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Just goes to show what a decent cycling infrasructure will do. It seems there is a continued focus, in this country, of cycling being a sport only, with very few utility cyclists. Perhaps the ever more desperate condition of the enviroment will help focus minds on where money should be spent...

Whilst the motor can handle a higher voltage, the controller may not. There are inrush capacitors in the controller and it is these that will blow with a fully charged 48v battery, if they are not rated high enough. You need to get sight of the controller - it may be built into the battery...

Save yourself a load of angst. Use it and charge it. If it's going to be left for a few weeks just put a few miles on it to 'knock the edge off', and keep it indoors. Simples !:)

Agree, the black and red ones are Anderson connectors. They are a bit tricky to assemble but once done are reliable. I have them on the Y splitter for my parrallel batteries, so they are always getting plugged an d unplugged, and they've been fine. For extension cable you can get silicon cable...

The attachment won't open for me, but I do agree - shared use paths are a diabolical fudge that suits no one. It just seems to be a box ticking exercise, bung a bit of paint on the tarmac, put up some blue signs = job done.

To fit a crank drive you'll have to remove cranks, strip out the bottom bracket and fit motor. There can be chain line issues - all solveable. To fit a rear hub you remove rear wheel, remove gear cluster and fit it to the new wheel that has the hub in it. Sometimes the rear forks may need...

I'm glad you managed to follow it, 'cos I lost the will to live half way through the second paragraph. How come the powers that be (who are meant to be our servants and protectors) end up making such an awful mess of overly complex partial understandings out of everything?:mad: That leads to...

And it's at this point that we really need a Gollum imoji !

I think I agree with AK. The chances of getting this changed, even for a deserving minority, is very slim. If your bike is restricted to 15.5mph there really is not much chance of you getting pulled. Ride sensibly, keep your eyes open and maybe just rotate the peddles if you see a copper...

It is a cheap bike that you would probably struggle to get £50 for. If you put a decent kit on it you will be surprised how much you enjoy it. You can always swop the kit to a better bike later if you want. This is what I did. My kit started on a hybrid much like yours, I did so many miles...

Wear pink !

Be careful of cheap batteries offered with no-name or unbranded cells. They will disappoint with poor performance and longevity. State what sort of range you're thinking, type of terrain (off road/on road) and your general weight and fitness. Then there will be some more specific suggestions.

Here's my thread on a Carrera, it's actually for a front hub but will help with pas details. https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/converting-a-carrera-crossfire3.21965/ As vfr says, made for it, no nasty surprises.

This is the type of back shed/garage engineering the used to go on with British motorbikes, when fitting a Triumph 350 engine into a Royal Enfield 250 frame for instance. Always wished I'd got the skills and patience - well done you for keeping alive a kind of individual genius.:cool:

Yup. Newcastle Emlyn for breakfast, then up into the hills to blow the cobwebs away. Only 20 miles for me though. Sunny day is an Ezee day in my case.

Anything to declare sir? Mom, I think the drain's blocked!

Well the spec sheet says 54v max 30v min, 20A limit. Never looked before, that's interesting. In practice I use it fairly exclusively in setting 2/5. Don't know if the setting are current limiting or speed, suspect the latter. I think the main thing here is that the Bga battery was built for...

Just done the local shopping run, a faily hilly 8+ miles, on the Ezee battery alone. Start voltage was 41.1. On the way back at around 6 miles there's a 3/4 mile hill with about 400yds of it at around 1/6 0r 5. This bought the battery indicator down to 1/5. It recovered to 4/5 going down the...

That's great, thanks, I'll give it a try - after the rugby of course.

Thanks Gubbins. So, presumably, we could download the map, through wifi, direct onto the tablet whilst at home, for use later on?