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I was more thinking if you'd locked it up whilst out and about rather than in your garage !

This happened to me twice In my case it turned out a thief was"marking" bikes to steal later under cover of darkness hoping owners would leave them overnight a fix next day assuming a puncture. This was in my employers underground swipe card accessed car park during a week when the shutters...

http://www.gizmag.com/lumen-retro-reflective-city-bike/31323/ What a great idea - just looks a like an understated dark grey/black finish Until a car headlight hits it and it reflects like 3m tape I'd buy that paint

An alternative to marthaon plus that is my personal favourite is the continental travel contact. They roll faster and grip much better in the wet IMHO I run a conti on the front tyre and a marathon plus on rear. I'm about 5000 miles on both without issue. I cycle on usual potholes, glass...

Or I found this but in us so bit pricier http://bit.ly/NxuBlV

The charger d8veh pointed out has three options for a connector but not that one Good news is it's very standard - you can pick one up from maplins, cut the wrong connector off and solder the right one on

Hi there Yes, looks like standard issue 48v lithium charger to me from those numbers can you post some pictures of the battery connector plug please ? thanks Kirstin

Well so far you are spot on I t up 4v per cell, perfectly balanced. So it's all be stuffed back in the container and put back on charge .to 42. Very tight on way in and out so may be some puffing of cells (not noticeable to the eye though)

Thanks flecc It's all good learning for me Hopefully it cope just enough to test the motor Anything else a bonus

Hah ! If I eat some hummus with with a rosemary flatbread whilst I wait I suppose that could just about sound even more comically middle class :)

Ok all series are above 3v I plugged BMS back in and put on main charger. Light indicates success in that it is charging so the BMS should have kicked in I'll slightly terrified though and it really is on charge at the end of garden under an old ceramic planter

Thanks for the good news story ! Let's see - working from home today so can keep the recovery going

1ah is enough to test ! But yes it's taken hours . And only about 70% done Clearly not going to be worth the effort

That's correct f8veh I'm sure your right but I've not actually bought the bike yet Guy gave me the battery and charger If I can just make it work enough to test the bike that's enough before I part with cash

Thanks gringo I'm fully baby sitting in paranoid mode ! I want to get to a situation where all cells are up at a level where by I can let the BMS take over At that point it's going to be charging in the middle of the lawn on a long extension lead !

Well I'm about half way through now. Might as well see what happens ! Thanks though Guess I can always use the BMS and canister and use a bunch of 18650 cells instead !

I've just bought an synergy 36v bike for 50quid Battery was dead hence the bloke sold - hadn't used in 2 years With keys and charger Took battery apart - it has 10 pouch cells of 10ah each at 3.7v they are hard pouches (metal) Testing the balance lead shows each cell at about 0.75v Is this...

Woah there kudos - that's quite a leap Trex post is far more probable

i find the 18650 booster pack dont sag too badly even on my bike which has a 17a controller but maybe thats becuase I use 6 x 2200mah cells for each 3.7vv block i.e my 11.1v booster pack is made of 18 cells and is around 13ah I've made two of these 13ah 11.1v boosters and have wired them with...

I think I have found a few invertors that shut down at 10v so no regulator required To d8veh point I intend to use in two ways 1) the battery feeds a 12v cigar socket to which I will plug in a usb adaptor that will charge usb devices 2) the invertor which will run bigger mains items eg laptop...