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It doesn't give any more "Oomf", it just delivers power without you having to pedal when the switch is shorted. .

Hi PennyFarthing, nice to see you back, you were the only Gepida Reptila owner we had back then. Today's Reptila model is very different, using a Bosch motor in place of the early Panasonic style Yamaha, very powerful and well over £2000. As for the hub motor, dig up a couple of e-bike shops...

The profit margin. .

I forgot to mention earlier, best not buy the chain until you have all three sprockets to be certain about their width. Hub gears normally use 1/8" sprockets but since mid drive motors have beens supplied for both hub gears and derailleurs nothing is certain. Panasonic used to supply with 1/8"...

Actually louder than a soft hum. There are worldwide rules making them have a pedestrian warning sound all the time with a variation in the UK. That's due to our law that Horns, called in law an audible means of warning of approach, cannot be used betwen 11.15 pm and I think 7.30 am. Of...

Here's the 9 tooth motor sprocket from Wiggle in the UK, a couple of pounds cheaper than Amazon. Make sure you select 9 tooth. Also from Wiggle the Nexus Hub gear 22 tooth sprocket, again make sure you select 22 tooth but they only have one left at present. Plenty elsewhere though. I haven't...

That is changing though, it has changed enormously in London and surroundings since the huge expansion in cycling here since the Millennium. I think you'd probably be surprised by the extent of the courtesy often shown to cyclists now. As cycling expands further it will continue to improve...

This is irrelevant since there is no stake for any driver, there is no road tax. VED (excise duty) is funding for the exchequer for any purpose. .

No disagreement, I fully support what you are saying now. Just forget the assist speed limit increase since that is a killer. However no need to pay more or any tax, the Dutch don't and in London car drivers pay for cycling facilities via the congestion charge. That's temporarily £15 a day to...

Very good chance, the chainwheels are available online from Germany according to another member. In 2008 the Agattu chainwheel was 41 tooth so count your 2011 one to check. The motor sprocket is a 9 tooth and should also be online from Germany. If yours is a hub gear bike the sprocket is a...

I have to disagree, it is impossible and I haven't even begun to cover all the reasons why that is. Firstly pedelec law is a de facto international standard, most of the world aligning with ours. Governments and civil services don't rock such boats, they invariably follow the norm rather than...

No they are not and why I say you need to know the law. The L1e-A assist limit is 15.5 mph, the same as pedelecs, but having much more bureaucracy. Raise the pedelec limit and it means raising the L1e-A one, then in turn the L1e-B to justify their bureacracy. Arbitrarily selected citizens...

Not extremely unlikely, it's impossible. If the pedelec law is changed, then so does the L1e-A above it, person A can't be subjected to laws that person B c an ignore. Then the S class and L1e-B above those have to change, then the various motorcycle classes above them. You see it has to be...

But it cannot succeed under any circumstances, so it's pointless. The reason is that there is already the L1e-A class, also bicycle based and allowing a bit more power yet still restricted to 15.5 mph assist and requiring registration, number plate, third party vehicle insurance and compulsory...

There'll be an unsatisfactory lashup to allow trade to continue after December 31st, with difficulties. Not doing things properly is what we always end up doing. Just look at the departure agreement, the Brexit negotiations, the many attempts to get parliament to agree on how to leave, the two...

The excerpt I've posted below from Soundwave's Bosch guide seems to indicate it does prevent or greatly reduce continuously discharging by controlling the BMS drain of current continuously. If it didn't one wouldn't be able to use the battery at any time after winter storage without recharging...

Strange reaction they had, why want a car that's very "eventful". I'd have thought boring is perfect in a working car, just doing what it should and Golfs have been pretty good at that as yours showed. VW are now trying very hard to repeat that with the fully electric replacement, not the...

If you still need to contact them, try through parent company Rallye Design by email. This is currently the message on the RD website: "I am pleased to advise that we are back to full staffing levels at Rally Design. However to maintain social distancing our trade sales shop remains closed...

Just shows how sensible you are. A lot more people here should choose bikes like that to suit their needs rather than suit the fashion market. .

Some of the best lithium batteries have a Sleep mode which shuts down the BMS (battery management system) if the battery isn't used for a couple of weeks or more to prevent damaging excess discharge use by the BMS. I'd expect the Bosch ones to be like that. A "sleeping" battery is woken up by...