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I hope nobody minds me posting this, I'm not sure it's the right place but I thought it might be useful to someone looking for new tyres or other bits.. SJS Cycles has a sale on Schwalbe including the Marathon puncture resistant tyres with big reductions (starting at £12.99 for Schwalbe...

Just spotted this unusual news story unfolding in Russia.... Not often you get a meteor falling in a heavily populated town/city area is it!..this happened in central Russia.. quite bizarre and scary, by a nuclear power station too! Just hows how vulnerable we are to to these random meteors...

Here in the heart of the Midlands, Worcestershire, the snow is falling again for the second day or third day in a row..and it's falling heavy at moment!!.. yesterdays snow didn't stay on the roads or paths thankfully, despite quite a lot falling..the temperature is a bit warmer and it's been...

I've been reading some reviews of these well designed (but high priced) BH Emotion bikes made in Spain and popular on the continent and in other parts of the world..but they don't seem to be distributed or sold in UK.. has anyone imported one? http://youtu.be/SaqTbafPQTc

how to delete posts? Sorry duplicate post, not sure how to delete it. Hovering mouse over Edit Post shows "Edit/Delete" but can't see any delete option on editing page.

Remember a couple of years ago BMW launched a 20" electric bike on the MINI brand which was sold exclusively through it's BMW dealerships? Well now it seems BMW has decided to move into electric scooters, check out this beast: At 10,000 euros (£8.5k), not cheap! Claimed to be...

Funkylyn is laid up with a nasty chest infection and has taken to her bed. I hope if you're reading this Lyn you're feeling a bit better and on the mend! Maybe you should give up those ciggies eh ;-) When I used to smoke I had a terrible infection once and too much coughing caused a collapsed...

Does anyone know any sources of black 349mm 36h wheel rims? I'm looking for one to spoke a Q100 motor into. Preferably UK/EU or China, not USA. Even a factory in China which could possibly make them to order would be useful.

Completely off-topic so excuse posting here but I thought someone might have some ideas.. I've got one of those air beds which I sleep on as my main bed and either I've got a puncture or the valve is defective as it's suddenly started losing air... (what a time to happen when I can't get a...

Hi all, I've started this new dedicated thread for all things CycleCharge related, so we can keep things tidier on the forum. Instead of creating different threads all the time, we can just post everything here in one place. Seems more sensible!

I noticed you can get these with 12 magnets in as opposed to the more common 5 magnet variety... BMS Battery claim the 12 magnets one makes the motor run more smoothly. I just wondered if anyone has compared or thinks the 12 magnet one is significantly better?

Ok a quick poll... What are you views on the following: 1) Cyclists should be made to sit a cycling proficiency test to learn the Highway code before being allowed to ride on roads. 2) It should be mandatory for all motorists to re-seat their driving test, at least once every 10 years. 3)...

This question has probably been asked a zillion times before but I can't remember what the consensus was... a lot of manufacturers state that on receiving devices with Li-Ion batteries in, you're to leave them on charge for a full 24 hours before using the device/battery... Is there any real...

Nokia is combining data gathered by lasers and cameras to make interactive 3D images of cities. Nokia smells an opportunity. Maps have become one of the most closely-watched battlegrounds in tech after a user-backlash led Apple to apologise for the quality of its iOS6 Maps update. The...

What's the deal with "actuation ratio" on derailleurs? Some have 1:1 and some have 2:1, different standards, some hardware is incompatible with others eh? So which is best for actuation ratio? And what does it mean in real terms? I'm looking at short cage derailleurs for my Mezzo, seen this...

I fancy having a crack at building a robot with some stepper motors.. Has anyone ever tried anything like this or messed around with stepper motors? Reason why I want to have a go at this is because I want to try building a labour saving machine to automate some repetitive tasks I do in my...

Does anyone know anything about this cam? http://youtu.be/cK-EcB6BfVI *German Alert* Anyone fluent can tell us the gist? It looks like a decent little bike cam for £60 and the GPS feature interests me... but is it just a cam which records video onto the SD card with the GPS position...

Ok this is totally unrelated to e-bikes, so I thought best to post it here..I just hope some knowledgeable types see it ;-) I just bought one of those IP/WiFi webcam thingies which is intended as a low budget CCTV system which you can pan and tilt remotely..you know the type of cheapo chinese...

Has anyone ever made a video of their self-build, from start to finish? I've started making one for my Mezzo build as I thought it might be of interest to people who never done a self-build/conversion before and wondered what's involved. The only part I won't be able to show is the wheel build...

Hi, I'd just like to draw attention to the post I made yesterday about the CycleCharge meeting planned for today. Perhaps some of you never saw it buried away on the CycleCharge thread! Anyway, the meeting is still on and Lynda (funkylyn) and myself will be there, and probably a few of our...