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    Ok so if a bike does not have a single manufacturer but is displaying all the correct power and speed cut off information and is fully road legal as to its specifications then the Police are in the wrong to just say this is a modified bike then attempt to seize it . Because that what they are...
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    I have a 20 year old Giant Lafree here for instance say in that time it’s had a paint job so all original markings have gone the rules are not really fit for purpose with all the grandfather rights just a big fudge .
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    I think with the wheels off the ground most bikes could exceed 20MPH if they had a Speedo without being an e bike .
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    Yes I think it’s the Wild West that’s why I just took off the thumb throttle on the bike not needed and just draws attention to the bike although my wife’s Giant has a factory fitted one 4MPH or walk assist
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    Thanks very helpful so if a business makes e bikes from kits and standard bicycles say Bodge it and Scarper bikes just a T/A name do they or that person them become the manufacturer when they build a bike using different brand e components ie Bafang and KT for instance ? Or if some one leaves a...
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    Carrera e subway

    Some times this set up cuts out with this error , does it reset and work until you put it under extreme load ?
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    Nanny state as is our laws
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    Alarm alarm wake up and smell the coffeee
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    Probably take for instance Bird Bikes Sold by major high street retailers. Bird went bust so now owners who can not get a replacement battery are left with a choice if they can not find a used replacement. Scrap the bike or try to put on a road legal kit . What is a road legal kit when you...
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    Are E-bikes overpriced?

    So example Raleigh Array new and new build 48V battery 17amp KT Bafang rear hub drive cost without labour around £400.00 with good deals on e bay to achieve this price ex display ECT. V Giant Entour + 11vagain e bay required some work bits missing from Tredz again without labour but used...
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    I have just taken off the thumb e throttle on my bike I don’t use it and 4MPH is a waste of time. Just to stop any attention being paid to it .
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    Are E-bikes overpriced?

    From some of the delivery guys , but they are hammering them .
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    ‘ 100% in my opinion there will be huge market for these once the big companies get involved and make them a legal motorbike with all the regs that are needed to use them on the road ie a mop head . I clocked a guy on a racing type bicycle hi end going up hill over the Brent Cross fly over...
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    Are E-bikes overpriced?

    The £700.00 range of bikes look ok but I have heard they are prone to break ie welds , forks ECT . The factory built e bikes I have tried I like Giant but I would not go buy a new one 2.5 to 3 k and expensive for replacement parts. So I think they are overpriced . I’m Since joining and doing...
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    This one looks standard , except hide the throttle gloves
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    Wow talk about a Death Trap
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    Yes unregulated and basically cheating ie cheating your way into the UK in the first place . Event catering is the same unregulated as to who is working for slave wages giving unfair competition to those who follow the rules. Here one that’s not on the News , my brother used to work for...
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    Where I live like most of London or what I now call new Baghdad most people riding the illegal e motorbikes are not white British because white British people are now a minority in London . I have been in the Immigration system designed by T May now for over Ten years I am furious at the...
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    I see so comms is not just the communication between controller and battery it’s also linked to the charger for safety reasons not to just protect intellectual copy right . Thats helpful . So to do a re manufacture using only the cells and case ie salvaging used parts that in theory One could...
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    48 V Bafang KT Build

    Yes been looking at some and some different cargo bikes , difficult market to get into when we had the food open we tried to get Vegan into some events but the rent was to high for the demand . The organisers want alternative foods but treat them the same as hot dogs , dairy ice cream , and...