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I use these new style Deans connectors on "smart" car battery chargers so the user can interchange between normal car battery clamps and cig-plugs for charging their car batteries through an accessory/cigarette lighter socket. They do look smarter, but 1) You still need to shrink over the...

I have two identical batteries and chargers... When bulk charging the charger consumes between 80-90 watts initially, and the red LED shows. That charger consumption progressively reduces as the battery nears full, and the LED turns green when the charge level drops to about 18 watts... But...

Discussion on other forums suggested the original Westhill e-bikes came from Apollo bikes in China. A guy in Birmingham was importing the same e-bike but with original "Apollo" colours (red/white/grey) and branding rather than Westhills own, and selling them on ebay for roughly half the price of...

NEX forks have progressive pre-load. Lever up = full suspension, Lever down = full lockout. As you swivel the lever from full sus around to full lock, the pre-load progressively adds tension between the two settings.

The issue with the sealed case Sans charger is that it works very hard for long periods and gets hotter than many seem comfortable with. Capacitors tend to dry out/rupture/fail prematurely when used that way. For cooling, just adding some big rubber feet onto the base is enough to get some air...

The problem there is that it's a Phylion SF-06 extended size lower dock housing, which has the Suntour controller silicone sealed into the inside of the plastic moulding. I personally don't recall seeing any e-bike maker other than Halfords using that Phylion/Suntour combination anywhere in the...

The problem you have Mark is that the JCLCO84V42M charger is not a generic charger - it's made by Sans specifically for Phylion who make the Joycube batteries. The charger has extra circuitry, and the 5 pins on the plug carry (apart from the 42v supply rails) over heat & over volt sensing and...

Halfords own Carrera-e/Pendleton Sans/Joycube charger is directly compatible with your charger (it has a different model number as it is a newer version, but both chargers are interchangeable)...

Has anybody noticed this happening to their Crossfire-e battery? I've got two of these SF-06 batteries, both about 18 months old, and I've only just noticed that the tear has happened to both batteries. Given the angle of the battery when on the bike, I'm thinking the torn membrane, might...

I don't know about your Giant battery specifically, but Phylion (who make e-bike batteries for many brands) use this system that may (or may not!) be similar to yours: A quick button press shows "State of Charge" based on voltage. A 10 second press shows "State of Health" where one flashing...

Well, I'll look forward to that. As it is, I'm having to look to Eastern Europe for a second Bafang MaxDrive bike. Nobody here in the UK has - yet - had the balls to pitch a decent range of Bafang MaxDrive e-bikes into the UK market against the usual over-priced/underpowered Bosch/Yamaha/Shimano...

So? It's still a great e-bike, suitable for some who would choose it where the Rio isn't a contender. It's still a great value e-bike, even if it is at the top end of your price range. You've already had a limited batch made. But you don't advertise it?

The lovely thing about the Woosh "Warrior" is the use of the 350-watt Bafang Max-drive (as I'm sure Woosh confessed to in a recent post). It's a cracking bike for the money - if that's the style of e-bike you're looking for. Why haven't you listed that bike on your website, Woosh? Yes, that's...

I don't know anyone who has tried to de-rate a 750 watt drive to make it behave like a cheaper 250 watt one (so I don't know if it can be done). Why do you want to pay a premium for a heavy-duty drive with associated controller just to then de-rate it to make it less powerful and street legal...

I don't know. It wasn't worth the time, effort, or cost of investigating/developing a direct charging method since a 20% overall conversion loss wasn't (to me) worth the cost of my time needed to work out how to do it. From watts consumed, my own e-bike charger runs a self-check routine (about...

I think your e-bike-build looks fantastic! I too am looking for a new/second Bafang Max-drive bike, but it seems you need to look to Eastern Europe where they've quite a few manufacturers/importers (Crussis, Leader, Devron, Apache etc) offering huge selections of e-bikes using the Bafang...

The trick is to buy the Bafang motor you'd like, but labelled as being 250 watt. My own e-bike uses a 350-watt Max-drive, but it was labelled as 250w/14A at the factory by Bafang at the request of the e-bike importer: At the LCD display, you can limit speed to 15.5mph/25kmh - or not limit it...

I don't know the Shimano Steps system specifically (maybe somebody else here does), but on some other five-pin charger connections, two of the three extra pins carry overheat and overcharge cut-off signal for extra safety, and the third extra pin is handshaking - deliberately designed to stop...

I agree. I for one didn't mean to derail your thread - just add an alternative point of view. Your impressions of your new bike is important in that it provides a very useful additional perspective to those that may be considering purchase of a high-end e-bike that few could afford even if they...

Oh dear. I guess some people are overly sensitive aren’t they? I thought this was a discussion about the OP’s bike (choice of bike as much as anything). I obviously misunderstood. I thought I made it clear that I was simply expressing a personal opinion, and my opening gambit was to wish him...