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Even some "safe" rural areas of East Anglia routinely use double crewed Police units due to a long standing distrust of all authority, and perceived/actual social inequalities, dating back centuries to the 1700s! A couple of years ago a WPC who challenged some youths in a Mid Suffolk village...

I do occasionally go through red lights due to cycling being permitted in bus lanes and malfunctioning detectors/badly configured signals. That said I do wonder (as the detectors get fixed for a while after reporting and then stop detecting bikes) if the misconfiguration is deliberate (or due...

any of these any good? a bit pricier but a UK based company... 4QD: speed control for battery operated electric motors

As a former Londoner, I find the "gypsy" allegation particularly bizzare given that metpol have had a well publicised history of problems in recruiting and retaining ethnic minority officers :rolleyes: All that said, in my experience the old bill actually do a reasonable job of keeping together...

I don't think Wisper alone are to blame. The mechanic said he had over the years (and he has been working since 1979) he regularly encountered this problem, he had collected 20 different spoke keys and that there was considerable variation in dimensions/tolerances of spoke nipples on every bike.

as for DIY kits, last time I looked on the German pedelecs forum there were loads, some with quite high power, and no complaints of hassles from the Polizei, despite the German speaking nations traditionally being strict on the enforcement of traffic laws (for instance even jaywalking often...

Still waiting for the spares to arrive but I expect they will be there next week, but I am back on the road as managed to get 13g nipples.. Incidentally I measured the existing 13g nipples on the Wisper Alex rims with a digital caliper, these are 3.7mm - (which means the 3 way Park tools spoke...

assuming it was ever viewed as proportionate it would be the regs about illegal motorcycles.. however at least on the Wisper there is a prominent and permanent label on the motor marked Suzhou Bafang, 36V 250W and a CE mark which I expect suffices under the EU laws.

do you have three way switches now (instead of low/medium) and can they be retrofitted to 2009 905SE models?

its similar the model up from what the older Chinese guy I saw earlier today was riding (his looked more like a "shopper style e-bike"), but those ones "sakura" have traditional wire spoked wheels.. I expect a wider problem is fears that particularly in areas where lots of things arrive in...

Wispers do have a fairly standard looking derailleur protector (I've seen the same on push bikes). I've noticed very slight chafing on the motor cable of mine (I can just about see the insulation of the green wire). I wonder if this is because the cable from the motor to the plug which...

Wisper must be doing something right if blokes are giving up Jags for them :D

I expect presumably someone is going to buy them at some point. bear in mind this is a pretty full on "lycras" store in many respects and it was one of the last ones I'd expected to see ebikes in, especially after asking them last year being told "oh no, we don't do those..." :rolleyes: there...

1 & 2 - these were outside and inside a LBS, Python Metro and Schwinn tailwind... the shop is Elmy's on St Helens Street who in 2009 didn't touch e-bikes :rolleyes: 3 - Giant LaFree parked outside Sainsburys 4 - Sakura, ridden by a Chinese/Fillipino gent aged 50-70+ (people of Oriental...

I hadn't heard from Norman yet so took the bike into the mechanic today (he is at present one of the few mechanics who will work on e-bikes in this area and would be away from the workshop this weekend), and he said exactly the same thing about the angle and this is apparently because the hub...

what car did you have before? (make, cc, age etc..) just curious about the comparisons, I work in a semi rural area and plan one day (somewhat reluctantly) get a car (still don't have a full license) - but when I do so I want to keep the costs down as well.. charging is about 10-15p a day...

I got the Wisper spokes tensioned after 300 miles by an reputable local bike mechanic as per warranty agreement, and have had no problems since then, other than having to tighten up a couple of loose spokes (very small increments, listening for the right sound as advised here). After nearly...

put the bike on its stand, and look directly at the chain ring from the other side (you will have to kneel down and look closely). Above one of the screws which holds it on to the "spider" (the crank arm attachment), it will say 48T on the chainring (at least it does on mine). it is difficult...

at present there is no "VOSA plate" on a UK ebike showing what year it was made in, as such an anomaly exists as DfT did not explicitly say the off road button was illegal until a revision of the guidelines comparatively recently. Ditto UK bikes which can at present still be run with throttle...

A 2009 wisper 905SE has a 48T chainring. As for coppers, I believe Lemmy mostly rides in London these days. Metpol has made a big thing about their cycle units, which have a variety of advantages for policing in urban terrain (a modern version of the old style bobby, but trained with USA...