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Guys, My new discovery: 12'' Super Folding Bike Bicycle City Bike Portable | eBay This little bike fold so small! And it rolls once folded. Prefect for multimodal communting!! Steel frame!! Prefect for electrification!! Would love to electrify it for my next project! Too sad I have to move...

Hello there, I've been with my 30kg brompton for a while on groceries store and supermarket and I've always been annoyed by the carrying capacity and the rolling cability of the easy wheels... It tends to fall on the side from the weight of the bike and doesn't have the ability to turn...

Hello all, Just wanted to post today about my new charger set up. I was using initially a 200W charger (Kingspan) but it was damn noisy when charging. I had my flatmate telling me they can't sleep while the charger is on lol. And as the charger was on the floor, people would just...

Hello there, This post is not about ebike, but just a general post about robbery and theft in London. I've been in London for 2 years and it's the 4th time I've to replace my phone!!!: - I have had initially a Samsung S2, I unfortunately forgot it in my office while it was charging overnight...

My ebike usually fail when... - I plug the wires incorrectly, such as doing reverse polarity, that killed a controller and a DC converter. Quite an instant death! - My small AWG 24 snap because of a small pull... Had my speedometer that has its wires snapped so many times, my light snapped, my...

Hello there, I recently discovered a new must have tool: THE GLUE LINED HEATSHRINK!! I used to use standard heatshrink to protect and insulate with wires. But glue lined heatshrink are so much more stronger. Once cured the glue become strong and spread nicely the stress across the wires. I...

Hello there, Yesterday I realized my plastic box felt apart again. It is a battery protection box made of 5 mm polycarbonate sheet: I used the plastic cement provided by the seller but it wasn't strong enough and felt apart multiple times already. I already tried industrial super glue...

Hello there, I realised that in London it's almost raining every 2 days. And I'm so annoyed when I have to cycle under the rain :(. I decided to get an umbrella for my bike:). Here's what I just ordered from eBay...

Hello guys, Just seen that the UK wharehouse for Hobby King just opened, you can check it in the website: HobbyKing R/C Hobby Store : I'm hoping for price similar to US with super low shipping cost. Low cost nano-tech, zippy compact or super low cost Turnigy... are my wish for the upcoming...

Hello guys, As I've now my Hyperion 14s, I don't need anymore my previous 220W power supply and 200W charger. Power supply spec: HobbyKing R/C Hobby Store : Turnigy T-20Pro Quality 16A Power Supply 180~240V (220W) Charger spec: HobbyKing R/C Hobby Store : HobbyKing ECO6-10 200W 10A...

I've seen this on ebay: Wireless Car Reversing Rearview Monitor 4.3 Inch + Night Vision Parking Camera | eBay Some of them even do TV!! 7" LCD Color TV AV VGA Car Rearview 16:9 Mirror Monitor | eBay Has anyone tried it? Better or not as good as a rearview mirror? Maybe worth having one as...

Hello guys, It's time for me to separate myself from this very well used folding bike. I need small bike (such as the brompton) because I travel frequently. I purchased it from Conhismotor and used it for 9 months to commute to work. It can go up to 34kph with no peddaling and have about 250wh...

Hello there, I'm thinking about re-painting my bike in order to prevent any thieve to be tempted. I need to park my brompton many times a week outside, for few hours. I have a Kryptonite lock but I still don't feel completely safe. I'm thinking about spraying my bike like this: Paint my...

Hello there, Does any of you have or use a lightweight trailer? All the one I see on eBay weight minimum 6 kg or much more. I was thinking about a trolley and attach it to the back of my bike and use it as trailer: Silverline 633565 Folding Sack Truck: Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools...

Hello there, Just found this new article on the torque arms: Grin Technologies - Torque Arms We all need to read and apply, to make sure our fork don't break under the motor torque!! :)

Hello there, Have any of you done that? Last time I took the eurostar with my bike and I didn't have problem with my 36V10AH battery pack. But has that ever happened? I've read that it's not possible to bring lithium batteries anymore on the plane. So train only for international...

Hello there, Here is another electric brompton build, as it seems that everyone on this forum is trying to do that too. My actual brompton is super nice but I need a spare bike because I know I'll one day have problem with the bike and I don't want to wait weeks before I get my bike fixed...

Hello there, I've just received my 600W power supply from here: 24V 25A 600W Power Supply - Mega Power Hyperion Charger imax icharger | eBay I'm trying to install it but I'm not sure if I'm right or not. Would need some expert confirmation on this as I don't want to put my house on fire...

Hello there, I've contacted VictPower for an assembled pack of 20S 20AH A123 pack. So for a total of 1320wh I had a quote of 515,8$. So it's around 25.79$/cell or 0.39$/wh. The price is correct. The pack would weight 0.55kg*20= 11kg. So the weight would be around 120wh/kg. That's quite...

Hello there, I've seen this 7s3p A123 module in endlessphere for... 283.3$: Endless-sphere.com • View topic - Group Buy? Dr.Bass Steveo found 7s3p Module! Awesome Price!! Super specs too: A123 20ah prismatic is: 480g, and 7.0X166X227mm or 205.6 cm^3 133 wh/kg! That's ultra-cheap, the...