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  1. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Orwell would have had a heart attack when the referendum result was announced. As it is I can hear him constantly turning in his grave from here... :)
  2. anotherkiwi

    HUB MOTOR CAPABILITY

    Sorry, I'll stop laughing I promise!
  3. anotherkiwi

    you want a motor with a gearbox in it?

    If you can call ball bearings rolling around and eating up over 15% of the power produced by the motor "gears"...
  4. anotherkiwi

    A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...

    He is an american, you can't understand. You can say all the bad things you want about RHCP and I will support you 100% but never say a bad word about REM... :p
  5. anotherkiwi

    More Power from Impulse 2 motor.

    Makes you wonder where these bike builders do their marketing research doesn't it? 1. sell the bike and buy her a Giant with a double chainring, when the going gets tough she changes down 2. sell the bike and build her a lovely new one with PAS
  6. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The EU is not united on many issues. The goal is to reach a compromise on many of those issues, it is called diplomacy. You hired a clown and professional liar to do that job... German interior politics have absolutely nothing to do with the EU.
  7. anotherkiwi

    The perfect kit

    The most dangerous thing is BAD government. Many countries get on just fine with theirs but I fear there are more bad ones than good ones in this world.
  8. anotherkiwi

    PAS Sensor

    We need an "understatement" rating :)
  9. anotherkiwi

    Surprised that not more people on this forum have B'Twin ebikes

    I have had 2 (see signature) but Decathlon didn't put the motor on, I did. :) A friend bought one on my advice as it was on sale at 30% off and I thought it was good value at that price. Their problem is they are more expensive than the Chinese supermarket specials and not quite cheap enough...
  10. anotherkiwi

    Richbit 48v 1000 watt

    8% - the idea behind a 52v battery is to make a 48v controller be on the safe side of the 62v maximum of the capacitor while giving a little more grunt.
  11. anotherkiwi

    A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...

    :eek::confused:o_O Build a couple of those in every ferry port town and you no longer have an EU migrant problem! They will all have crashed in the first mile!
  12. anotherkiwi

    Sub £1000 bike conversion

    1. If you grab a 500 W geared hub motor like the Q128C and use a 20 A controller you have a 1000 W motor lighter and better than one of those huge direct drive motors. 2. If you print your own label and set cut off speed to 25 km/h it is "road legal". Notice the " "? That is how my 250 W Mxus...
  13. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In other news there have been 8 gun incidents (with death or injury, more without) in US schools in the last 7 weeks. These are the people you have a special relationship with?
  14. anotherkiwi

    A random thread for things too unimportant for their own thread...

    Subsidiary question: how many Toyotas are in this picture? :)
  15. anotherkiwi

    you want a motor with a gearbox in it?

    It is a shame this one didn't go beyond prototype: https://www.electricbike.com/pinion/
  16. anotherkiwi

    you want a motor with a gearbox in it?

    It really is night and day with the GSM! It even makes less noise at 48v for Pete's sake!
  17. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You mean straight condoms and one sized bananas surely?
  18. anotherkiwi

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    About the bananas or about the 350m a week? ;)
  19. anotherkiwi

    you want a motor with a gearbox in it?

    I want over 500% range, 380% doesn't cut it in the mountains.
  20. anotherkiwi

    PodBike 4-wheeler from Norway

    This has been around for a while. A very good idea in Norway but here the air conditioning is going to ruin range a heap.