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Hi all, I've been absent from the forum for a while, but not idle! I have some news to share about CycleCharge so thought I'd post a little update for those interested.. Website Makeover Firstly, the website has been given a complete makeover which I just managed to do in time for the Bristol...

I've had my bike a little over a year now and I'm still loving it just as it much as the first ride.. every week seems to bring something new.. Normally I ride it on full power and zoom around everywhere as i'm usually in a rush to the sorting office or to get back for something.. but this week...

There's been some interesting discussions and questions lately concerning how best to promote our idea and the CycleCharge scheme to businesses. More specifically how to approach businesses and what to say to them. Obviously this is very much a learning curve for everyone but I've written this...

I just spotted this interesting blog post earlier discussing a local news story from last year concerning an e-bike owner who was caught pushing his e-bike while drunk and then caught again riding it while drunk. First the first offence he was charged with being drunk while in charge of...

Is the high replacement cost of batteries in part linked to lack of any recycling by manufacturers and wasteful practices? Could better designed batteries with a more standardised/modular approach become serviceable items and so more easily re-celled by manufacturers? What happens to old...

Hey all, Some of you are probably wondering what's been happening with CycleCharge as things have been quiet for a while after after we had a few technical setbacks with our sticker printing. There is an announcement on the CycleCharge Announcements page but I thought I'd come here to give...

I'm was just doing some studying for my business studies course on the theme of marketing and read this interesting chapter concerning marketing orientation within business and how many businesses have traditionally been product orientated which has resulted in mass production and massive growth...

This is a review of sorts... I finally found a mounting holder for my Nokia N810 internet tablet which has built-in GPS Sat Nav.. The mounting holder cost just under £8 delivered from eBay. Looks like a good quality bit of a kit. There is only ONE seller in the UK (Channel Isles actually)...

It's electric, has two wheels, but a steering wheel.. is it a motorbike or a car!? The C5 was a spectacular failure, ok it's a different manufacturer but what makes them think people will rush out to buy out a C1?? I guess the enclosed roof is an improvement on the C5 and it will go faster...

Ok a little off-the-wall this one.. :D I spotted this neat project to launch a fully operational credit-card sized computer called the Raspberry Pi for £16 by a UK-based group. I was thinking, if ever for some reason you wanted to install a computer on an e-bike, this surely must be it! It can...

Interesting little development of interest to folding bicycle enthusiasts or anyone considering a bike for conversion... BMW are cashing in on the MINI brand and have entered the folding bicycle market with this 20" wheeler: They're marketing it as suitable to go in the boot of a MINI and it...

Hi all, Those who have been following the other thread started by funkylyn will already be aware of the CycleCharge project. For those who haven't seen it, in a nutshell, it's a project started by a group of e-bikers from this forum to try and establish charging-points around the country for...

Hi all, I'm currently working on putting together a downloadable PDF leaflet promoting our CycleCharge scheme which is aimed at explaining/selling the concept to businesses and other outlets and getting them to become charge points to allow recharge of ebike batteries. I'd like to use a photo...

Totty alert. Check out this bike!!! Have you ever seen anything so small and discrete? 180W 24v 6Ah. 10 mile range 12mph Heh. Fits in a guitar-style case, 14kg! VeloMini electric bike folds for convenient storage

This weekend I nearly had my first road accident (collision with a fast moving car). Luckily I wasn't going very fast and a disaster was narrowly avoided. I'm wondering however who was to blame..I feel it was either entirely my fault or partly my fault, I must confess I was a bit tired that...

Here is a quick video I made the other day showing my daily work trek to the sorting office across town.. it's a journey of about 5 and a half miles round trip that takes me under 30 minutes.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8ikxggx1k And no, I'm not riding at 100mph I just sped up in the...

I just noticed the status of these two members is showing as banned. I'm quite surprised as I haven't seen anything happen in the forum and they were commenting a few days normally on posts... have I missed something? Seems a shame to lose two long-standing members. Maybe its an error?

Hi all, This poll is to gage support among the forum community for a project which is in the planning stages for establishing a nationwide network of charging point businesses where ebike owners can recharge their batteries free of charge. We would like to know whether you would find such...

I finally got round to finishing and uploading my video I did reviewing my bike if anyone fancies watching it. It's not great and the sound is a bit bad, but at least you get to see my bike and kit up close.