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Those are behaviour issues and there must be plenty of ways for govt to make this kind of misuse unattractive. One that I'm thinking of is to regulate towards the norm being a capable 50 mile EV with a small IC engine for occasional use, a bit more than the 40hp it takes to keep a car moving...

Hybrids - was it wise to ban them?

Your questions are entirely sensible but they plead for lots more reading or, much quicker, work out what result you want and who will provide it. A single cell stores 10Wh of leccy and 10x that amount in chemical energy, you have 20 of them, so at worst a momentary slip can trigger a 5 minute...

Based on forums (no experience of KT, sorry) but does anyone else think it sounds a bit like a controller running sensorless? You could disconnect 1 or more hall sensors, perhaps by butchering the old wiring, and see if it behaves much the same near stall speed. If so: 1) if with old wiring...

Good catch, I meant to say _hub_ motor. 250W assist on 22% only gets me to my wobble limit, my hub has to do at least that and soak up as much and more in waste heat.

https://aptera.us If only we could tick "coming to the UK" <:tearful:>

You've been reading up on Aptera, haven't you? :) A solar skinned velomobile... I can't wait!

I do wonder whether our borderline nonsensical motor power rule is a civil servant's canny response to ignorant or conflicting instructions, leaving the door ajar so as not to rule out pedicab, cargo, disability and future innovations. In my own case we're surrounded by long 14%, even 22%...

I used a cable tie, a desk lamp and a plastic stool to sit at the right height for the bike fork. The three wheels turned out fine and I'm not sure how a 'proper' stand would improve on that.

Sorry, the kids raided.... a garden centre?? That's the most uplifting news since 2016 - I hope they found something nice.

We might as well do without them and spare ourselves the embezzlement. But I fear they've a plan for that, it worked before: "Brexit negotiator nowhere to be seen"... Voters frustrated... "Get Brexit Done" - Hooray, heroes!

That's worth Googling...

They can't do that! =8-0 Who's going to use the car wash with that thing close by??

"The Conservative Party has decided to make changes to enhance security around the ballot process". To rule out fraud surely they should have to vote in person and present ID in the form of a UB40 or rent book?

Some cycle computers want circumference so you could try around 65". Given 41V from your charger it's worth comparing your voltmeter with another, a few of my cheapies vary that much from the calibrated one.

The ergonomics sold me on an Agattu and I bought a used one with a newly fitted Impulse 2 motor. 1800 miles later the motor's toast but the battery is still good at 9 years of age, the overbuilt frame barely notices 35kg luggage and it's been a great intro to riding MTB trails. There's a fine...

If the fatigue can hit hard i.e. exhaustion, you'd need a high capacity battery to make this work, and your wife would need to be OK with piloting her EV when it happens. You could get a small battery to fit the triangle (or a seatpost rack), she'd ride that until empty, and you would carry a...

For easy trails a well-chosen hub drive system could tick all your bullets except for solving the battery fitment issue. If you're limited to a bottle battery and your trails are steep (say 8%+) the battery current rating might become an issue, more so with hub drive.

> guess its a bin job now. I'm sure that was just a turn of phrase but a failed e-bike battery has to be taken to a recycling depot. Quite how I'm not sure because if they get cross they're almost impossible to put out. By wheelbarrow perhaps?

Scary is the word, after some close passes I toyed with the idea of a fish emblem to suggest a wavy path.Looking at the cars across the street I see their rooves edge-on, my half metre advantage doesn't take effect until I'm almost next to them. So for a car closing fast your 'presence' could be...