport CD (second hand?) some 6 years ago. Later crank drive bikes got gear sensor fitted. Crank motors are always challenging with gear change, especially on hill because the chain is under high tension. If you fit a gear sensor, then the duration of...