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Fully agreed, and ultimately it's all the justice necessary, since it is the parents who are left suffering the awful consequences of their decisions. The two boys are not suffering, they instantly died doing what they obviously loved doing and they have arguably not lost anything since they...

All of which makes the point I am making, that it's more about the quality of design and application than cell type. As early as 2002 Panasonic were showing that lithium pouch cells did the pedelec job well in their "Will" model folding e-bike. So it was little wonder they later went the...

I know that, but as I made clear, it was added information referring to air spacing, showing that wasn't always necessary. And I still disagree that cylindrical cells are safest at present, based on actual performance. On grounds of battery safety and longevity the prismatic celled Leaf...

I posted primarily about the Panasonic pouch cells batteries shown below. As you say, they have no such features, but as I've shown are very safe and reliable over many years, indeed often much safer than cylindrical cells have been:

From 2007 the Panasonic powered pedelec batteries used in their own e-bikes in Japan and Taiwan, plus several Derby Cycles gmbh brands on two continents and BikeTec's internationally highly respected Flyer models used pouch cells over many years. At a time when other lithium batteries often...

Indeed, they are too expensive. Not as bad as Panasonic's replacement in 2007, a whopping £125 some 16 years ago. .

Your post reported to admin for attention Chris. .

These chargers were notoriously unreliable, Panasonic tried twice to get them right but at one point used a Taiwan company to supply them a special, no longer available. The problem extended to recelling, not charging afterwards being very common, so much so that some recellers refused to touch...

I've never known batteries to need any protection from road shocks on rigid e-bikes, but their mounting platforms can suffer. This post shows one such case and below my reply mentions similar that I suffered from a hard edged speed bump. .

It can and does happen sometimes. Below I'm quoting from my own website on the Giant Lafree models: "Giant went upmarket again with the model at the left, the Comfort ST. This had all the Comfort features, plus a full chaincase, and also had a larger diameter main frame tube, since one slight...

On your battery the lights on the battery give a rough test of capacity, rather than just charge content. To do that, hold the button down for over ten seconds, then let go. The number of the five lights showing lit gives a rough estimate of what charge it can hold. .

Apparently not, according to 50C and Derby Cycles gmbh, solemnly giving the location of that island. Wouldn't grow many pineapples at that latitude! Truth is they may not even remember, since they had made normal unassisted Agattu and Pro-Connect bicycles for years before they produced the...

Use this FLI link to locate your nearest KTM dealer who can order the part for you. They only supply through their dealers. .

Heaven knows what prompted Germany's Kalkhoff to name their first pedelec. Agattu An island in Alaska, part of the Near Islands in the western end of the Aleutian Islands. .

That's the general 10% tolerance for all speed limits, and the DfT have confirmed it alo applies to pedelec assist speed. It's actually a design tolerance to allow for small errors. There's no way you can apply it though if the manufacturer hasn't designed it in. I only know of one who did...

Understood. Perhaps content yourself with the fact that our original EAPC assist limit fifty years ago was 12 mph, so at 15.5 mph now you're riding 29% faster. Progress! :) .

There's no legal way, 15.5 mph is the assist limit, with the statutory 10% tolerance allowing 17 mph, but Wisper only make legally compliant pedelecs. A higher assist speed would mean a modified or different controller and/or a higher voltage battery, but with a hub motor pedelec like yours...

There has been the odd tag-along tandem at times, for two different size kids, the last one without pedals. Another variant tag-along has an additional front carry-only seat for a toddler, mounted on the linking tube just over any rear carrier position. .

Agreed, or even save the £6k for running your existing car! Your problem is needing to carry two or more, for just one a tag-along add on half bike attached to any e-bike is ideal and gets the passenger helping too. LINK .

The Maxpro machines that Saneagle recommended are your best bet here and they do make a version with passenger weather protection, shown below. Electric assist versions of pedicabs are far from cheap though, a Maxpro typically from £6000.