Recent content by Brangdon

I don't know anyone who isn't category 2 or 3. However, a lot of people seem very sure they help, and a lot seem very sure they don't, so both groups can come across as 1 or 4. Saying, "It is foolish not to wear a helmet" comes across as 4 even if you believe people have a right to be foolish...

All the time. If I lift the front wheel off the ground and twist the handle slightly, it catches for a moment, and then cuts out again. So basically no load at all.

Are the codes the same for the Liv? On mine the motor has started cutting out; the ignition LED blinks 6 times, which the Torq list says means the battery needs charging, but it's been charged and the bike's indicator shows green. 50Cycles suggested checking the connections, which I've done, to...

Correct apart from the last one. 100% means rising 1 metre in height over 1 metre horizontally. A vertical brick wall would have an infinite gradient.

I generally use a dual-use track on my commute, but I agree about the drawbacks. You lose right of way at junctions. In general I feel like a 3rd class citizen; cars treat me like a pedestrian rather than as a vehicle because I'm on the pavement. The track is only on one side of the road, so...

Does anyone know for sure if the lights included in the eZee Liv satisfy BS 6102/3? I had been presuming they do, but I just went out to check and I as far as I can see they are not marked with the standard, which I gather the standard says they must be.

Would the battery have lasted longer if the bike wasn't derestricted?

I'm a happy Liv owner. I take the battery out to charge mainly for security reasons. My garage is not secure, and if I kept the bike, battery and charger in there someone could nick the lot. (The bike is chained to a wall, but that wouldn't stop a determined thief.) I figure that if the charger...

I've not seen the A2B article, but there was a widely reported study by Dr Walker which more or less says the opposite: that cars pass closer if the cyclist is wearing a helmet. This would make sense in terms of risk compensation, especially if the driver also supposes that the helmet means the...

I did a trip last week on a Liv without pedalling, and although it got me home the battery light was orange after just a few of miles. As if it had 1/3rd the range. Gentle pedalling helps a lot, and I should think one-legged pedalling would help too. The usual advice is to keep the battery...

I found that on what seemed like a flat road my Liv would do about 17mph in one direction and then about 15mph going the other way. I think the limit of its speed is strongly affected by very slight inclines, wind etc. (I'm not yet sure if having a fresh battery makes a difference; it's hard to...

Quite so. When I was running my new battery until it cut out, I had to peddle it up hill, and then I needed the lower gear. On the other hand, now that the battery is run in and my commute is under 5 miles, I shouldn't need to pedal with flat battery ever again. Or at least, it should be rare...

Presumable some of the cost is R&D, and risk. Bike batteries may not be as esoteric as plane ones, but they are more esoteric than mobile phone batteries.

I have a new Liv. On the first two charges it did about 17 miles until it cut out. On the third charge it managed about 20. I gather it is normal for the range to increase over the first few charges (the manual mentions it). The amber light seemed to come on at 50% after the second charge, and a...

I've filled in a review form now, but my post here is much fuller.