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    Some security chain testing

    the way I read it is that the scum actually did cut the frame in two and then left the bike to spite the lad - if they had taken the two halves away with them he wouldn't have known it had been cut in half. Unfortunately this sort of thing is common amongst the younger criminals - what they...
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    Crank noise on wisper 905se

    so thats £15 for the entire BB assembly (old style one)? Any precise details of the bearing cage used would also be helpful as I will probably need to replace them at some point, (the cone surfaces are in good nick otherwise) - and its easier to get stuff mail order here as the LBS's here don't...
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    A new Electric Bike - but which one???

    this is a perennial problem with forums using this software (vbulletin), it happens on another forum I am a moderator on. The display of the forum date of the post is in small text and is often overlooked (even by people with good eyesight) - so people often bump old threads without realising...
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    Crank noise on wisper 905se

    Does this mean a sealed BB is available which can be retrofitted to all 2008/2009 Wisper 905 SE models? at the moment mine (old style one) is still in relatively good nick after 3500 miles (it has been cleaned and regreased twice) but its going to need work again at some point..
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    SportsHQ 20% discount

    Whilst the regular discounts are often a marketing ploy (albeit one legitmately used by other companies) it is indeed their year end tomorrow.. to be fair the admin cost of the stock take might well be more than the profit made from selling the items at full price!
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    Wisper numbering / step through frame

    cheers - I've got adblock running so only the BEBA ad is there but its the model number I want as the bloke and his missus would probably end up getting their ebike from London or Midlands anyway due to lack of local dealers...
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    Wisper numbering / step through frame

    A chap from my local cycling group turned up on a Sparta Ion at the pub last night last night - he had hired it for his wife to encourage her to cycle more and was trying it out.. he was also curious about "British designed" e-bikes as well and we chatted about the Wisper.. The Sparta Ion he...
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    Kalkhoff Chain Not Kalkhoff Chain

    where do folk get bulk chain from? google shows chain for making bling and chain for chainsaws, but none for bikes. that said ready made lengths of e-bike chain would be really handy as its slightly annoying having to put the extra bit on when you've bought chain with quick release links... if...
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    Kalkhoff Chain Not Kalkhoff Chain

    would there be any commercial incentive to do so? I suspect that if anything the remaining shortened bit of chain left over from buying two is retained and more links taken off at subsequent replacements to add to another full length chain until there aren't enough left on the short one. This...
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    What on earth???

    I reckon the pioneering e-bikes might have been a pet project of one of the staff who retired with the move from North Essex - seems more than coincidence they were canned around roughly the same time. mobility scooters are numerous in this region. They have track days for them at Yarmouth and...
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    Shopping on Ebikes

    looks like a Pashley delivery bike with front hub motor kit added...
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    What on earth???

    true but I don't see the problem with the small companies realising what they are best at and simply buying the components, instead concentrating on the design of the rest of the bike? I gather this was a kit rather than an entire bike - but according to a video I found on the link this motor...
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    What on earth???

    From what I see on the streets and at work (I work in IT for a healthcare company which deals a lot with the older generation) it looks like they certainly missed the market window and got caught out by branding - they should have set up a separate brand for the bikes. Many of the older folk...
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    Illegal Bikes

    I am aware of an easy chair mounted to a large motorcycle chassis being successfully put through the approval, and saw with my own eyes a few months ago what can only be described as a giant go-kart with 6 blokes in it dressed as traditional Suffolk yokels heading along the B1113 towards...
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    Cycle lanes - Happy days!

    all you need now is a bike friendly pub (of which there are a fair few here :D)
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    What on earth???

    I wonder if the product was deliberately sidelined to avoid a risk of cannibalising their revenue stream from the mobility scooters with higher profit margins? I've seen several posts on here claiming that requests for information and support on TGA bikes have simply been ignored by the...
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    17Ah (?) Wisper battery?

    A while back David mentioned there would be a even bigger capacity Wisper battery. available. Any news on this? Would be interested also to know approximate weight and dimensions (particularly height) as if I did get one there is a rear LED lamp on my seatpost and I'm not sure if there would...
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    photographers - bags and storage query?

    I decided to get a DSLR recently, nothing too special, just a Nikon D3000 and also a 70-300mm lens. I got a standard SLR camera bag to put inside my Ortleib panniers which I can just about fit the body and 18-55m lens - the larger bags would not have fitted inside the panniers (which already...
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    Map with free charging points in the Netherlands

    but remember to pack a europlug-adaptor ;) I remember you always used to get a IEC (kettle plug) to schuko lead with new computers, particularly Dells and other large electronic purchases - often they come with a UK lead and a European one - not sure if this still happens but for those of you...
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    Illegal Bikes

    Soepele ondersteuning en slimme ‘gashendel’ Maar liefst 17 elektrische fietsmerken uit binnen- en buitenland zijn getest in de ‘E-bike test Telegraaf 2010’. Een consumentenpanel beoordeelde de Sparta E-motion met de maximale score van 5 sterren. De soepele ondersteuning en de handige...