Recent content by Skeeter

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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    To be fair, its not great. But this is a problem I have come up against when living in the bastions of Middle England too. People are c*@#s. Well, some of them anyway.
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    Nexus 8 or the new Nexus 5-E?

    In the world of ordinary pedalos, the current fashion for MTBs is a small chain ring (34 teeth?) and an 11 (I hear there is a 12) ring cassette. The purpose is to provide a closer spread of ratio while using fewer parts so that wear is minimised, but strain on the rider is reduced...etc. I...
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Wow that is so 21st century! It makes perfect sense if you are lugging a lithium battery around with you. Again though I don't like the idea of leaving it unattended with gadgets attached. I once saw a German design where the lights were built into the frame tubes - I thought that was very good...
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Anyway once more I feel I've learnt a lot about the scene, And once again thanks to all for the patient answers to dumb questions.
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Funny you should say that, just received the pannier rack! And yes, two locks. So between defeating the opportunist and being ignored by the career thief, maybe I'll survive. But I know from experience it doesn't stop some tosser stealing things from it. Or trying to. I spent ages looking for...
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Honestly, which lock is that? And nothing defeats the angle grinder. There's a you tube vid of a guy repeatedly stealing his own bike in broad daylight in very public places. And no-one gives a flying f.
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    This is entirely my strategy but I've developed a desire to have the frame powder-coated. Damn. Gloss black though, nothing too flash.
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Yep that's why I'm messing with on oldie! Trouble is its looking better by the day...
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Just a bit leery about leaving it outside the supermarket. TBH, I had imagined a progressive delivery of power derived entirely from pedal input.
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Is KT a brand or a type?
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Mmm...interesting but disagree. Some scrotes would steal or attempt to steal anything, whether or not it was any use to them or even if they knew what it was or not.
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    TBH, being a wuss I'd go for the 250W item. Mind you if it was a case of just a sticker...I once had a race exhaust engraved with a fake CE kitemark...never got pulled though so never found out if that worked. The non-detachable screen bothers me. Left unattended that would generate unwanted...
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Anyway for the moment I think I have all I need...special thanks to VFR whose help I appreciate. One last thing though...I notice that the 350W rear wheel drives are quite popular (and only a tad more expensive) despite their illegality...is the performance over the 250W item that good? Also, I...
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    Thanks Fat Rat.
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    Hello - newbie looking for opinions!

    So the battery is connected to the controller...any way you can or want to, perhaps with bullet connectors?