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A bit of a ramble some of which is on topic... :p For me Commonwealth means "The Games" and colonialist imperialism. I have memories of a Commonwealth where all the "wealth" bit went to the UK because industry there (remember when you had that?) profited from low raw material prices. I am a...

But how are the Indians going to cook the curry if you throw all the Poles who pick the vegetables out? :eek:

Ah the e-bike pub crawl! My father told me a story from his youth which involved a bike, a keg of beer and very bent handlebars when he woke up the next day. How they got bent? That is where he was carrying the keg of beer. That is all he remembered... :rolleyes:

Plus rack, magura hydraulic front brake, a frame lock and a suspension seat post say £1,225. Very nice looking bike!

Hmm I wonder if he has the original bill of sale for those 40+ bikes? Battery powered angle grinders by the score???

My first bike cost to build: Bike €0.00 motor and battery €689.00 Hydraulic brakes €55.36 lights €52.85 rack €27.00 mirror €10.03 Tyres + tubes €56.00 Mudguards €23.69 Stand €16.70 Freewheel €13.10 BB €13.90 Lock €38.16 Pedals €24.90 Shifters €28.99 Total €1,049.68 The host bike was...

Yeah, never drink wine from a plastic cup! :D I am thinking hard about my ideal dashboard: Around town - none, a watt meter in the battery box so I know how much is left in the tank is all that is needed Out and about - volts, Wh left, time, slope%, distance and average speed are useful with...

Just a quick post to bump this back up to the top of unread :p I know what a jammy...

Never understood why... And that would be about it. I wonder how much this is costing us for you to have MPH in the UK? They will spread the additional cost over all EU bikes not charge more for the UK version I am guessing. I don't think there is a legal footing for having MPH on a speedo, it...

Well what I thought could have been a fun topic went south rather quickly...:(

Oh joy! So I soldered an XT-60 on and went down to mount the controller. Well the male LCD3 connector on the controller doesn't plug into the male LCD3 connector on the LCD, what a surprise! From the bmsbattery site: "2. It fits all S series LCD meters. Please select a S-LCD1 or S-LCD3 as...

A boat? He was on my ignored list too quick for me to pick up that bit. No a French accent. I think that it is a bike which appeals to the socially un-adapted. Shame apart from the huge direct drive motor (which from memory produces so much electricity you can sell it back to EDF after your...

Because they couldn't avoid paying VAT any more? I know French business people who say the exact same thing. Tax evasion and corruption was so much easier before the EU... And of course consumer protection and environmental protection are stupid constraints that shackle business and reduce...

Bafang reliability has been falsely undermined by people messing about with over volting and controller programming. I think that people might be surprised by the number of motors they have sold compared to Bosch. Remember Bosch isn't very popular in the USA because limited to 350 W it is very...

I can't afford a car.

I thought you lot were supposed to go metric on the road? Imagine the logistics headache for Giant, they have been delivering the EU version to the UK instead of the US version. I bet they thought that the UK was in the EU the silly things... Now that things have been cleared up they will be...

This topic is about interesting or unusual pedelecs (legal) that people may have spotted in the wild. This year my town, which has a season population of over 100,000 at peak times, has been a great place for pedelec spotting: My first rare bike spotting was the Tern folder with Bafang BBS01...

My mate still has his trekking 5s on his bike which surprised me in an agreeable fashion. My Michelin tyres were called city protect and had a similar tread, could they be the manufacturer supplying Decathlon? In that case my rear lasted 3500 km + and the front is like new. I think the weight...

Do it again with a hydraulic v-brake in the front.

Bosch make washing machines and fridges, Bafang make motors for e-bikes so they have to listen :D