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We've had a number of postings from members making and/or adding additional headlights on their bikes, but here's a suggestion for making a different use for one of them. The idea is an additional headlight, preferably wide angle LED, mounted on the rear carrier rail and angled up around 50...

My post number 3000 was on 5th September, and this is the 4000th already. Little wonder I'm on my second keyboard in this forum. Must slow down some more. :) .

A good friend of mine was employed for 11 years as a delivery driver on LGVs and pickups covering the southern half of Britain, also driving his own cars over that same period. A reliable, responsible and respected driver and employee, he was accident and driving offence free for the whole...

With the added interest now in using NiMh batteries on some eZee bikes, and wanting a discharging charger for myself, I've finally got round to thoroughly testing a suitable one for recommendation. This charger performs the normal charging function, but in addition can discharge the battery...

Three subjects that regularly crop up are these: Using twin motors on an e-bike. Having a generator on board. Adapting a failed Lafree Twist to a hub motor. Well here's a bike that has all three elements incorporated, originally seen and photographed two and a half years ago in Derbyshire...

Organised by Wisper Bikes this year and at the O2 (The Dome) this weekend, 26th, 27th, 28th October, I noticed David Miall of Wisper hadn't mentioned it in here on the run up. He hasn't been in here since someone upset him about the status of Wisper (not me for a change :rolleyes: ), so that...

NiMh battery cells still have a residue of the "memory effect" that was a problem with the preceding NiCad types. What this meant on NiCads was that if they were charged when only half discharged, they could chemically "remember" the point at which that charge commenced and sometimes refuse to...

Powacycle Charger for Windsor, Salisbury and all others using the same 24 volt NiMh battery pack and thermistor. As new in original box and only used for a very few cellpack charges. No longer required and available as a second charger for a Powacycle owner. .

The £99 Windsor/Salisbury battery that I originally recommended as a source of a cheap pack for recelling Giant etc batteries has now sadly increased in price to £129. That's still reasonable, and it's a credit to Powacycle that they managed to maintain the old price for so long, including...

Now Sold - (My Giant Lafree Twist Lite for sale) Now Sold and collected next day by first applicant below. Purchased 2003, still in good condition and full working order. Fitted with SRAM 5 speed hub gear, renewed earlier this year. Battery recelled to 8 Ah, also earlier this year, and...

No sooner had I posted that what is needed for the really rough stuff is a bike with mid motor and battery than one turns up. This is what I meant, a bike with full suspension protecting the motor, drive and battery from shocks. This is a very neat implementation with the 13 Ah NiMh battery...

I'd rather see drastically higher fuel prices combined with permanent fuel rationing, to keep the exchequer cash flow the same or a little higher with a large reduction in fuel usage. Then this followed by gradual annual reductions in the fuel rations and increases in prices. At the same time...

You will have seen Expat's posting about the delay in the much hyped Schwinn due to quality problems, here's the evidence following A to B's receipt of one for review, in this mail received from David this morning: "it's fundamentally flawed - the low power is too low, the high too confusingly...

I posted previously that a Sunrunner had been submitted for test, but that was incorrect, a result of me misinterpreting a brief email. In fact it was the new Schwinn that was received by A to B magazine. Report is that "it's lovely", but there's trouble with the charger at the moment. It's...

Of interest to all those Brompton owning members, with and without electric. Tonight's London News at 6.30 pm on BBC1 is to have a feature on the Brompton works in London. Who knows, maybe they'll get imaginative and mention the Nano Brompton. .

Not strictly electric, but some of them come with it, and anything cycling is of interest to us. London has now reached some 600 pedicabs (rickshaws) and today's announcement is that regulation is being introduced to control them. Most are in Central London, but some are in inner and outer...

How do I de-restrict my UK Torq/Forza is a frequent question in here, so I've belatedly added full illustrated instructions on my Torq Talk website, which could save us a lot of typing in future. I should have done it long ago. De-restriction .

One year ago this month Russ asked me to join his new Pedelecs forum and I subsequently became the first active member and made the first posting. My 1000th post passed without me noticing, and I wouldn't have noticed my 2000th post if Coops (Stuart) hadn't pointed it out to me. So I thought...

Imagine this, a world where there is a huge range of e-bikes and they are so common throughout the world that they use an industry standard battery and don't come with chargers. Frequent "filling" stations where the lightweight high capacity battery is swapped for a freshly charged one at the...

Thanks Scott, I'm saving this thread link as it will be valuable in answering questions in future. There's no doubt that having a preset power limiter like the EAF is going to be far more effective at extending range than any attempt to do it manually on a twistgrip throttle. Cruise control...