I get the limiting to 15.5mph however can a 250W motor with no limiting on controller really provide enough torque to get a bike+rider up to 22mph never mind 30mph and maintain that speed not at peak current draw? What about hills....?
When the Speed Pedelec class was first introduced in Germany they exactly used the same 250 watt motors, often in the same bikes, but without restriction. On the flat in still air they commonly managed to cruise at about 33 kph (20.5mph).
Some hydraulic brakes have good modulation, Hope for example are so modulation orientated some riders find them initially difficult to get on with, leading some to think the Tech2,3 werent powerful enough, but it is ,which Hope at least a case of to get the full stopping power you needed to honk on them harder than others.
Aaaarrrgghh I can't unsee that!
You need more power!
That rear rim was destroyed stopping heavy bike trailers, amazed it lasted as long as it did TBH. I've been activating the front brake first and almost exclusively of late, while sourcing a new rear wheel or rim.
It's best to assume you're invisible as a cyclist. Rim or disc, sounds like only ABS would have helped in that situation? That and bloody bright flashing bike lights highly visible in daylight.
I watched in horror when driver kept on reversing. I thought cyclist was under, but luckily I was wrong. Yes, driver said "I didn't see him", but he was in a van, well above other cars, so he just didn't look I think.
Drivers can fail to recognise seeing a cyclist, even while directly looking at you, and that's why I got bloody bright lights! I keep one flashing and two constant during the day. All three flashing is too discombobulating to behold, even for me, but would make my bike even more daylight visible to all and sundry.
I keep one flashing "1800LM" on during the day, the other "1800LM" and "2400LM" constant, and that does work. I worry all three flashing rapidly at different rates could be illegal, or accused of being illegal.
Best conversion kit - Swytch.
Have you seen an e-bike with maximum power output of 250W in UK? Can you name one?
The Clarks Clout brakes seem decent for the money and reviewed quite well for off-road use and the Vulcan has a 180mm front rotor too. Trek charge £500 for a mountain bike with basic mechanical disc brakes and to get a bike with a similar spec to the Vulcan you probably would have to pay £800 or more. As for safety the Trek model has a basic freewheel which could easily break the quick release if used off-road and forks with only 28mm stanchions, the vulcan appears to be 30mm stanchions so significantly stronger. I don't get the criticism for the Vulcan as it enables you to get a much safer stronger mountain bike than many of the its competitors for significantly less money. Despite the huge sales of Carreras they haven't had the frame recall history of many other brands like Decathlon for example, where Rockriders had to be recalled for breaking frames some only weeks old.
G.P. ? Yeh, I vaguely remeber those. Last I heard it was 3-4 weeks to get an appointment and then it's,'Here have these pain killers'. I think the word referral translated into welsh means - 3 weeks after you die.
All good for strengthening the Transversus Abdominis, cause of much lower back pain.
