Recent content by sjpt

I would have thought that as long as the maps are kept up to date the increase in one way streets would make the satnav more useful then ever. Despite some peculiarities Google Maps seems to keep details like that pretty up to date, at least where the authorities do their bit to inform them.

Adding to Andy's comment above. Our two chargers for 'standard' batteries are similar to Andy's but a little different. Green when switched on and not connected, go red when connected and charging, and stay red till charge is complete when they revert to green. No blinking. Our Bosch charger...

Probably should be set to the number of magnets in the pedal sensor. Not often over 12; and there seems to be a feeling here (no direct experience) that 12 magnet sensors give more trouble than they are worth. I think above 12 is rare.

I suspect the it's the bike that is hybrid rather than the Battery. The battery would be a PowerPack. If it's a rack one: https://www.merlincycles.com/bosch-powerpack-500wh-rack-battery-303236.html £350 If it's a frame one...

Probably irrelevant, but worth 3 seconds of thought. I have rare intermittent issues with the equivalent side button on my old Bosch with Intuvia display; such as pressing '-' on the side button makes the assist level go up. The problem is not with the side button itself, but the poorly designed...

Probably worth repeating that information of the CTC web site: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewforum.php?f=55 There are been several questions about Swytch systems that your work would help with.

As others have said, it is going to be very difficult to diagnose the issues without a display. Also, without the options a display gives you are probably denied of choices such as assist levels and getting a suboptimal riding experience. When you say 'fixed the break' what do you mean? The...

A very curious statement.

That little extra may be swag, not fat?

Is that https://www.torqu-e-cycles.co.uk/ that have gone out of business? That would be a shame, they've been recommended here in the (recent) past for battery recell and other repair. If it wasn't them you tried, try them now.

Plenty of ice cream trikes on ebay; I don't think they are that small and light though.

Another aspect of pedelec laws in GB (*) is that there most be no assistance above 15.5mps (with 10% tolerance). You can go as fast as you like (are able) with pedalling or downhill, just not assisted. You might just get your assisted 17mph; or decide to be happy with 15mph. Throttle rules are...

A blast (if used on UK roads) partly because it has an illegal 500w nominal motor. We just moved from a Viking tandem with Woosh conversion (XF07) to an 2nd hand Ecosmo. https://ecosmobike.com/collections/folding-tandem-bicycles The change was mainly because the Ecosmo is easier to step over...

Thank you everyone for the helpful replies. I'll take a closer look at the bike to double check that a 7 speed freewheel is indeed what I need and go ahead with ordering one.

Does anyone have experience with 11-32 7 speed screw on freewheels? Or any 11/12 little, 32/34 big? We are considering one for our new second hand electric Ecosmo tandem. The high gear is very low, and it would be helpful to have an emergency low gear. Examples are: DRIFT MANIAC (apparently...