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  1. jonathan75

    Bargain buy - Parts

    13ah 36v bottle batteries with Samsung cells and 1 year warranty http://eclipsebikes.com/13ah-lithium-frame-battery-samsung-cells-p-1103.html
  2. jonathan75

    Electric Bike for Long Distance Cycle Touring

    I just want to bump this old thread because I've the same purpose in mind as the OP (long distance touring in Europe with bike only) and just wondering if a 4a charger on a 14.5ah Samsung 36v L-ion battery from eclipsebikes will damage the battery life significantly? Wondering also if anyone...
  3. jonathan75

    Oxydrive kits

    I thought the same with my bottle battery - it turned out I was mistakenly matching up the mounting-plate/battery bolts with the bike's bottle screws, rather than matching the bike's bottle-screws with the mounting plate slots;the latter slots actually ran nearly the length of the plate so as to...
  4. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    Yes thanks for saying this, it was helpful. I've actually pretty much stopped worrying at this point which is good.
  5. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    I've emailed the police now. Thanks.
  6. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    I feel like asking whether anyone else might be willing to exceed my £15k bid on the brompton, given this guy seems to have my details, and has the hump - but I don't want to expose anyone else to danger also. This guy seems to have the hump at me in a big way and I don't want his attentions...
  7. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    Please see my previous post about attempts at fraud by false representation giving rise to the same liability as a successful attempt. A bank has no legal duty to report crime (at least not this sort).
  8. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    Oh dear. So the police wrote back and thanked me and said they were passing it on to their intelligence unit to look into the seller. So far so good. Then I just got an email from the seller: "[my name and address] WHY IS YOUR ADDRESS ON A BIG BANNER OUTISDE MCDZ? [picture of car part I'm...
  9. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    Attempted fraud by false representation. Max 10 years from crown court or 1 from the mags. "attempt": s 1(1) COA 1981 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/47 "fraud by false representation": s 2 FA 2006. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/section/2 Not only is that a crime, it...
  10. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    Nobody does so my local force is as good as any. It seems the correct starting point anyway. When I say "them" I mean whichever force deals with it ultimately.
  11. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    I've submitted an online enquiry to Herts police asking them to consider picking this guy up.
  12. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    I think he would have protested at our bidding his sale out of the water if he was for real. Note also his phone number has changed. Maybe someone should call the police and see if they'd be interested in running a sting. After all this guy is desperate for attention.
  13. jonathan75

    2015 bike build

    Notice you bought the Oxydrive kit, am totally jealous, I bought the same thing but for more and from China (and I still have to put spokes on the wheel...). Good luck with the build!
  14. jonathan75

    Dodgy Ebay Listing

    Haha well I filed an actionfraud report so that means he's probably being shipped to alcatraz as we speak
  15. jonathan75

    Xiongda 48V 2-speed motor kit

    Looks great, what sort of power consumption is it delivering, how far is it likely to go on a battery?
  16. jonathan75

    CycleCharge: Anyone need e-bike motor, kit or battery?

    Yes a) (the absence of brand support) would be a problem if the end-retailer's wholesale purchase agreement with Morphix excluded the 2-3 year warranty which Morphix said the manufacturer was offering. But it needn't necessarily exclude such a warranty. Repairability could be a problem...
  17. jonathan75

    CycleCharge: Anyone need e-bike motor, kit or battery?

    Kinninvie, that may be correct but that doesn't address at least two major problems. 1) that a subsidised nonprofit is not the same as a market-based nonprofit. The latter will have to fund its establishment and ongoing and future costs and salaries out of its market revenues, the former...
  18. jonathan75

    CycleCharge: Anyone need e-bike motor, kit or battery?

    Google isn't a non-profit at all, it is taxed nothing in the UK because its UK profits don't exceed its UK expenses. Its revenue almost all belongs to its Irish sister or parent company, which is taxed in Ireland at the Irish tax rate of verytiny%. The rule against double taxation means it has...
  19. jonathan75

    CycleCharge: Anyone need e-bike motor, kit or battery?

    It's always good to see people like you with fundamentally moral instincts, trying to be as decent as possible, so it's a shame that (like so many very decent people) your analysis in this case is unsound. Your example bears no comparison with ebikes in the UK. You can't compare not having an...
  20. jonathan75

    CycleCharge: Anyone need e-bike motor, kit or battery?

    Restored from last night. I apologise in advance for any patronising tone: Thanks so much for the reply Morphix, that's brilliant. I was really excited when I read your post first of all, thinking 'yay, cheap batteries for me'. But have to admit, if I were a UK retailer of batteries or...