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A while back I bought a couple of cheap 42V chargers as spares, so I could have one at work, at home etc. I got two for just under £10 each. They are quite a lot smaller than the SANS charger and looked good: However, when I checked the output, I was disappointed to see that it was nearly...

I picked up one of these recently and thought I'd give it a once over. It looked quite compact, came with a fan, already had an XT60 connector and I could do with something that charges a bit faster than my SANS chargers. It uses a PSU PCB company that also makes the PSU boards for the Vruzend...

Spotted this on eBay, might be handy for e-bikes as it comes with an external shunt. Hence the display could be mounted in a visible position on the bike (eg handlebars) and the shunt close to the battery, so that you don't have to have long thick cables running from the battery to the meter...

I've recently installed a Yose power kit and I'm trying to set up the LCD. I managed to get into the advanced settings, but I'm not sure what some of the values should be set to. With the Speed sensor selection (SPS) This has the option of 1 or 6. Does it matter which? The sensitivity of the...

Apparently the new "bike friendly" changes to the Highway code come in today, but I can't see anything about it on the BBC website. I'm surprised there hasn't been an article about it on here. Does anyone have a good link to the changes?

Saw this and I assume they took exception to the >250W motor, no comment about the genny on the back, but it must have attracted attention.

Saw this today, anyone know any more detail about it, or is it just speculation? https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2021/june/maisonette-fire-wood-green/

I bought a Sunko 737 welder, and I used it to build a few packs, but it is not at all safe and reliable. It relies on a 20A fuse in the 13A plug (with a mains cable probably rated at 10A) and after every 30 or 40 welds, it will blow that 20A fuse. It can also only be used in houses that don't...

I was wondering, has anyone ever tried controlling a TSDZ2 not with the stock controller, but a generic off the shelf 15A controller? Can it be done?

Saw this on Twitter today: Not that it takes Scotland Yard's finest to see that there isn't a chain on this bike, or that the motor is marked "1000W"...but I was wondering if anyone heard about a crack down on e-bikes lately?

This is what is more appropriate for most towns and cities than a £30k Tesla: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56178802

A sign of the times? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55548820

I'm in the process of building a new 14s battery pack and I've bought a Vruzend 3A 58.8V charger for this project. I was interested to see what was inside, in particular to see if it would be possible to tweak the output voltage to charge to 4.1V per cell. It cost £36. First a look at the...

Just been looking at the weather for next week, we could be in for some snow on Christmas day! The CFS, ICON and ECM models are all showing -5 C over most of the UK at 850 hPa and the thickness is below 528 dam on the 25th, all good indicators of possible snow. We could be riding our bikes in...

Looks like we're in for a cold snap at the end of next week with the possibility of snow. The GFS model is predicting a prolonged cold snap, but you always have to take it with a bucket of salt, however, even the more accurate ECM model is suggesting something on the Friday: See the 850hPa...

The rolling resistance test has now been done on the Schwalbe Marathon E-Plus: https://www.bicyclerollingresistance.com/tour-reviews/schwalbe-marathon-e-plus

The grease used in most hub motors I've had is of poor quality and is often not applied adequately inside the hub. The best thing I've found for lubricating hubs is Magnalube: https://www.magnalube.com/ It makes the hub run very smoothly and it also seems to reduce noise. Has anyone found...

In need of re-working and rewording for years, a new version of the Highway Code is currently out for consultation...

Has anyone been able to fix a CatEye wireless transmitter? Mine decided to stop working last week. Changed the battery, but still no good. Changed battery in the receiver unit, but still no joy. Receiver unit works ok with my other identical transmitter on the other bike. Don't suppose it's...