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these batteries are 7.2 V (just checked). The reason I am curious is when I first charged them after the long period out of use the charger lights flashed in a certain way before the main charge as if the batteries were being "woken up out of sleep mode" as has been mentioned with Panasonic...

do Panasonic do this on other portable kit as well? I recently brought back into use a Panasonic camcorder that had been idle for over a year since moving from Reading to Ipswich, and was pleased to find its Li-Ion batteries seemed to have as much capacity as when new..

I heard on here a while back that Wai Won Ching, the owner of Ezee Bikes is trying to raise awareness of them in the USA. Also I found this. I have no idea if these dealers are any good, or if they are hundreds of miles away, having spent the bulk of my life in the UK I tend to underestimate...

Newer Wispers have an XLR socket (without the locking bit) for charging, and two blade connectors at the bottom of the battery housing for high current in a similar method to that used on the Powacycle Salisbury and maybe other machines. I'm sure I've seen the "rotated" IEC connector in some...

First ride today and I am very impressed :) This bike is geared a lot higher than the Salisbury (i.e its quite fast even unpowered once you've got the momentum) I am just getting used to the handling and being in different gears to what I normally ride in on the Salisbury. The throttle boost is...

I built the bike yesterday but put the battery on charge in the evening so it will be ready soon after 12 hour charge, eagerly waiting for this ;) - out of curiosity I put the mains meter on the 230V feed, and it started out at 150W last night and is now at 6W as we approach 12 hours.. have to...

Having consulted with one of the towns best local bike mechanics (the same chap who sourced and replaced the Powacycle spoke at short notice) with regard to service etc I decided to take the plunge and order a Wisper from e-bikes direct.. Despite ordering fairly late yesterday afternoon the...

I actually saw a young lady riding one of these Wisper clones in Ipswich a few weeks ago - whilst it has a curved frame I could tell there was something "odd" about it and it didn't look anywhere as aesthetically pleasing as a real Wisper. The lady wasn't bad looking though and I thought it was...

hmm - I have worked with electronics for over 18 years and this only happened when the IBM PC technology became the dominant standard. With smaller Chinese/Japanese portable equipment (cameras, audio equipment etc) there are a myriad of different DC power connectors and also with PC accessories...

I was half seriously considering building a device to make (as well as conventional horn noises) animal noises, rasps, sirens etc...

many thanks. Though I still wouldn't say I was a "green hippy" I recently joined our transition towns movement and am trying to sing the praises of e-bikes - even for fit people they can be particularly useful for carting local produce (though I have to admit in my case much of this produce has...

cool but I think this German dude summed up the practicalities.. basically he's saying its not practical - either (presumably under German traffic law) the cops will confiscate the bike for being a traffic violation (distracting other road users) or chavs/jealous people will trash the...

further investigation seems to hint the couple from Copdock cycles have now turned more of their attention to breeding cats! (I like cats though so fair play to them and the kitties..). Feel free to use what I have posted for any newsletter / literature but I am also happy to provide it in...

Just spoke to Copdock Cycles / Mail Order cycles (as has David) but their bricks and mortar shop has closed :( - they only do mail order now :(

now I am really impressed, seeing two competitors help one another to promote ebikes.. it is the Wisper 905SE City 14AH I am interested in (the model with full mudguards and rack etc...) for some reason as I'd seen "mail order" I hadn't realised it was a "proper" bike shop as well and I can...

I am 10.5 stone and 5 foot 6 and still had one busted spoke on my Powacycle Salisbury in 2500 miles. (I do carry about 10-15 kilos of stuff in panniers). But I have carried all this stuff on my normal push bikes before and never had a broken spoke. I think it may be also due to e-bikes...

I bought my Powacycle Salisbury from ETS and have been in touch with them on a few occasions recently. They are friendly and helpful but due to their opening hours only pick up the phone and answer emails for the last half of the week, which means if any problem (such as the non-delivery of a...

I think this organisation could do with producing info for "normal" bike shops explaining that e-bikes are not impossible to service, and also providing points of contact for obtaining spare parts. The LBS did charge slightly extra for labour but I accepted this due to the slight differences...

maybe but the idea of ebikes is to get them to stay alive/in one piece so they can keep cycling...........

got through to ETS and they said the rear spokes are 200mm 14 gauge. Have got some arriving tomorrow - the next question is which spoke key is the correct one to get?