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    Anyone going to TfL London e-bike industry forum today?

    another great campaign was "GOT MILK" in was ran in America (i think it started 1993). it's marketing genius, because it focuses on the absence of the product not on the benefits, for years they were trying to push the health benefits of milk and sales continued to declined, then "GOT MILK" and...
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    Anyone going to TfL London e-bike industry forum today?

    How about a focus on family and social environment? ebike could revolutionise the way people move around cities, they can cut congestion, cut pollution and increase productivity. There is needs to focus on the difference between bicycles and electric bicycles, I think the general public believe...
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    Building an ebike for commute in Cornwall

    hi, the first bike i made i wanted to fit in the lights as well, but i couldn't figure out how (if you do, let me know). The problem with that frame was the motor hanged down to low and was in danger of hitting curbs and sleeping policeman etc. The frame that you bought looks great, i not think...
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    Building an ebike for commute in Cornwall

    Hello i have made a few step though bikes, - i think the mid drive is the best overall package (the pic has a hub drive as a mid drive would not fit on this frame), you may need an internal gear sensor which will stop the motor, when changing gear. - I am afraid I don't know about hills as I...
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    Oslo Offers Citizens $1,200 to Buy an E-Bike

    http://www.citylab.com/commute/2017/01/oslo-norway-city-grant-for-electric-cargo-bikes/515100/?utm_source=twb this is Brilliant, see you all in Oslo (pay for by oil money, but who's counting :)
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    Hi - considering a runabout for hilly town

    Sounds like a plan if you what to use a hub motor i would look for a bike will steel forks. Steel does not fatigue over time as quickly as aluminium and if it does fail it will bend first before snapping where aluminium will just snap without warning. mid drives are nice, easy to fit, but...
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    Vintage Ebike

    Hi this picture is fantastic, yes it is a bit of a barn conversion, i guess you could call it. It was a french 1960's- 70's bike frame set, i added wooden mudguards and chain guard made of oak (natural carbon fibre:). Added new leather saddle, bar tape and rapped leather around the battery...
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    Vintage Ebike

    What do you think of this? the Morgan of Ebikes
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    i build these electric vintages bikes

    i build these electric vintages bikes