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  1. Woosh

    Which Tektro brakes are these?

    I thought they are Dorado which I used many years ago. Sorry. Maybe M285.
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    Which Tektro brakes are these?

    they look like the early Tektro Dorado. Take the old pads out and post an image. Some tektro models can use better square pads instead of paddle shaped pads.
  3. Woosh

    Controller operation modes

    FOC is the acronym for field oriented control. FOC is a control technique. It uses a fairly powerful CPU to shape the current of a BLDC motor when it rotates into sine wave, resulting in lower noise and smoother operation. Older generation of controllers used less powerful chips and the shape of...
  4. Woosh

    Server move

    I do use ddns for vpn and rdp. I don't think that they mind how much you use. The justification for the upgrade is remote office server mirroring
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    Server move

    Pretty much so. About 800mb/s upload.
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    Server move

    I have Vodafone fibre900, probably can host my server on p I have Vodafone fibre900.
  7. Woosh

    Dahon Mariner D8 Conversion Build

    D8veh did have a similar folding bike that he brought to my shop some years back, I remember it well. fitting of a BBS kit is straightforward. He had a 10AH down tube battery that he installed to the main beam. I don't recommend this because the mid fold protrudes and will make the job...
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    What makes a good bike to convert?

    There are a few points worth paying attention to when you select a bike to convert. - Where does the battery go? The battery is bigger than and weighs more than a house brick, so it's clear you don't want it to get in the way of your eyeline to the road or far from the centre of gravity making...
  9. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Shell made $40 billion profit in 2022. Guess how much their tax bill is? £400 millions. Roughly 1.2%. we have become the capital of the world for tax dodgers.
  10. Woosh

    Bag kits for Brompton

    Bag battery charger:
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    Bag kits for Brompton

    you fold it like you do normally, except that the front of the bike feels a lot weightier. In fact, the front of the bike weighs 3kgs more than before. yes, but it's a bit of a faff. I would just charge it where it is. The charging connector is the unconnected yellow XT plug. The kit is...
  12. Woosh

    Controller operation modes

    subject to programming. I use Lishui controllers since 2011. They are self learning. That means you don't have to set the motor's number of poles, sensored or sensorless etc which is a big plus for kits. They can be programmed for speed control, current control or a mixture. Current control...
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    27.5 bad for road use?

    the contract you have with the credit card companies is very different from the cycle to work scheme. Goods you buy with your credit card belong to you who pay the invoices, bikes you obtain on the cycle to work schemes belong to who pays the invoice, that is the scheme provider.
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    Bag kits for Brompton

    they are available now. I will update the Woosh website tomorrow.
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    27.5 bad for road use?

    the bike is leased (usually 12 month lease) to the staff, the rent is called 'salary sacrifice' and deducted from his pay packet. At the end of the lease, the scheme provider sells the bike for a small amount called 'final payment'. The bike then belongs to the staff who can sell it anyway he...
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    27.5 bad for road use?

    the bike bought on cycle to work scheme belongs to the scheme provider. If your vendor leaves his present employment, you have technically bought a bike that does not belong to him.
  17. Woosh

    1st Build With Reclaimed Batteries

    they call it a tax*, we don't. *tax for owning a TV set. You have to supply an address when you buy a TV.
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    27.5 bad for road use?

    for your first e-bike, it's very sensible to set the budget around £2-£3k. In a year or two, you can sell it with only a small loss before the warranty runs out and buy something else. The problem is you have not tried any non Bosch bike in the region of £2k for comparison. They are more...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sophie Ridge on Sky News interviewing Michael Gove: Simon Case wrote a note to Johnson days before Richard Sharp's nomination: stop asking Sharp for financial advice!
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    27.5 bad for road use?

    if you like a Bosch motor, then it should not be that difficult to choose. List your parameters and stay away from ebay, you need the service of your dealer to rescue your bike from a limp state so you have to choose first who you want to do business with. Your dealer needs to be bold enough to...