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  1. Woosh

    Lux or Lumens?

    they look just as bright. 20 Lux at 10M need a light source 1,000 times brighter than one that gives 10 Lux at 1M.
  2. Woosh

    Lux or Lumens?

    Lumens are the units of how much light is produced by the LED, typically, you get about 100 Lumens to 200 Lumens per WATT, so a 5W LED light would give about 700 Lumens on average. The light is focused to a small area, say 10SQM. Lux is the unit of illumination. So a 5W LED torch produces700...
  3. Woosh

    What size bike, hybrid or mtb

    they have shipping arrangement from Berlin, Germany but they are in China. https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ysbattery-2012?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 Member since: 27 Oct, 2014|China They are not VAT registered in the UK, they don't charge VAT - a little naughty there. I have to charge VAT, that's why...
  4. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    what alternatives? her cabinet is pretty balanced between leave and remain, they have already worked out that the best deal that they can get is the current deal on the table. The only real alternative is cancelling brexit.
  5. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    48% will tremble at the thought “or we may never leave”.
  6. Woosh

    What size bike, hybrid or mtb

    you can start with an XF07 kit, £469, neat and tidy with 13AH Samsung cell battery and good support. If you add up the cost of freight, duty, VAT to the cost of buying from China, the saving is less attractive. If something like a battery goes wrong, you'd have to send it back to China...
  7. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think that there will be a technological solution. It's a political issue: both sides of the border want to remove checks on land, then the checks will have to be moved to the Irish Sea. I think that's the reality. TM can't tell the Northern Irish that the checks will be in the Irish Sea...
  8. Woosh

    Woosh Criticise my bike build and battery security concern

    you need to protect all the cables with something, like heat shrink sleeving Exposed signal cables will lead to accidental damage (when you park the bike or when the bike falls over so run and tie the cables to the inside of the frame wherever possible to reduce the risk), water damage and...
  9. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    that's the law I am afraid. When I registered wooshbikes.fr, I have to use my address and telephone number in France. UK authorities are more lenient or lax - depending on your point of view.
  10. Woosh

    What kit do I need?

    The XF07 front hub is the easiest to fit and also lightest. The SWX02 rear hub takes about half hour - an hour extra to transfer the freewheel over. In a few cases, the freewheel's thread is seized up so hard to get off that you should consider buying a new MF TZ06 (TZ20 now) freewheel to save...
  11. Woosh

    What kit do I need?

    that price is possible because the vendor operates from China, selling without charging you VAT. If something goes wrong, you'd have to sort it out with China. If you are looking for something similar in the UK, check out my hub kits here: http://wooshbikes.co.uk/?hubkits
  12. Woosh

    Ridiculous battery prices

    bike's batteries tend to have high energy, high gravimetric density cells, more expensive than those used in cars. You also have higher cost of distribution. a replacement 24kWH battery for the Leaf costs about $7,600 or $316/KWH, roughly £240/KWH + VAT = £300 Unless you are locked into buying...
  13. Woosh

    Help! Very New to this sort of biking

    handlebars: 5mm allen key to tighten the stem's wedge nut, there is one supplied with the bike. See page 5 of the User manual. Brakes: front is Avid disc, already set. If you need to adjust, follow instructions on page 8 in the Maintenance manual. Rear is V-brakes, quite easy to look after...
  14. Woosh

    BBS01B ETM

    that's my misgiving about CD motors, the motors are much more willing (compared to geared hubs) and give little sign of struggling on low cadence while the heat builds up inside until it cooks the controller. We replace 3 times more BBS02 controllers than BBS01 controllers. My guess is people...
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    Help! Very New to this sort of biking

    all the bikes are 95% packed. You have only to install the pedals and tighten the handlebars. If you have never done these things before, we can send the bike to a local bike shop, they'll unpack and do that for you. If you live within 40 miles from us, we deliver the bike fully built, ready to...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    we are looking at about £10 billion loss to the Treasury. That money would have been paid to the EU if we are in transition or in the EU customs union (less 10% cost allowance). this can work for a limited period, a year maybe, to test out the Singapore approach.
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    Help! Very New to this sort of biking

    it's a marketing test. Only the Crusa goes on ebay, chosen because the Crusa is the cheapest bike we sell, to minimize cost of the test. The campaign runs for 1 year and will end in a couple of months. We try to compare the cost of selling on these two platform against google/Bing. Woosh does...
  18. Woosh

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    that's one way for TM to avoid splitting her party.
  19. Woosh

    TSDZ2 or BBS02B

    yes, they make them but I don't know if they sell 48V controllers to the public. Some resellers on aliexpress do 500W and 750W versions. Tongsheng Watts are weaker compared to Bafang Watts. If you convert to 48V, you'll need a new VLCD5. The 750W version may have metal gear in place of blue...
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    TSDZ2 or BBS02B

    I bought a sample 36V TSDZ2 last year, I concur with your finding about the 350W 36V TSDZ2. That's why I asked Tongsheng to make me a 250W 48V that can replace the 36V BBS02 :D