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@tillson - Direct Line Home insurance, Hiscox Home insurance do not cover your public liabilities eg your dog bites someone. You'd need specific cover for third party liabilities if you cause an accident with your bike.

I'd say it will suit 5ft 2 to 5ft10. You'll look good on it.

the woosh Gale may suit you. It has a 10AH battery, that gives about 25-30 miles on a full charge. It has a throttle so you pedal when you want to. http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?gale

the legal ones, laser marked 250W. I guess all the manufacturers run these at 17A-20A

it seems that the faulty rack was made by bolting the battery mounting plate to an existing seat post rack. The seat post rack was never designed to resist an upward pulling force. I would simply fix the rack myself. Drill 8 small holes and use brass wires to rig the flat black top to the rack's...

BPM = Big Powerful Motor. The BPM is better hillclimber than most CD motors at the moment, except the S-Pelelecs, the 8-Fun BBS02 and the woosh Krieger.

I've just checked, LG Life and mortgage protection policies do not mention 'riding a bike' or 'riding an illegal bike' or 'bike accident' unless your lawyer can connect riding a dongled bike to practising a dangerous sport.

and are you? what is the percentage of e-cyclists covered by this kind of insurance? 1%? Even if you have taken out your own insurance, if the accident is not caused by you, then how much difference is there?

triumph of common sense. Will we have to comply with all of EU reg 168/2013? it's a 77 page PDF.

JC posted a very valid point, the engine counts only for 1 point in this list DVLA uses a points system to decide what registration number to give a radically altered vehicle. Keep the original registration number Your vehicle must have 8 or more points from the table below if you want to keep...

I don't think you can. The original frame would have been registered using the certificate of conformity issued by the petrol bike manufacturer. If you modify the bike, you invalidate the CoC, you'd be riding an illegal bike. warrah's approach is the best and cheapest way unless you import a...

My sources said they are on order but with the 3 week Chinese New Year's holiday, the factory won't reopen until second week in March. They expect delivery late May, early June. The upgraded CDN will have 52T chainring instead of 44T, making high speed cycling easier.

the woosh Gale with a second battery would suit your wife. Total cost: £559 + £195 for the second battery. It's easy to get on/off.

if you can't wait, the Zephyr-B with a second battery is still cheaper than the dash16-pro - and you get BPM motor and hydraulic brakes with the zephyr-B. One problem though, your wife needs to be 5ft3 or above.

@cwah how about bypassing the output FETs for now until you can get a new PCM from China?

@chris74 The Zephyr-CDN will be upgraded in May/June, it will use the same removeable 10AH battery as the Zephyr-B. 15/20AH battery on a folder? adding a 10AH frog battery to the Zephyr-B would solve this problem but that'll add 3kgs to the bike. A second Zephyr-B battery only weighs 1.5Kgs

no, but a shower cap may. water can follow so many pathways that it's just impossible to be completely sure. Tiny space through all the connectors, bolts and lock can let water in, even when these are protected with rubber seals. Simplest solution is to put a hat over your battery.

jim, not many e-bikes will last 5 to 10 years. The modern batteries are made for 700 charges, 4 years life expectancy. Legislation will also change soon. The kits you buy today may not be legal by 2017 if our goverment chooses to enforce EN15194 or adopts the tamperproof bike electronics. I'd...

No. Hydraulic brakes are self adjusting. If the bike has the front wheel removed, there is usually a small piece of plastic between the front brake pads. Remove the plastic, that's it. If the brake handle comes too closed to the bar, pump it a couple of times (squeeze it hard then let go), the...

the BPM motor is rock solid, it's unlikely the cause, more like the victim of the controller. If you lift the bike off the ground and the growling noise disappears then the gear box should still be OK.The LCD on these kits come from KT. It has some registers reserved for the motor which should...