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    How to get the best from your battery

    So the idea as expressed earlier in the thread that you need to switch off the charger as soon as the battery is fully charged is incorrect?
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    How to get the best from your battery

    Aren't e-bike chargers smart so they detect when fully charged & stop charging like laptop power supplies?
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    Close passing

    I'm delighted to have your confirmation that I won't get fined for riding on the pavement. However if I do can I send you the bill?
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    Close passing

    That just says that it is illegal to cycle on the pavement but if you are lucky then you might get away with it.
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    What's happening at 50 Cycles?

    I too am a very happy customer of Woosh and recommend them highly. I have never been a customer of 50 Cycles & never will be given the attitude exhibited in posts on this thread.
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    Close passing

    You do know that cycling on the pavement is illegal don't you?
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    What's happening at 50 Cycles?

    I have reported about a half dozen of the identical posts from 50cycles for "Spamming repeated identical posts with identical video in the same thread".
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    What's happening at 50 Cycles?

    Just an observation but arguing with customers & potential customers & potential influencers is self-defeating. Spamming the same post & video repeatedly in the same thread is poor forum etiquette & bloody irritating. It always amuses me when company ABC folds & is relaunched as ABC (2019) or...
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    Is it a bad idea to order an E-bike from another country?

    My goodness. How heavy is the Gocycle if it’s sturdier than the Brompton? I’ve not ridden an electric Brompton but have hired a regular one for the weekend on a few occasions. I found it very sturdy but a bit too heavy as a portable folding bike. I wouldn’t want to be lugging one around on the...
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    Is it a bad idea to order an E-bike from another country?

    I wouldn't order a bicycle from abroad for the same reason that I wouldn't order a TV or washing machine. After-sales service with a bulky item would be a pain if it ever needed to be returned. I would however buy (& indeed have) a camera or other smaller item that can be reasonably easily &...
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    Recommend me some nice gloves

    Every sizeable town in France has a Decathlon & even though there has been a big increase in their UK stores in recent years my nearest is 40 miles away. I don't think that I have been to a store in the UK but the French ones are great. BTW I just checked the receipt & in store these gloves...
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    Recommend me some nice gloves

    We are just back from one of our regular visits to France. Popped into Decathlon in Quimper & was able to try on a variety of pairs. Bought these at €13 & very nice & warm they are too without being bulky. https://www.decathlon.fr/p/gants-de-velo-500-mi-saison-noirs/_/R-p-166034?mc=8398149&c=JAUNE
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    Bike Maintenance

    The OP mentions a commute not off-road & the Carrera Crossfuse is a hybrid. What maintenance should he have done other than oiling the chain & moving parts?
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    Bonkers bike!

    Who on earth would spend €4.5K on that? It doesn't look practical for a serious adult cyclist & a kid couldn't afford one.
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    Help! How do they enforce legal max power?

    It can't be correct that battery can be no more than 48V. It's the power of the motor that's limited to 250W not the voltage required to deliver that power. Power = current x voltage.
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    Recommend me some nice gloves

    I'm a fair weather leisure cyclist. If it's freezing the bike will stay in the shed. Thanks for the suggestion on the Crab Hand Winter Gloves for warm as they might be they are a bit too extreme & don't look like they would so easy operate gear change & touch screen. My partner suggested they...
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    Recommend me some nice gloves

    My partner & I went out today intending to ride for about an hour on our new pedelecs. I lated about 10 minutes as my hands were so perishing cold. It's my birthday so my partner ever desperate to find a present for the man who has everything said she would buy me some cycling gloves. Does...
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    Tubeless recommendations

    You would not have been able to repair the punctures that my partner got in her front wheel. Multiple punctures over 9” of tube.
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    Tubeless recommendations

    or carry a pair of scissors in the pannier bags.
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    Are tyres & tubes really so much easier to change nowadays?

    This particular puncture would have been impossible to fix at the roadside as there were in fact many small punctures. As the tube got punctured & deflated the tyre came off the rim & the tube popped out & presumably then suffered multiple pin pricks on the sharp gravel. When it came time to...