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That's great, thanks guys. May end up going for one of those, but I have a house full of chargers (who hasn't these days?) and really wanted to connect to the bikes battery.

I know this subject has been covered many times, but I can't find them. Last night I went out pre sunset knowing I'd return after dark. My Crivit/Lidl rechargeable lamp let me down, going intermittant. So I'm after one of those cree lamps that I can connect into the bikes 36v system. I ride...

What a great bike to convert. I'd go for a hub, front or rear, so keeping all your gears, so you can get a good workout.

Here's a thread on converting exactly your bike: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/converting-a-carrera-crossfire3.21965/ It's an Ezee front hub kit, perhaps the easiest to fit. There are cheaper ones available, but this is reliable and photo's will give you some idea. Kits are mostly...

Hi Jon and welcome. I have a converted Crossfire and it's proving to be a fine bike. I removed the small front ring to accomodate the PAS ring, leaving me with 16 gears. Don't know about a rack, but mine took the standard battery rack that came with the kit, so I don't think the back end is...

When I was first on this forum, I would read about people going for a 14 mile evening ride and I thought, ' Wow! These guys are really committed'. Couldn't see me doing that much. However, these days, if I do less than 14 miles it doesn't feel like a proper ride. Take your time, find your...

The exchange rate has nothing to do with brexit, that's just smoke and mirrors. The Bank of England is desperate to weaken stirling, though they will never openly say so, because the ensuing inflation makes government debt cheaper to pay back. The general public and traders are the ones to pay...

My wife has a Big Bear low step, dutch style with front hub with 15Ah battery. We've just returned from a holiday in Cornwall where our longest ride was 36 miles on moderately hilly terain in windy conditions. My wife is no athelete, so she was using power all the way and returned with battery...

Welcome. Sounds like a plan. 10Ah battery should do fine for that distance.

For some time now my front hub has been, intermittantly, making a rhythmic rubbing noise. Not all the time, often after a long climb, and it was getting worse. No loss of power, just noisy. Some time ago Cyclezee suggested stripping the gearbox out and repacking it with grease. Finally I got...

Most kits are plug and play. A front hub motor is probably the easiest to do. You only need basic cycle mechanics skills. If you can take a wheel out and strip off the chain ring, you can do a hub conversion. Bottom bracket motors are a little more tricky but lots of folk here do them...

re: the mtb. My crossfire3 started out at 12Kg. By the time I had the Ezee front hub on c/w 14Ah rack battery,{ plus panniers, water bottle, frame lock, lights and a Carradice handlebar box) on it, it was nearer 28Kgs. E-bikes are heavy, but they still fly up hills.:)

Surely, any braking shifts weight onto the front wheel? I have front sus forks and my back brake always goes on first. Not heavily, but enough to transfer that weight to the front giving more down force onto that wheel, making a firmer 'plant' for front braking. Majority of stopping force is...

OMG ! :eek::(:p Seriously, the tax we've all paid has gone into this?

Hi and welcome. From what you say it sounds like you're firmly in Big Bear territory. http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?bigbear My wife has the step through version and it carries her all around the hills of west Wales. Good hunting.

I can just see it now. You get pulled over, and Mr Plod has to go to the boot of his car and extract a mighty file of all manufactured bikes, to check if yours is on it or not !!! Yeh right. Things like this demonstrate perfectly what happens when government gets too big and seeks to...

Here's a thread on a Carrera Crossfire 3 conversion: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/converting-a-carrera-crossfire3.21965/ This bike has 700c wheels plus two sets of lugs on chainstay ( for rack and mudguards). Gearing is slightly different, largest ring is 48T, smallest ring was...

If the battery is charging from the pedals being turned then that's going to feel like pedalling through treacle. A 2Amp charger, at 230V, is using 460watts and takes 3-4 hours to charge a 15Ah battery. How many watts, over and above that needed to just move the bike, can an average rider...

Hi and welcome to the world of e-bike hill laughing, I've done that too. I'm sure that a handle bar stem extension would sort out the hand pain, get you a more upright position. Wishing you a swift recovery.

The disc on my wife's Big Bear LS has been no problem at all, although she's not heavy. Must admit I've had to replace the cables to front and back though, the outers were fraying through the cup on the end.