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Need a BBSHD relatively quickly with costs known up front (business purchase), i.e. none of the 'VAT/no VAT' gamble on imports. Hunting around turned up Deruiz on Amazon marketplace. Anyone used them or know anyone who has? Thanks

Make it look harder work than the next most interesting bike, and the more locks (decent quality) the better; especially if they’re locked to different anchor-points. An alarm isn’t a bad idea to put off the opportunist toerags, more so with a big ‘This bike is alarmed’ sticker somewhere noticeable.

That's helpful, thanks. Was planning to dial it back a lot as don't need or want high speeds, masses of torque or wrecked drivetrains, just more oomph than the TSDZ2 can deliver at higher cadence without cooking. Smooth power application is also important when towing big loads so was fully...

The hub-drives I've ridden felt better suited to constant (ish) speeds, but my experience of them is limited to servicing the bikes they're built onto and re-truing/rebuilding the factory wheels they're built into when the local road surfaces break them. I'll admit that none have needed any work...

Weight distribution and subsequent handling while climbing, durability, serviceability, daily use with 250kg+ on steep terrain, availability of rim I'd need to lace hub into (none available for at least three months) and ease & speed of conversion on a bike that can't be out of service for...

Thanks, but needs to be mid-drive for a number of reasons.

Love the ride experience of the TSDZ2 - if not the well known design & manufacturing issues - but it's become clear it isn't up to what I need with carrying and towing heavy loads on steep terrain. Consensus of some extremely helpful and experienced modders is that even with firmware updates and...

Have any of you achieved a significant increase in torque without too much additional heat build up? I've still not flashed the OSF despite having had an ST-link and extension cable sat around since last year. Will admit I have my doubts whether even the OSF will cope with the demands I'm now...

Bloody irritating, isn't it. Living in the same county as you I also have to deal with Viridor's 'not my problem' approach to customer enquiries. They pass you you to the County Council who in turn bounce you back to Viridor. Short answer: 'we don't don't like bikes in Sussex, get over it'

It's Horsham, West Sussex, managed by Viridor on behalf of West Sussex County Council. When I called to challenge the restriction I was asked to send an email. It's on a long list of other stuff to do. This is the same county council who decided to close the tip for two days every week, reduced...

Was refused entry to our local tip - sorry, 'recycling centre' - last year when trying to drop off a load of cardboard. 'Health and safety' is what the man said. Apparently it's healthier and safer to join the hour-long queue of idling SUVs than it is to ride in on a cargo bike.

We got a Double Bob for our 17.5 HL pack from https://www.ebike-solutions.com/. This was in September last year. Wasn't shown on their website at the time but I emailed them and they had them in stock. They were very helpful. Came to 39.80 EUR all in, delivered to UK.

Yes, they absolutely do. We (humans) recognise movement before anything else, so anything reflective that's also bobbing up and down is significantly more visible than, for example, a single fixed rear reflector. If you're riding with the ball of your foot in line with the pedal spindle then...

Possibly of interest to anyone having the 'shin-shredder vs. slip-n-slide' pedal debate with themselves. Put some of Bikester's 'Red' branded alloy platforms on our Mundo earlier this year and while they're hands down the grippiest, comfiest flats I've ever used (no hotspots even in super...

Thanks @Swizz and apologies for not responding soonerer. Boring stuff keeps jumping the queue. Going to leave the relay-switching idea alone and just come straight off the battery with either direct inline switching or just 'battery on = lights on'. Managed to bag these for a steal in the BF...

Thanks again for this @vfr400 . Finally got some time to get on with it, so recommendations, anyone, for: 48v rear lights that will run for more than five minutes without going pop or leaking and doing the same Suitable connectors/taps to take power off at the battery, and also fuse housings...

My st-link key arrived yesterday (with the correct pinout, thanks for link @Swizz) so time to dust of the soldering iron and see if I can make myself an expensive doorstop ;)

This has to be the answer, surely? Could be interesting with a decent tailwind :oops:

Problem with any cable lock - armoured or not - is they're incredibly easy to cut with even the compact cutters that your average toerag will have in their pocket, let alone the bigger telescopic cutters they like to hide in a sleeve or backpack: To adequately protect the internal cable you...

Similar to others we use multiple locks: framelock on rear wheel/triangle with plugin 8mm noose-chain, gold rated Kryptonite chainlock, Pitlock skewers all round and Abus Alarmbox mounted in front of the battery. The alarm's deliberately obvious in order to deter anyone thinking they'll just...