Recent content by OllieB

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    Help! Best Bike Under £2000 to Derestrict?

    What are the disadvantages of a rear battery?
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    Help! Best Bike Under £2000 to Derestrict?

    My post wasn't about legality, it was about programming a Bafang motor :)
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    Help! Best Bike Under £2000 to Derestrict?

    By programming the motor via the appropriate Bafang software, restrictions can be imposed such as speed and power output. The wattage stated on the motor is maximum wattage, not necessarily the wattage you would run the motor. Hence it is possible to programme the Bafang motor to suit. It's a...
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    Help! Best Bike Under £2000 to Derestrict?

    The way I did it was to buy a reasonably priced bike, a 1000 watt Bafang mid drive motor kit and finally a battery (couldn't afford to buy it all in one go). Relatively easy to put together and as for restrictions, I've yet to find any. Let's say that I might get a speeding ticket in a 30mph...
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    New cycleways springing up - thoughts?

    A lot of new cycle lanes were put in place in Cardiff during the first lockdown (when there was little traffic anyway). Now that traffic is running more or less normally, the cycle lanes have been removed :rolleyes: