It's a small world!

[Fordulike]

Out and about today, I came across two cyclists stopped on the path, one of whom had an electric bike.
As I rarely see other electric bikes on my journeys, I stopped for a closer look and a chat.

The chap was riding a Specialized Sirrus Sport with a kit from Electric Bike Conversions.

See where this is going

It was none other than SpezElec, who recently gathered plenty of advice from forum members, before plumping for his final build.
I must say, his bike looks fabulous in the flesh, and he has done a marvelous job in making the installation look super neat.

It was a pleasure to meet you SpezElec, and I'm glad the kit fitted perfectly, after the slight scare of the tapered fork discussion.

 

[shemozzle999]

I also saw another member Richard_M on a visit to Tescos a couple of weeks ago while doing the weekly shop.

He rode past me and was parking up and I noticed his twin battery arrangement so I went over and had a chat.

I believe he lives on a converted narrowboat and is into ham radio and he followed a similar career path like me via GEC.

His home built bike had handlebar mounted twin ammeters to monitor battery condition, it was good to talk to him if only briefly