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Yes, I have the same LCD, and do the same... as you say, it's very useful when the battery is beginning to sag/is near drained. I had a friend buy a replacement 36-volt 10Ah bottle battery off ebay... so it claimed. Yes, it was cheap (£149 inc p&p), so nobody was expecting premium Samsung or...

My weird mind just came up with a perfect solution... Your e-bike battery probably contains 40 or 50 separate 18650 cells, right? Imagine you simply wired these end to end in a flexible/protective tube, so you have a battery pack resembling something like a long string of sausages/chipolatas...

I just use 3 x 12v 50w MR16 lamps wired in series on my 36v li-ion battery to present a known load (some I know use older filament-type car headlamps instead). 150w is a fair/middling sort of load for a 250w e-bike motor system. With a 36v e-bike battery charged to its' max 42v, and with a...

Having a proper D-Lock to strap the bike frame onto immovable street furniture, plus an extra cable thingy to tie in the front wheel et al is all cool and groovy in theory... but has anybody considered carting this weight around? My own “Thatcham” and “Sold Secure Gold” Approved Kryptonite New...

If you check Halfords own website, there're currently 63 reviews for the Crossfire E, and just about every second or third review reports this "battery cut-out" problem... The resolution there appears to be to use Velcro or a strap to hold the battery more firmly into/against the bracket/frame...

It seemed surprising to me that the motor maker Shengyi didn't respond. So I tried emailing them myself using sales@syimotor.com and using the details of the motor you needed from the web-site link you gave. I said... "Hi. I need to buy a replacement DGW07C-RA 36-volt 250 watt hi-speed motor. I...

If we’re really going to cover all the bases, we’d also need to consider these are used/discarded part-worn batteries... stringing together a batch of unbalanced, inconsistently worn cells isn’t likely to deliver reliable performance either. What these particular ex-NHS "cyclic"/leisure...

Sorry I killed your dream :(

I really would steer clear of using your Lead acid batteries. The excess battery weight reduces power and range from the motor and will significantly compromise the bikes handling. There’re difficulties mounting all this weight/bulk safely on the frame too. And if you had an off-road tumble...

To get that kind of speed and range (30mph and 15 miles), I’d guess you’d likely need something like a 48-volt 1000-watt motor and a 15-amp battery (720 watts). If my maths is right, using these 12 volt batteries at 2.3 amps, you’d need to run 4 in series to give 48 volts, and 6 banks of 4 like...

If you're convinced it definitely is the motor, and you've already identified the actual motor you need as being from Syimotor, why not email them? The link you give shows their website is dual language (i.e. they speak English!), has both email and live-chat, and, if they won't sell/ship you...

If we take a step back here: "Dumping" is predatory pricing that occurs when manufacturers export a product to another country at a price either below the price charged in its home market or below its cost of production. That isn’t what appears to be happening here: There are many e-bikes...

Does this really help the UK e-bike resellers when we're (supposed to be) leaving the EU at some point shortly... and that'll likely introduce a whole new raft of European import/export tariffs (albeit hopefully lower than these protectionist Chicken Taxes)? It may be after Brexit that...

Don’t get me wrong... I’m not saying this eco-Expedition isn’t worth considering as a budget e-bike (I did buy one too), just that I personally think it should be offering a little bit more for the money even at this budget end. The Greenway MTB, for example, uses the branded and well respected...

Interestingly, Shuangye have in just the last few weeks updated this A6 frame style – the “old” A6 frame being used on the 2015/16 eco-Expedition models. The new A6 frame design is being promoted with better parts - 27-speed Shimano Acera gears and a Shimano crankset (whoopee!), although the...

Good review.... Like you, I too liked the simple clean lines of this bike, uncluttered by an OTT paint-job and an excess of stickered nonsense. The web-site marketing is slick, and the seller Myles both very knowledgeable and helpful. My main issue with this bike is that, at the current cost...