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  1. thelarkbox

    Wisper Rear Brake Improvement - Suggestions Please

    First Work gave me a pager, then a brick sized phone, later i was on a rotation with 2 others covering 24hour support for clinical systems in hospitals up and down the nation. And while im pleased to report no one ever had to field an out of hours emergency call , we all fely the pressure when...
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    Disabled Rider Trying to Make His Ride Easier

    https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-Controlled-SIP-PUFF-Switch/
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    Disabled Rider Trying to Make His Ride Easier

    Does your display phone connection support remote control of the bike? If not hacking into the wire between buttons and display would be easy enough. A pressure switch or sensor attached to a tube for sucking/blowing might be an option for 'pressing up' or 'pressing down' and if a sensor -...
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    Yose and Hailong

    Browse the sellers ad and similar they have all the options usually. just be mindful of selecting the same pin configuration as well as the same sled format. your looking at half the amazon price ordinring from china, less protection so spend time confirming the details and you should be...
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    For Sale Bargains

    kinda inevitable tho.
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    Battery drains fast!

    @egroover I would always recommend itead/sonoff smart devices above anything else due to the ease you can purge and replace the firmware, so you dont need to register with and rely on overseas servers that can change terms of service at anytime. Tasmota
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    Wisper Rear Brake Improvement - Suggestions Please

    No doubt we could sink many a pint while listing reasons to dislike smartphones,( and i would bet my bike i can trump ya ..) but i do urge you to dust off the digital camera, I was due to get bad cataracts operated on in march 2020 after they had steadily gotten worse in the previous 2 yrs...
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    Wisper Rear Brake Improvement - Suggestions Please

    glad your sorted, see how pictures helped..
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    Battery drains fast!

    the maths isnt that complicated on the face of it, of course the sort of maths im talking about takes no account of heat loss inefficiency etc google for better info than me .. 20ah, 52v battery... volts x amps = watts, so if you know your average wattage and howl long it takes to travel X...
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    Battery drains fast!

    Whats the bike, 52v? do you mean a fully charged 48v battery perhaps? 16 miles unassisted riding on a very heavy fat bike might drain that sort of power from a battery it depends on the terrain too? if your bike display shows an indication of watts expended (a number with a 'w') take note of...
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    Nasty pothole

    ha 50yrs ago teens were protesting against nuclear weapon proliferation (for what good it did us) , today potholes..hopefully they will have better luck.
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    Wisper Rear Brake Improvement - Suggestions Please

    So how much space between the brake arms and mudguard when the brake is pulled? looks like the mudguard is an obstacle
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    Wisper Rear Brake Improvement - Suggestions Please

    Go for it.. pictures HELP EVERYONE see the same thing.. my digital camera (panasonic lumix) is always at hand when doing anything bike, if in doubt take a snap and you can put it back as it was etc.. and often blowing up a pic on the tv screen helps me see stuff i would have otherwise...
  14. thelarkbox

    KT LCD 3 POWER SETTINGS

    What do you think it should be showing? isn't the battery fully charged? have you got a meter reading that indicates otherwise?
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    Fold up trike conversion kit ?

    Hi and welcome.. Avoid swych, High cost, long delays and meh equipment.. Perhaps if you post some pics of your bike and what you think is problematic. suggestions could be forthcomming? Mr @Woosh supplies kits and may have a setup suitable off the shelf for you ? A front hub motor...
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    Alternative to suspension forks?

    Big soft foam hand grips might help? switching to a soft silicone grip from a rigid plastic type made a difference this end, and if a larger diameter could be found it would need less hand curl which may? be an issue , rolling up a piece of £shop closed cell foam camping mat between glove...
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    Wisper I'm such a noob

    This one had me going for almost a decade, if not longer..... I like my beer.. and a favorite late night scoff post session was a microwaved bag of chilli from the freezer with a pot of cuscus sat absorbing during the microwaving of the chilli, a 5-10 minute meal which with grated cheese on...
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    bike mirrors

    Fwiw my experience is limited to a couple of ebikes with throttles fitted BOTH were secured at the inside end. So i would get that end plug out using all the persuasion necessary without ant worries about damaging the throttle..
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    KT E Bike conversion kit

    Not quite, for hydraulic brakes the glue on sensor and magnet is the way to go you may find integrated sensors/brake levers for hydraulic brakes but they are not 'main stream' afaik. most kit suppliers will offer the option for hydraulic brakes but ship the mechanical cable levers/sensors as...