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19 stone is about 120kg which is the maximum weight capacity for riders on many ebikes. You need to be careful though as some ebikes state 120kg total load which includes the ebike weight as well whereas some state 120kg as the maximum rider weight on their own. 120kg is a widely supported...

You wouldn't believe what is happening in China, I've watched a few videos about horrific deaths where a simple collision resulted in the EV battery pack being compromised and the people inside incinerated basically. The Chinese brand EV's not only ignited quickly but most or all of the safety...

Loads of retailers are selling them, I think I saw Currys selling them at one point. When there was that article about ebike fires in New York a huge amount of 'bikes' in the pile was actually e-scooters. Often the battery packs only have 2 cells in parallel and the current needs to be enough...

Halford's change spec on a lot of their stuff. Maybe the budget disc model with mechanical disc brakes has steel forks and the higher spec model is aluminium to give a weight saving with the dearer model or maybe originally was steel but they changed to aluminium. The original Carrera Intercity...

I've never sold any kits or ebikes on ebay but have sold a few bits and pieces ebike parts, like handlebar switches that had multiple of. There obviously will be many people with ebike bits to sell who aren't businesses so wonder how they will be sold, purely locally on gumtree and facebook...

A lot of the cheap Carrera Intercity's you see are the older rim braked versions which I think have steel forks. Folding bikes with disc brakes don't seem that common, maybe the rotors are more likely to get bent. You do see a lot of them new on ebay though with 20" wheels and disc brakes but if...

What a beautiful vehicle that is.

They aren't technically mopeds surely as you can ride them anywhere a normal bicycle can ride with the same age restrictions and they are just the same as most ebikes in the world which do have throttles and are classed as bicycles. I can understand that in the legislation you can make the...

In my parts storage I have both 11-34T and 11-36T 7 speed cassettes. The 11-36T cassette seems very rare but I seem to remember reading somewhere someone who had removed the second smallest cog from a 8 speed cassette (typically you would have 2 loose cogs that can be replaced) to make it a 7...

A front hub motor would mean you wouldn't have to face the situation where the freehub mechanism fails on the hub motor and is difficult to replace. You would also have longer spokes on the rear wheel for more flexing and comfort which becomes more important on a 20" wheeled bike. Also ease of...

I'm down in Yeovil in the south west and personally I've not seen the police show any interest in ebikes at all. Even reading this forum I can't remember seeing any prosecutions for throttles its always been more powerful unrestricted ebikes not related to throttles on their own, such ebikes...

Only curious nothing more to get a better understanding of the legal processes. It would seem so weird for someone to be prosecuted for this. I've seen a person on youtube weld two frames together so he had a very high bicycle and he rode it on the road and don't think he was committing any...

Yeah you don't have to spend much on a phone or contract. My RWG contract I think was £35 for two years so less than £2 a month for 250 minutes and 2GB data which is ample for me. I have BT broadband which has free wifi access all over the place anyway. At the moment the price is £50 for 2 years...

Looking at the Pedibal ebike it has thickened ends on the brake levers but not quite a ball. I wonder if they change them as part of that additional £200 fee for DVSA testing. The mudguards don't look compliant either. I guess my question should be revised would you be prosecuted if you changed...

I did a quick search but didn't find an answer but was just curious about whether you could claim defence against prosecution if you have such a bike like the Pedibal or Wisper models but haven't paid for the DVSA testing but ride the same ebike? I don't own such an ebike myself but just curious...

It is outside the warranty period and many small ebikes come with even lighter duty racks which have their battery mounted to. A rack can be overloaded or wrongly used to suspend the bike for repairs etc.

Lots of products have brushless motors nowadays and state clear wattage figures in the certification, typically what the motor will go up continuously in wattage provided by the controller but it doesn't apply to ebikes the rating is completely different. You end up with small 20" wheeled ebikes...

I don't think this was ever a warranty issue. You normally only get 1-3 years max for general parts etc and only the main frame and rigid forks go beyond that. I assume this is a bolt on rack to the main frame. As for welding is it heat treated aluminium? It might be possible to weld it if you...

That's an interesting statistic what is the source for this, that's quite interesting that 82% of ebike fires are from ebike kits? I saw some statistics somewhere and they were mixing in e-scooters with ebikes and they also said a percentage were modified ebikes, i.e. replacement battery packs...

Of course pretty much all ebikes operate at over 250W continuous output except for the very weak models and perhaps Swytch kits. The same ebikes that are rated 750W in the states are sold in Europe as 250W compliant. I personally don't believe a ebike that can discharge a 600Wh battery in 40...