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    E-bike Of The Year

    Hi peeps, old osc back in UK after a bit of a trip to Portugal et al; Best BIke..... Kalkoff.. having tried some friends Bikes in Portugal, Spain, France,localised and imported..everyone was a bit envious of my Kalkoff.....I dont have real 'friends' in that sence being on the move a lot...
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    Peak Oil - myth or reality ?

    As any fule no, the free market model has soo much altruism built in to it the question 'wats posterity ever goin to do for me ?' could never be meaningful...
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    905SE Battery and Charger Ooh La La

    Hi Brissol Why did e set er to 110 volts I thought all eu volts were 230 (all the time I have had to use EU mains it was 230) Turkey is sometimes 228 and woobly but not often
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    Manx rider wins Tour De France stage

    Nice to see the drug boys being flushed out...also has any one noted that with all the reporting Mr Spear Biceps Power ( note well this gents Legal team is bigger than his race team) Has raised barely a mention..not to comment that his dispension to pop pills allowed him to dominate the event...
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    Wisper 905SE Delivery Date?

    No idea but hope you get it real soon and which ever model it is you will enjoy it! __________________ As he cycled UP the Strand with an independant air He felt like a millionaire with ,nothing to compair, (old song about an Aggatu owner (anon)
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    My Dilemma......

    wot am i missin ere watts (as bin stated) is amps times volts 36 volts times 2.5 amps is 90 watts two batteries at 90 watts is 180 watts I know...avin just dun it two batteries a 36 volt silverado and a 24? volt Aggatu will charge from a 300 watt maplin inverter; with either battery...
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    Love them Hills?

    Hi Footie hope you have recovered well yr bik loks gud ( I thought I would try it out ((text not the bike)) We live bit nearer the coast bit more hilly..will try to get some pics together (then we could do a "call that a hill, where I live we call that a slope" etc
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    Stupidity of other road users

    Hi Perfectly prepared to be flamed for this..sorry about your episodes Footie (perhaps that should be the other way round) Dont this come under the heading of "LIFE O" or "life bl**dy O" We live in a different world (well us 70's)bikers in the past were all working men, given credence, and a...
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    My Dilemma......

    Isn't it modified square wave ? Yeh typo error for the reccord just done 15 mile trip on silverado using mostly battery...came home put battery on old maplins inverter no problem has now been on 2 hrs, will report if any trouble, otherwise some-one has a dodgy inverter...charger...
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    My Dilemma......

    ps I have just looked at the spec of a few inverters , and I am sure that in some posts we have seen that modified sine wave is ok for a switch mode machine my friend blew up my last inverter charging his wife's carrage in a motor home..but this one(maplins) did'nt react
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    My Dilemma......

    Hi Garry..this worries me a bit, I have not tried my Aggatu or Silverado charger on my inverter, yet..I use a 10 amp rms standard (resistave charger) to charge my two boat batterys they are 50 ah gel, I charge them in parallell no trouble...of course the bike chargers are switch mode machines...
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    Electric Transport Shop - Cashing In

    Good point...but £100 in £600, that's quite a hike...I've had a few turns at being a capitilist pig(sic) but only ever raised my prices about 5% at a time otherwise the horse did bolt.
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    My Dilemma......

    Hi Eddieo Same boat, we have a Chausson 45, built 1990, use it twice a year have done 160 000 miles since 1993..always camp sauvage...to the extent I had to put a marine charger on it, to charge my batterys for the electric outboard..I have a 400watt inverter..any less and you get a...
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    Has anyone used this kit?

    LOL (meaning Lord o Lord) I have just checked ..you can buy a chain for £10....anyone do a cost benifit...
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    Has anyone used this kit?

    When I was a (groan) chains were quite expensive, and being a fairly intricate roller mechanism accumulated fine grit in the pivots. If you wanted them to last, the monthly 'chain off...soak in paraffin..hang to dry, oil replace' was mandatory...probably now the paraffin would cost more than a...
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    Pedalling

    only a cycling sadist would pun on the words puncturation or someone waiting for a bike
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    Pedalling

    I thought untill this post LOL meant 'Lord o Lord' as in 'what the Flecc...
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    slow puncture continentals

    I posted that with the 'little'pump I could not get any air into a continental valve,because of a blockage... hence my little adventure
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    Pedalling

    I fought it were ,pedal, pedall ,pedant peddle ,peddling, putaway apoligies to Boris
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    Wisper 905se Problem - Please Help

    Hi Mandy, On the Aggatu this is not an option, the battery has to be taken off as it charges thro the 'blades(contacts at the bottom) (NB this is not a problem as any fule no that the charger of the Aggatu is the superiorist charger of any bike) Seriously though, the Silverado's Battery can...