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I'm away from home on a course for a couple of weeks, so won't be able to try the bike. I'm hoping you are correct and when I get back it will be working again. I will let you know the outcome.

I think ebikes are safer than a sports bikes for a couple of reasons already stated on here. I ride a road bike in competitions such as triathlon and time trials and used an ebike daily for about seven years whilst commuting. I've crashed my road bike several times, most recently with such force...

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The drive is about 75 metres in length, so the leak will be somewhere over that span. As the ground freezes and thaws over the winter, I expect the leak will become worse due to movement of the lead pipe. At present, I'm not concerned by the 20 litres per hour and have no intention of...

I'm not at all bothered by 20 litres per hour water leakage. It's about 175000 litres per year. 500000 litres of water fall on my house roof each year and that now goes into soak away drains. It's a minute amount in the scheme of things and it's 10 X below the water company's threshold for...

Yes, there is leakage on the supply pipe of about 20 litres per hour. The threshold for taking action is 250 litres per hour. Initially the bearded biro & coat hanger man had reported the leak at 600 litres per hour.

Yes, my mind went straight back to that era. The police had a big pay rise just before they were called upon to vilify, criminalise and bully a group of people who wanted nothing more than employment security for themselves and their families. The police did lasting damage to themselves back...

A slightly worrying development is the government's prioritising of The Filth when lifting the 1% pay cap. Why? They, and especially May, hate the police. Could it be that they sense civil unrest? Throw a bit of cheese in the direction of the coppers and they'll forgive all that went before...

That thought had crossed my mind. They seemed very relaxed about ordering me to excavate a potential 75 metres of driveway based on nothing but a device constructed from wire coat-hangers stuck into a couple of empty BIC pens and which was operated by a bearded man. It was almost as though it...

This is what I'm hoping. It's probably the simplest and cheapest fix. Thank you.

I thought I'd just update this with the outcome. Following my refusal to take any action, Severn Trent Water have been back to my house to measure the magnitude of the leak using a scientific approach (a water flow meter) rather than their preferred option of witchcraft. The flow meter has...

I knew that I shouldn't have opened my mouth about how reliable my 2008 26 Volt Panasonic Kalkhoff Pro Connect has been. I knew that I was inviting disaster, but still I went ahead. What a fool I am. After nearly 10 years of near faultless service and tens of thousands of trouble free miles...

I purchased a new battery for my Pro Connect a couple of years ago. On the recommendation of a forum member, I went for E-Bike Vision brand. They are a German company, not the cheapest, but equal in quality to the original Panasonic battery. They do various Ah ratings and I chose the 18 Ah. It...

The Impulse motor reliability is well documented and as you say, it was a big mistake. How is the Bosch motor performing? Do we have anyone on the forum doing high, trouble free, mileage (in excess of10000 miles) with that motor? I know it damages the Shimano Alfine hub gear system, which I...

It is slower than the Impulse, but not by a significant margin. A couple of MPH on a steep hill is worth sacrificing for the durability and reliability.

Yes, 5th. The first four were replaced within the initial 2 year warranty period. The 5th motor became necessary beyond the two year point and had to be paid for. To be fair, the price of the new motor, including fitting, sounded very reasonable. The 5th motor now carries a new 2 year warranty...

I've been using my 2008 Pro Connect much more over the summer. I had stopped using it in early 2016 when I moved jobs and it became too far to cycle. Up until March 2016, I had used the bike on a daily basis and clocked up over 23000 trouble free miles. I replaced the original Panasonic 26 Volt...

Thank you for all the replies. As far as dowsing goes, opinion on here seems to be inconclusive. From the reading on the subject that I have done, the official scientific conclusion is that dowsing yields the same probability of finding water as pure chance. For that reason, I have written to...

Thanks, I can reason why the stethoscope works, but like you don't know how an accurate flow rate can be determined. There is / was no water meter in use at all. I'm still not convinced by the Dowsing, but I have never tried it. I am just going on what I have read. The source of my information...

Good morning and apologies for not contributing to the BREXIT thread for some time. Does anyone have any thoughts on water dowsing? This is basically walking around holding two sticks, one in each hand, and if they cross you are standing above water. The reason I ask is as follows: A few...