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Nor should they have to. Consumer / user level goods need to be idiot proof.

A couple of thermistors isn't going to cost much but I somehow doubt that is the route that will be followed / legislated.

Another conversion, fire brigade say ebike fires occur every other day in London. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c623938dq6no

Fitting a suspension fork where there wasn't one will play havoc with the geometry of the bike, the front will be anything between 100 to maybe 180 mm higher.

I wouldn't use nylon for that, I would grind the centre out of an old rotor (ask the local bike shop).

Shouldn'thave thought so, in the unlikely event you got it to power up the Carrera controller wouldn't see a speed signal so would shut down all power by telling the battery to shut down. It's like trying to put a modern fuel injection Audi engine in a Mk1 Escort, if you really knew what you...

Your reply does nothing to allay my fears, first I should say I have no direct knowledge of various models of Carrera bikes and batteries. It is vaguely possible that an extra terminal could connect to a thermistor to ensure the battery isn't overheating but that is something that is more...

What are you going to connect the 2 small wires too? You are clearly playing with things that you don't fully understand, that is not a criticism as that is often how we learn. However in the case of batteries getting it wrong could be very expensive and not just in monetary terms. You are...

Bear in mind when you change the BMS it is unlikely that the original charger will work. You will have removed some of the safety features that have been added to these systems e.g. verification that the correct battery is connected to the charger and in some cases more information is shared.

Police in Derby have had a clampdown. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpl2gx621o

The way they work is that they give full power until they reach the speed that has been programmed. If level 1 is set at 10 mph you will get full power until you get to 10mph then it will reduce the power so you can maintain that speed, level 2 might give 12mph, level 3 15mph. If you don't have...

0.5km with average gradient of 4.2% so not really steep. Suggests your controller is way under powered. A KT 17A controller would get you up that at 15 mph withoutany actual effort from you.

Sort of seconding this as support under the battery will make a huge difference to the way the forces are absorbed but I wouldn't use a shelf bracket, I would fabricate something neater. I also would look to put the 'shelf' reasonably close to the bottom hole on your mounting point or some...

Just for info not all shifters / derailleurs have the same pull ratio. You can not use Shimano shifters with SRAM derailleurs etc. In the case of what you are trying to achieve there is no issue as all Shimano shifters and derailleurs have the same pull ratio. As for never having seen under bar...

I still have a Hope 4 that I bought at least 10 maybe 15 years ago, I did pay a lot of money for it but this was early days of LED lamps. The original battery is still working quite well giving over an hour on the next to highest setting. This light gives a reasonably broad spread of light with...

Never had any success with slime but used tubeless for years on my mountain bike and my first E mountain bike. Never had a puncture on either. Only problem I had was one valve that refused to seal properly when first installed so it was a bit of a mess when I replaced it. The liquid does go off...

I can't argue with that, would be much better if rechargeable but then you would have to be able to do that locally. Never left a cartridge behind anywhere (or a tube or section of chain etc) but I'm sure others do. To be fair when I started using them I was commuting so a puncture would be time...

Given that the CO2 existed in air before it was separated and compressed I don't think it's so bad. Best stop drinking beer and fizzy drinks too ;)

All good advice but just a couple of points. Consider using a CO2 inflator, it's much faster and easier than a typical modern portable hand pump. They are single use and you do need to carry spare cartridges. I also found it useful to retighten presta valves after putting equipment away as the...

The plug illustrated in the post by @billyboya earlier does not contain a fuse, that plug does not comply with UK regs. That is one of the reasons why trading standards condemned the chargers in the next post. The fuse in the plug is there to protect the cable and device connected to it not the...