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Bikes from EU cone to the UK by roads, usually handled by European couriers such as DPD, FEDEX, TNT etc. You fill in the paperwork online. It takes very little time and nobody checks if you misdeclare that your goods are made from Poland and not China. If you want to further reduce the 2% risk...

I think the problem is that practically nobody noticed anything wrong with buying stuff from EU websites. How the goods is delivered is not their concern. If the websites owners cheat, they are simply not aware of that. The problem is this year is particularly tough for all UK electric bikes...

The rules of origin apply equally to me and to EU sellers. If I export one of my bikes, I have to declare to the authorities where the bike is made. If 50% or more of the contents of the bike is made in the UK or the EU, I can enter made in the UK. Otherwise, I have to declare made in China...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tariffs-on-electric-vehicles-avoided-as-uk-and-eu-extend-trade-rules#:~:text=The%20UK%20and%20EU%20have,today%20(Thursday%2021%20December). Do you understand rules of origin? If you are not familiar with this stuff, I will explain.

9-speed is more useful on a bike with torque sensor and crank motors.

Her £300 Angel weighs unfortunately 29kgs.

Conversion kits need to be compatible with a large range of cassettes. for ready made bikes, I usually put 8 speed 11T-32T on my bikes with hub motors, 9-speed with crank motors. Bikes with 7-speed tend to have screw on freewheels. If you look closely, you can see that the rear sprockets on the...

The woman I told the story about simply didn't have space inside her small terrace council house to keep her bike inside. There was no communal bike shed outside. Her only solution was to throw a bag over it. She didn't have a bag so Hatti brought her one. You can understand why I keep bags, my...

What do you mean? Both the XF08C and DWG2NC take standard 8,9,10 cassettes. 7 speed cassette needs a 2mm spacer.

We have the new DWG2NC which is a rear motor with 135mm dropout but in 20in rim only at the moment. I will stock more sizes in late spring.

The rubber joints on the fork die in less than a year if you leave your bike to be rained on. I started selling £300 ebikes so I am not doing that again. You keep your cheap bikes in your garage. That's why you don't see much wrong with them. After a year a two, cheap bikes aren't cheap anymore...

The rules are simple: if Chinese bikes are sold in the UK, they have to be assembled here or pay anti dumping. If Chinese bikes are sold as made in Poland or another EU country, then it's fraud. They get away with it because they can't be caught.

Cheap ebikes tend to be fitted with steel suspension forks. They are horrible new and terrible when rusted. If you have to buy a cheap bike, buy one without suspension fork. Cheap bikes also come with horrible tyres. Replace them as soon as you can afford. Replace also front rim brakes with...

Cheap bikes tend to rust. Even anodised parts such as suspension forks, outer cables, stems, saddles, propstands, brakes, chains, pedals, chains, rings and cranks. Good bikes don't rust. Most common subjects are how to derestrict my bike, how to add a throttle, how to replace my battery.

The rise of micro modular reactors https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/x-energy-developing-pebble-bed-reactor-they-say-cant-melt-down

You may be better off going with a crank drive bottom bracket motor like the TSDZ2. It's not heavy.

sorry, brain fade moment. I was thinking about the guy who needed a rear hub motor with 130mm dropout, but I replied to the wrong thread! Apologies.

the self administered scheme suits tiny firms, employing a few people or one person businesses. It gives you (or your employer) full control how much you want to charge for rent, like £1 a month. The limitation is £1,000 because it does not require a credit license. The buy back value should...

I replied to one part of your post, then reply to the next part in the second edit, and on to the third and so on, the reason is I don't want to litter the thread with too many small posts. It's just a habit (not an excuse), because I have not changed the previous replies nor the thinking on my...

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