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So much incorrect information in that Sky News report. I don't have much confidence in the police getting this right to be honest. Looking at that sky news report if any ebike with a throttle is illegal then the majority of ebikes sold before 2017 are now fair cop and any 250W certified...

Will that change as the cells age with use? Seems like these Argos ebikes will get a very long life out of their battery packs from what you described. As I seem to remember you said the controller was only 8A max so less than 3A per cell peak output. Surely that is going to give those cells a...

It could still apply to the manufacturer though, they are using more basic cells perhaps from a Chinese factory so used a very conservative controller. However Argos being UK based they will need full certification for their products so presumably the cells used are certified for sale within...

Personally I'm sure the BMS will limit the current to the maximum allowed for that battery pack but whether that is good for the battery pack long term I don't know. The Bosch battery packs that fail because of use rather than being left discharged seem to be those that are used by Bosch...

The Brompton frame is very clever, I seem to remember it is a blend of different steels both chromoly and high tensile steel parts to provide exactly the ride characteristics they want and is only possible through brazing rather than welding as brazing allows different metals to be combined...

I wouldn't say the price is bonkers, for a European made product it feels reasonable and no worse in fact actually better value than some mainland Europe alternatives however probably like you I'm spoilt by the Chinese suppressed currency meaning exports are hugely under-priced. If I can buy a...

I must admit I was a bit disappointed with the alloy fork and was expecting a steel fork with a taped and curved blade like traditional steel forks that give a bit of suspension but I guess they went for an overbuilt aluminium fork for lightness. As you say it won't be that comfortable but...

Both the news stories I read about container ship fires, one was sunk and the other was in flames off the coast of the Netherlands both originated from Germany not China. One was going from Germany to Egypt and the other Germany to the US. What type of vehicle started the fire I can't remember...

Seems fair to me that insurers charge more, fires can start for lots of reasons but lithium ion battery packs caught up in such fires can cause huge damage. The Ebike battery pack doesn't even have to be the cause of the fire to represent huge danger. There have been container ships heavily...

The new Brompton looks lovely and I've followed some of the snippets of info that has been released along the way about the prototype model. Personally I wouldn't want the Alfine hub gears I would rather have the gearing arrangement of the original Brompton which is more bomb proof I think. The...

You do get dual piston mechanical disc brake calipers too but they definitely seem in the minority and I'm guessing it was more a deluxe version in the early days of disc brakes and likely now isn't really available as hydraulic is more the deluxe version nowadays. I think the mechanical disc...

Hence the chart I gave where the first two trails are super easy and comparable to a long distance off-road mountain bike ride. However if she was planning to do more technical riding then possibly other parts of the chart would apply. 'Some off-road trails' is only a vague description.

I didn't realise women were not suitable for fat e-bikes I'd not read that anywhere before. In fact I'm sure I saw a woman review a fat e-bike in the USA and gave it a glowing review.

Wow that is impressive, any more information on how you achieved that, do you ride with assistance on all the time, is the hub motor powerful? Are you relatively light etc.

I've seen information in the past where people have exhausted their battery packs in a surprisingly short time using mid-drive e-mountain bikes to tackle very steep ascents. I'm guessing that is on maximum power. I think in as short a time as 40 minutes. However that is not light off-roading...

I'm not that far from Bath but those are more high end ebikes which I'm personally not interested in but completely understand high end, high margin products will obviously have the marketing budget to do things like this. Hope its a huge success though.

That's probably a Chinese market spec model designed to take lower weight riders. I know fuji-ta do huge variations of what frames people could order. I see that model has 28 spoke wheels and the stays look thinner to me. Battle bikes are only sold in Asia I think so designed for less weight and...

Steel isn't always easier to repair, some of the frames from fuji-ta which dominate folding bike frame and fork manufacture use a steel which is difficult to weld, might be 1040 steel the one that is close to the strength of basic chromoly steel. Fuji-ta used to have a great site in China but I...

Is there any sort of reset procedure in the manual? Maybe one components is flagging up an error which is being reset by disconnecting the battery. Is there a manufacturer web site for this brand? Bought new or secondhand?

Yeah its not very impressive just 4,000 miles before failure but the Suntour HESC system is quite powerful for a hub motor with I think 60-65Nm torque which is 50% more than similar size hub motors maximum torque plus the Vengeance is a e-mountain bike so may have had more abuse off-road...