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    Are E-bikes overpriced?

    So example Raleigh Array new and new build 48V battery 17amp KT Bafang rear hub drive cost without labour around £400.00 with good deals on e bay to achieve this price ex display ECT. V Giant Entour + 11vagain e bay required some work bits missing from Tredz again without labour but used...
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    I have just taken off the thumb e throttle on my bike I don’t use it and 4MPH is a waste of time. Just to stop any attention being paid to it .
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    Are E-bikes overpriced?

    From some of the delivery guys , but they are hammering them .
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    ‘ 100% in my opinion there will be huge market for these once the big companies get involved and make them a legal motorbike with all the regs that are needed to use them on the road ie a mop head . I clocked a guy on a racing type bicycle hi end going up hill over the Brent Cross fly over...
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    Are E-bikes overpriced?

    The £700.00 range of bikes look ok but I have heard they are prone to break ie welds , forks ECT . The factory built e bikes I have tried I like Giant but I would not go buy a new one 2.5 to 3 k and expensive for replacement parts. So I think they are overpriced . I’m Since joining and doing...
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    This one looks standard , except hide the throttle gloves
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    Wow talk about a Death Trap
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    Yes unregulated and basically cheating ie cheating your way into the UK in the first place . Event catering is the same unregulated as to who is working for slave wages giving unfair competition to those who follow the rules. Here one that’s not on the News , my brother used to work for...
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    Where I live like most of London or what I now call new Baghdad most people riding the illegal e motorbikes are not white British because white British people are now a minority in London . I have been in the Immigration system designed by T May now for over Ten years I am furious at the...
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    I see so comms is not just the communication between controller and battery it’s also linked to the charger for safety reasons not to just protect intellectual copy right . Thats helpful . So to do a re manufacture using only the cells and case ie salvaging used parts that in theory One could...
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    48 V Bafang KT Build

    Yes been looking at some and some different cargo bikes , difficult market to get into when we had the food open we tried to get Vegan into some events but the rent was to high for the demand . The organisers want alternative foods but treat them the same as hot dogs , dairy ice cream , and...
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    Iam not to bad just spelling has good teachers in English who made allowances once the realised the cause. Spell correct has helped me write more but as said sometimes it does not recognise what I am trying to say , I think my brain goes faster than I can right wright ?
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    Ah so putting a very good quality BMS and input and output fuses could be taken as making it better or even safer. Has any though of any thing else that could make it safer ie some sort of fire resistant blanket over shrink wrap some sort of fire resistant light weight fibre even if it...
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    Going back on subject and in ( the Rory ) that was spell check for Theroy give up !!! There must be a legal and safe way to take say the latest Carrera battery and re manufacture it just keeping the case , cells , and cell holder with no comms Here in the UK with a new CE or other...
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    Ok thanks but I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to spelling , I drive auto correct around the bend it can be very frustrating ie one day I can spell bicycle just had 3 attempts other days like just then I can not
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    48 V Bafang KT Build

    Thanks Mathew . We may start a new project at the end of this year with an Ice cream bike small and light to get into spots not suitable for vans
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    48 V Bafang KT Build

    Now you are in my area of Experience Street Trading , most ice cream vans operate without street trading license or they are allowed to stop for a short while . You would not believe the amount of money that councils have spent trying to stop people from using Peddler's certificates “ The...
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    48 V Bafang KT Build

    I will look into this so is it the BMS in the battery that stops the input current once full not the charger ?
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    Yes ok but that’s exactly what I do not understand , And why I am not attempting to do it myself as I am not competent to do it . Just trying to work out which BMS boards are good quality and which to avoid if I pay someone to do this . Once all the manufacturers labels are removed then we...
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    Battery BMS advise or input sort

    Hi yes I do have public liability doubt if it covers this only dangerous gas at the moment with gas safety certificates can we get a battery safety certificate for insurance purposes ? The Battery company is in a work space probably funded by the local authorities they are actually making...