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'Cept the Nuvinci's :( I've recently been trying to find my favourite cadence for certain situations. My cargo bike is having an 8Fun BBS mid-drive and a Nuvinci Autoshifting CVP, so I can program it to different cadences for hills or flats etc. I'm either going to have to go "trial and...

There are websites that do the bidding for you, and are usually much better to use than ebay (Which is a TERRIBLY designed site with mutliple issues and a terrible search interface! I really have NO IDEA how it took off like it did!) Here in NZ, the ebay equivalent is trademe.co.nz, but I use...

We have Massive diesel/electric hybrid busses running around town here too: They are SOOOOO big, that they have to use both lanes to get around corners (and sometimes wait for other traffic to move!), and they are mostly empty - we used to have small old busses that fitted in town, and were...

BMW has a fleet of hydrogen powered 7 series cars that run between Munich Airport and BMW HQ - they've been doing it for years - It's pretty cool - must cost them a fortune in R&D, setup etc.

It's a far superior machine to some others on the market....... http://www.bidbud.co.nz/770732818 This one appears to have a 60's kitchen chair frame for a seat... and the linkage for the steering appears to be a telescopic strut... and the prices converted from local money are start/reserve is...

My controller had two parallel shunts - I changed them to series by unsoldering opposing ends and varied the overlap between them when soldering them together to limit current - from 33A peak to 18A peak.

man after my own heart! I've used it for car parts, bike parts and kenwood mixer parts... then I also paint stuff and bake it in the oven... and the oven cost more than my car did! I have a lovely wife!

It looks like a Bafang/8fun with square corners.

WANT! :cool:

I would be 1/2 way to work before I could even catch a bus! (Hell... most days I'm half way to work before I even have a car pass me!) After getting to the bus stop, and catching the first bus stage, I'd have to wait 1 hour before the bus running the second stage starts for the day, just to...

I got an ebay special... SJ4000 - looks a bit like a go-pro ripoff, but they're actually pretty good! There are comparisions on you tube between different camera models, that are sometimes worth checking out.

Mines the map of my commute... it's too small to see though!

If you're into fiddling, a kit can be a cool way to build a bike. Start simple, but work up to a better level of componentry as you go. My first build is a 36V Direct Drive 500W hub, initially in the rear wheel, but I machined the shaft down and fitted it to the front. I got the kit without a...

I'm down to 120kg now ;) It's usually more based on the frame design/limitations than on the power figures etc of the motor, from what I've seen. Most traditional cycles will have a frame weight limit too... I'm over a lot of them, but have used them sucessfully (Still have my face and all...

When it's my time to move on from the ebike, my old man mobility device will be one of these: A Mobility Chariot! I hope the keg trailer is still beer-tight tough!

I've got a 350W version coming from Aliexpress, via this trader: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/332222 I only had to wait about 3 days for shipment, and the DHL tracking number they gave me comes up on the DHL.com website, and even lists it with a destination being the town I live - seems legit...

Everyone on Alibaba is in it for the money. Nothing else. Some are better than others, but some are really dodgy! The good ones know they'll do better by actually being honest, rather than just stealing your money. A lot are selling substandard goods or factory rejects just to get your money...

I should think that the compressabilty of the helmet padding has little to do with the protection afforded, but the spreading of the load over a bigger area of skull is likely the main benefit. A head hitting a concrete kerb takes all the impact along a suprisingly small line where the curved...

Hmmm... still available? I'll PM you :cool:

Wow. Quite a gathering! ...innit...