Recent content by Mr. B Ikeman

Would a car fit on a cycle path? Motorbikes are multi-horsepower veichles, even the off road bikes for teenagers (85cc) are 25-30 horsepower. Or 18 kilowatts at the conservative end of the measure. You occasionally see those on some cycle paths I use. Even the no motorbike signs arent exactly...

There was already a promising looking consultation done which got shot down however I'd say it's doomerism to just not try again and again, and again. No point in giving up if you fall at the first and while my opinion on consultations is pretty bleak, the more people that get behind something...

Well, that's more of a people problem and not the fault of the bike. Any time I'm riding on a cycle path and see a pedestrian i assume saod pedestrian is going to do something unpredictable, so I slow down to the point i can stop the bike in under 2 metres. . Same for blind corners...

This is the problem with many online communities, especially UK ones, people are fixated on fhe current laws and fail to see how further changes to the law in the form of relaxation of laws could be beneficial. I've already made the argument that relaxing the laws to throttle and higher wattage...

Just an ebay split-disk pedal assist. Single hall sensor. Would probably be safer to get a gear on your cassette that just isn't attached to the wheel. Gear with a bearing before the splines/threads. That way you could pedal forwards with almost no effort (probably less than backpedalling), a...

Sorry to hear that. I assume you continued cycling so people wouldn't give you funny looks for wearing a helmet in public?

You seem to like blogging. Have you tried wordpress? Maybe buzzfeed would take you on?

First off the word "Assisted" does not mean you need to be pedalling. Someone in a wheelchair can be assisted by a family member, friend or carer who pushes said wheelchair. Doesn't mean they need to be wheeling themselves around at the same time. With a throttle it is still a pedal cycle, I'll...

I wouldn't have it work on the pedals for some of the reasons above. Though if I were building such a system, best way I could see would be through hall effect sensors and a magnet with it's pole flipped for specific pedal angles. Have that run to a microcontroller that sends a voltage to the...

Some interesting posts, some things I'm not understanding though. "Throttles instantly give maximum power when increased" Can you explain more? I'm using a thumb throttle and there's a very noticible difference between rolling my thumb over it slightly (holding the grips and rolling my thumb...

Note: While you're the quoted post, I'm not just responding to you, I'm weighing in on all of the responses so far and I really do appreciate them all. I'll have to agree to disagree on the a throttle being useless, used to ride motocross and there was plenty more bumping and movement involved...

Thanks. I assume no commercial product exists where you can just plug in a throttle and PAS sensor in then feed the output to the throttle wire on the bike and have it so the throttle only works when the PAS sensor is registering pedalling? That would allow me to choose the amount of motor power...

Pedal assist sensor arrived today, I'm glad I tested it out in the house rather than outdoors as it gives power to the motor when pedalling backwards as well as forwards. Better to find that out indoors than when getting the pedals rotated back so I can put my weight on them for taking off at...

Wasn't the hub motor, back brake disc was rubbing up against the caliper as it wasn't aligned. Easy fix, loosen the bolts off, push the brake down and tighten it up again. There's still some friction, though it seems to be entirely in the brakes and bearings. Wheels spin roughly as freely as on...

Thanks for all the replies so far. I ended up getting that used bike for £550. Not an amazing bike and frame, though the plan was to just get something to test out ebiking on quickly and if I liked it, work on getting it into shape. I do like it and it should be good enough for my needs at the...