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  1. thelarkbox

    Carrera Battery alteration

    Cant provide any recommendations as my issue didnt warrant that (yet), but having read the odd post where folk have bought 'blind' and have been confused by sense wire orientation/count suggest that a pre buy crack of the battery and count /check of the current system and connections so a like...
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    Carrera Battery alteration

    If happy to use a soldering iron, and in possession of a calm temperament, a bms exchange should be a manageable job to undertake yourself. As long as you buy wisely and ensure that you have ample and good documentation for the bms you buy ( chase down and save/print - digest links in advance...
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    Carrera Battery alteration

    If i understand correctly and your original battery has a 'smart' or proprietary bms fitted with coms to the original control system. then you would need to replace this with a more generic bms in order to use without any coms blocks in the way.
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    Bright Headlight for Winter - Recommendations?

    fyi Youtube has decided to show me car laser light vids recently.. ebay has a diy 3a module for £70 though you need an additional laser diode driver pcb to get it going..
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    Giant Anthem & LIVALL PikaBoost 2: opinions sort

    A suspension seat post could alleviate most bumps on city roads fitted to a less complex to accommodate bike design?
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    Bright Headlight for Winter - Recommendations?

    Remember when if polite 192 was goldmine of free info..
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    Hi newbie here

    Hi from this end too.
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    Advise on a new Giant Giant FastRoad E+1 Pro Electric Bike - 1376577306

    Lots of info on canbus, BUT its just the protocol same one used in cars . Bike manufacturers that use it employ a closed/private communication code. So while reading the canbus signals is documented all over the web and anyone with an evening and an arduino can have a go decoding the specific...
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    Recommendations

    DIY with a comfortable bike equipped to your needs with GOOD brakes would be my best suggestion. If you detail the hills you need to conquer (length/gradient) some of the chaps in the know may suggest a hub drive instead saving cash both upfront and in chains etc and perhaps service costs too...
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    Help! Advice on battery charger

    This thread might be interesting https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/charger-mean-well-hlg-led-driver.30903/ It stuck in my memory after a browse a while back..
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    Advise on a new Giant Giant FastRoad E+1 Pro Electric Bike - 1376577306

    Good luck in VN, but think long n hard about adding further complication to the proprietary control system adding any form of app and online dependency is unlikely to make anything easier imho.
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    For Sale Bargains

    wooooo inflation sure has hit that since i picked up 5l to make waterglass..( utube inspired waste of time..)
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    New to all this! About to get an e-bike and insurance

    Totally, whats hard to swallow that signposting to relevant help in the event of a problem would be available, there are 1 or 2 bods in here with real legal experience and knowledge that have helped inform the rest of us.. or that a chap with NF for initials with a track record for screwing us...
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    New to all this! About to get an e-bike and insurance

    When they take a bike compliant with en19154 yell in here for backup if a cut n paste of @saneagles post above fails to save the bike. farage is still a wannabe regarding the putin/murdoch/trump/musk conglomerate so no police state just yet even drugs need to be proven to be drugs before...
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    For Sale Bargains

    google for crystal silicate cat litter..
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    New to all this! About to get an e-bike and insurance

    Ok the Dutch have yet to vote in an orange rapist famous for never paying his bills into power or to divorce from europe, but they are not immune to the sunday spurt reporting standards of today, look at the reporting of Israeli footy fans in Amsterdam..
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    New to all this! About to get an e-bike and insurance

    Thank you .. I have seen incidental reports and links to stories hosted on sits abundant with pop ups and banner ads with the info you want to read just below the next ad. or the next
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    New to all this! About to get an e-bike and insurance

    Quite possibly, after all cycles in the uk are not bound by speed limits on the rds perhaps dutch law is similar and also worded such that testing for speed directly is not possible..
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    New to all this! About to get an e-bike and insurance

    This could be anther 'tv detector van' just for show and to be seen doing something, while non en19154 legislation is used to confiscate and enforce like the 'insurance requirements' over here..
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    Advise on a new Giant Giant FastRoad E+1 Pro Electric Bike - 1376577306

    On a limited led handlebar display/button pad, error codes are often a pattern of leds flashing in a sequence. and the manual should list them i detail. often there ar 2x manuals 1) a quick start guide and 2) a detailed manual. including the keyword '.pdf' in your google search will list the...