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    Chunky monkey needs a kit!

    How much would the tax/delivery be on that kit, and why would one buy the lipos separately instead of one of bms batteries' packs? the dollar is helpfully weak and I have an old hase tagun that would benefit from the 328rpm version
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    Hi....in need of KTM advice....

    many thanks..
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    2014 extraenergy awards

    dear all, have you had a look at the 2014 extraenergy awards? http://extraenergy.org/main.php?language=en&category=&subcateg=&id=57222 all the winning pedelecs seem to have their batteries located under rear racks? that seems odd to me, I have a Santa Ana and a kalkhoff Tasman. I'm quite happy...
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    Hi....in need of KTM advice....

    where does one get a copy of the mountain test, it sounds gripping reading to a nerd like me..
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    Anyone had an interesting ride recently ?

    does this qualify? went to Maldon with OH, then to bradwell, bumped along the seawall, wondered at the flat featurelessness of the sea and countryside, a lot like Netherlands. then, as we thought it was the end of an uneventful un-uplifting day we got lost, ended up in a various fields on the...
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    pedelec failure

    yes, that would have been an easy permanent fix (worth bearing in mind next time i open it with the potholes and vibration it must take), chinese pedelecs seem slapped together with happy indifference, but all's forgiven again now that it works
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    E-bikes and rain

    i have a woosh santana that cut out recently and someone wondered whether it got wet (it was just a loose connection, not wet). for what its worth, having opened the controller box i discovered that its surprisingly weatherproof - a box inside a box (the controller is a sealed box itself inside...
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    pedelec failure

    good luck with the dillenger - on this occasion it ended happy (i opened the box, removed the controller, reconnected a loose connection and all's fine again), Chinese pedelecs may not be the last word in quality, but their thankfully simple
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    Opinions/Views on the - Kalkhoff Endeavour BS10 400Wh

    why no why not the endeavour BS10 with 612 wH battery and impulse 2 motor with 70n/m torque? a lot more pedelecs than the £500 more suggests..
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    pedelec failure

    dear all, further update, I just got an email with detailed instructions and pics from Andy at Woosh - the controller is a silver box inside the black box the battery plugs into. all is becoming clear (and it sounds entirely fixable), I also feel a lot more knowledgeable about pedelecs...
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    pedelec failure

    dear all, an update and two completely newbie questions (my apologies). Woosh has been very supportive and suggested that I check the "plug that goes into the sensor" and (if that doesn't help) that I "replace the controller"(with the understanding I gather that they will provide a new one). Am...
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    Wisper 905 - what's the Nm torque rating?

    urgggh, yes, I have done 40 plus on a non electric racer downhill (breaking all laws except nature's), OK, maybe 30 is OK, but a pothole at 50 on my pedelec would definitely result in permanent removal from this forum, so to speak..
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    Wisper 905 - what's the Nm torque rating?

    the part about hub and crank drives are very true though, each having benefits - the only bit i would add (having just done fifteen miles on a kalkhoff Tasman) is that a good crank drive with a torque sensor is a revelation, a Chinese crank drive with a movement sensor is really not a...
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    Wisper 905 - what's the Nm torque rating?

    I have hobby horses too, but the older I get the more I realise the real world is more relevant than my views. practically in a world in which car drivers regularly beat the speed limit and I have to travel ten miles a cross a 50mph road which I have to share with them (and that I want to spend...
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    pedelec failure

    I double checked all, i'm afraid the hardware all seems fine, i'm too much of a ninny to begin to separate wires and switches to see what's inside or whether the connections are good (doing so would probably also invalidate the warranty). I have a hunch its a controller problem (I wish there was...
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    pedelec failure

    with the throttle working (I've just double checked all the cables which are totally fine) I guess that means it must be a controller problem? I suspect it is beyond my DIY then, thanks for the advice.
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    pedelec failure

    many thanks Trex, I just noticed it blinking (for the first time, must have not looked before) - it blinks regularly (this I take means it functions?). thanks pdarnet - there is no water ingress (before the battery was difficult to remove and I have applied a little grease to the areas it...
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    pedelec failure

    dear all, I have a Woosh Santana and on the way back from work today the pedelecs function stopped working (first intermittently, then completely). The throttle works, the battery is fully charged, the King meter displays as normal, all wires are connected. It happened on level terrain as I was...
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    Wisper 905 - what's the Nm torque rating?

    I don't mind - but also sincerely don't like - movement sensors and crank drives. I had a vision of a powerful but economic hub drive and a rohloff setup (have an extra one) with the hope that movement sensors are less unhelpful in that configuration
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    Wisper 905 - what's the Nm torque rating?

    i wish someone would design a motor that can consume 30 amps and take one up a very steep hill and yet cruise at 20mph using 20 amps and so not need a huge battery..