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DOH! Can't imagine why the line, "After power on for 5 seconds, hold up and down at the same time" made me think I'd got to do it it after 5 seconds. Thanks guys - shins bruised:p

I've just fitted LCD5 + S06S controller with 20" Q100h. I need to find and set the wheel size so that speed etc. is correct. I have printed out both LCD5 and LCD3 instructions - but it's driving me NUTS. I turn on, wait the 5 seconds, then press up + down together. The top and bottom lines of...

Yup, dropouts will need to be 100mm for any front hub, 140mm for rear hub. Though I've just fitted a 20" Q100H (from BMSB) into some 130mm dropouts, had to spring the rear stays slightly.

Done the basic conversion to the first bike. Motor went in with one spacer washer on the non gear side. Easy to spring it in with just my thumbs, no brute force needed. Just had to reset the top and bottom limits on the derailleur, indexing is fine. The battery has an empty bit at the front...

The kits arrived from bmsb today. My neighbour had a real shock when the UPS driver said that he'd got to pay a huge tax bill before the parcels could be dropped. Seems like the good folk at the revenue have, for some reason, assumed a £500 delivery cost:oops: and he's had to pay the vat on...

Geared hubs have a clutch built in that disengages the motor and allows it to freewheel. It's the same sort of mechanism as the rear cogs on a standard bike. There can be a feeling of 'cycling through treacle' when you exceed the speed limit of the motor (legally 15.5mph) but this is merely...

She definitely won't fit!

Considerations of weight just don't enter this girls thinking, do they? German heavy engineering at it's best - love it.

I've measured the charger voltage now, it's also coming up as 41.5v. So probably supporting the view that my dvm is reading 0.5v low. Also showing that batteries are charging to the full charger voltage. May dismantle the dvm and see if there's a pot to adjust.

Yeh, must check the charger. I just wasn't sure if what was being measured was actually 41.5, or if it is actually 42 and the meter was reading low.

So, I've just received my re-celled battery back from Insat. (8 days from pick up to delivery - wonderful). Given it it's first full charge and thought this would be an opprtunity to check my dvm. This battery, and an older soft shell one, is Boston Power cells. I use a dvm to check battery...

Except that a fully charged 36v battery should give you in the region of 41.5-42volts.

How have fines, and even prison sentences, stopped uninsured and unlicenced drivers? Until there is a generally accepted movement that personal responsibility is cool, nothing will change. Rather than a punitive approach (which demonstrably doesn't work) an encouragement of self elected communal...

Have a look at the Bafang bpm that Woosh does. Geared front hub with plenty of hill climbing grunt that will not eat batteries like a DD.

I agree with Daniel. Being a total ar***ole is a state of mind. What this woman did was common assault, already covered in law. Surely, in Bloomsbury, it will be on cctv. The other issue is, as I understand it, cyclists have been told that it is OK for them to ride on the pavement (with due...

There must be some curious things going on when two slightly different potentials are connected. All I can go on is what I'm capable of measuring. When I measure my individual batteries, before connecting, I may see 41.5v and 41.8. When connected I will see 41.6 or7 at the end of the Y lead...

Yer, that's right. Anyway, kit's are ordered and about to order the 16Ah batteries from yose.

I'd say no because they will charge to different voltages and have different discharge characteristics. I've been running two batteries for a while now but they are both Li-ion. I measure the voltage at the terminals EVERY TIME before I connect them together. Sods law says that the time you...

Thanks Neal, I didn't know the max draw of the controller. Plus, it seems to be a good price for a 16Ah battery, so I was a bit suspicious.

The kit's been ordered from BMS. The battery's going to be ordered from Yosepower. He wants to go for big batteries and is keen on this one: https://www.yosepower.com/en/product/Original-Rear-Battery-LG-Cell36V16Ah(592Wh)-Electric-Bicycle-Li-ion-Battery+3A-Charger-black-DIY-75.html The spec...