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    A rare piece of history - Swizzbee

    And it would spell the end of ebikes as every mischievous kid had fun punching the buttons. A permanent lockout is a really stupid concept.
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    The new best headlight

    Yes, but. If those jaffa cakes were advertised on ebay by an unknown seller in China offering to sell them at 5p per dozen packs delivered free to your door with real organic goo lovingly produced by some non politically correct maiden you might suspect they weren't really McVities cakes and...
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    MINI POWER POWER PACK...

    That chargers fine but, if you haven't seen it already, you might take a look at the Litekala Engineer 500 analysing charger. I put up some early info on it on BLF and quite a few folks there now use it, although everyone has their favourites.
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    MINI POWER POWER PACK...

    All I can say is be very careful. That pack is unbelievably cheap, you can't even buy genuine cells of that capacity for the price which is a clue. It's best to regard all cheap Chinese battery packs (even off-bran counterfeit individual cells as well) as little bombs waiting to explode and burn...
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    The new best headlight

    Oh, that's easy to answer - China uses a special type of lumen that does higher numbers. Obviously none of these cheapy lights produce anywhere near the claimed output. The output from this one is *nowhere near* the output from a selectively binned Cree in a properly engineered torch driven...
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    The new best headlight

    I commend this one for your attention https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10000Lumen-2x-XM-L2-LED-Bicycle-Bike-light-Cycling-Front-Head-Headlight-Headlamp/322587017989?hash=item4b1baf4305:m:mM6EUIoTMI8im8IGU7eh6Jw However I recommend keeping your eye open for the same item offered without the charger...
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    Pedelec community support for DIY battery pack replacements

    As an alternative how about alternative modular construction methods for individual use? Have you heard of the N.E.T.H.E at http://18650.lt/ :)
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    Bosch ebike motor reliability

    [B] A motor is just a component, just as a bearing assembly is a component and I think it really is just a question of what level of component it is most efficient to exchange. For warranty claims that seems at present to be the whole motor and I wouldn't be surprised to see a...
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    Brooks saddles

    I was very happy with my B17, transferred it from bike to bike over the years, and if I ever get another road bike I'll get a B17 to put on it the same day I buy the bike. However that's very unlikely as I can't see me going back to road bikes, and on the mtb I prefer a modern gel saddle, not...
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    Bosch 400wh frame battery

    Yes Bosch have both rack and frame mount batteries listed in their catalogues and they are physically different shapes. However they have only only one design for each, so batteries should be interchangeable between all reasonably current Bosch powered frame mount cycles, irrespective of the...
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    E-Bike for Towing

    I think the combination of the two 'bikes', each powered and with controls linked might be treated as a single unit when you apply for type approval. The thread here 'Electric push trailer' is interesting. But all this complexity is unnecessary (unless you want to build). A single legal 250W...
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    Has anyone taxed a 45kph bike yet

    You might give Adrian Flux (providers of specialist and bespoke vehicle cover) a call. I obtained electric (battery) car cover from them without problems and they are good to deal with.
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    29er Wheelset for sale ... complete

    Thanks, received very nicely packed as well :)
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    Schwalbe Marathon Plus

    Unless you have a tyre with a grippy outside and a hard inside. how hard can that be? OK, it'll make the tyre overall stiffer so it can't be right at the very highest grip end, but it could be pretty close.
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    E-Bike for Towing

    My load isn't as heavy being a 21Kg dog in a 14.5Kg trailer but the Cube Reaction ebikes we have make this ridiculously easy either on or off road and it's all hills here. The CX motor has huge Torque which combined with the wide gear range mean I can tug this lot up a 1:6 hill not even having...
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    Best way of carrying two bikes on a car?

    I like my old bike rack that fits on the roof/tailgate of my Skoda Octavia estate but there is no way it will take the weight of two ebikes at 20Kg each. Has anyone found a good way of carrying a couple of bikes like these?
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    Schwalbe Marathon Plus

    I'm not sure you can generalise like that. Rubber compound is a trade-off between grip and longevity so a soft grippy MTB tyre might well have more grip in the rain than a hard long-life road tyre, especially if it's cold. Having a smaller contact area on wet surfaces isn't necessarily a bad...
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    Purchased a 2018 Cube Reaction Race 500

    I don't think he was jailed for having no front brake. I think he was jailed because of the public and press outrage at his behaviour and the missing front brake provided the nominal justification. So, if you are riding an uninsured illegal electric motorbike, then seriously injure someone...
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    Raleigh Array E-Motion Crossbar 700c 2018 Electric Hybrid Bike

    Bad luck. My employer also uses cyclesolutions and I was very unimpressed by their complete and utter inflexibility. In the end I had to ignore the C2W and just buy the bike I wanted, in fact two of them :-) Looking around for a good discount price proved not much worse than the full retail...
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    Turbo levo or Cube Reaction 500

    I managed to get one of the last 2017 Reaction 500 SL's which are very similar to the 2018 Race and it's a really nice bike to ride. Unbelievable hill climbing power. And one of the 2018 Cube's on its way for the missus as well so you can tell what we think of them. She only has to wait another...