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Loads applied to all "rolling element" bearings both when static or dynamic can do damage, so-called "brinelling". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinelling I have no idea if this is the issue with these motors but it is very evident simply by inspecting the trackway normally seen first on the...

Is there an idiots guide to showing what software version is running?

Thanks, Joe very reassuring and aligns with the company ethos implied during buying in Shoreham, and that painted by an acquaintance that recommended your company, despite or because of needing support with a failed motor.

No, the legal claim under CRA 2015, as was the case under the earlier SOGA, is/was uniquely with the actual "seller" involved in the purchase whether they are local or not. But, I agree the main distributor and maker should ethically pick up and run with giving the same support where the seller...

That simply is not how the CRA 2015 works for sales affected, i.e. those from 1/10/2015. If the advice I received is correct then even misleading customers with a statement like that will move them into really serious criminal offence territory, denying Consumer Rights. Unless 50 Cycles he...

The more so for the dealers here in the UK with the powerful provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which will be my recourse if ever need with my wifes' bike. The "evidence" available here and elsewhere on-line I would think should be quite convincing that the motors have an inherent...

The weight of the individual e-bikes is going to challenge many normal carriers, but this rack from Thule is aimed at sub 30 kgs e-bikes. https://www.thule.com/en-gb/gb/bike-rack/towbar-bike-racks/thule-velospace-_-918000 I use another model with my conventional bikes and really like it, but...

Whilst not meeting your hub motor requirement I know, I have measured my wife's Kalkhoff Agattu 8 speed which was the smallest frame and specified with the smaller 26" wheel option. My wife has her own disability challenges. The step over measures 240mm [one foot three and three quarter inches]...

I use a couple of "toe clip straps" though I note these are harder to come by these days.

Is this not a case where hiring a bike for a week end makes a lot of sense in sorting out what suits? I think first I would sample the various options bike retailers can come up with as demo bikes to sort out the style bike that interest you. Then if that can't be made available for an extended...

Thanks, Woosh, that risk to the elastomer rings was specifically my area of concern having some knowledge in this field of the issues using the wrong products can bring. The only designation mark I can see on these is FEM362.

Thank you all, I will just keep them clean and spray a silicone lube on them occasionally as suggested. I had naively assumed these things would have some "oil" in them and with that a risk of incompatibility with the seal materials, but it seems not. I had not though of a silicone spray but...

Without going to gaiters I would like to preserve the exposed rods of my forks from corrosion, this being motivated by seeing a number of them looking sick so given no care, they can suffer. My thoughts are an occasional wipe over with an oily cloth, but that begs the question what sort of oil...

Thank you both and in particular Danidl for going into such supporting detail for me, together they make the picture and claim clearer. Should it ever get to be aired in a court it would seem the barristers could have a field day. Thanks.

Thanks "d8veh" for replying, however, despite a career designing power drives it has not helped me better understand the point raised. I can't justify for my academic interest to buy EN15194 to try to unravel the contradictions in my mind between the published 250 kW limitation here in the EU...

In trying to understand this I am presuming the 600Ws quoted is either a peak momentary power , one for use outside the EU or a deregulated one in that the EU limit the continuous power of assisted bikes on public roads to 250 Watts?

Have we any idea of the % of owners encountering issues; a few % or most? Setting aside the two year warranty the customer protection provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 one would think would make the more recent selling of Impulse motor units absolutely untenable for any retailer if...

I live in Hampshire and have cycled all but the first handful of 70 + years, 50 + with my wife. To keep doing together what we love we have decided trying an electric bike could offset the weight of having to change to a step through from a lovely lightweight road bike. So that's what we have...