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  1. anotherkiwi

    Torque or shock to free rusty nuts and bolts?

    One word: electrolysis
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    Cheap Brompton Conversion Kit?

    I am guessing 36 V. 10 cells in series by two in parallel. From 5.2 Ah up to 6.4 Ah is possible with today's cells.
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    should ktm bikes sell sclass bikes without proof of private land.

    You are not alone in your thoughts. More driven by the manufacturers of mopeds and motorcycles likely as not. I don't buy into "user protection" as a reason for keeping them off the roads because user protection for any other category of vehicle means taking courses and passing a drivers test...
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    New £999 Wisper SE bikes are now in the shops

    From a pure design point of view I would prefer an HL battery in the triangle and a slightly less visually dominating rack.
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    Failed on my first big hill

    It is an electrically assisted bicycle. The gears are there for the power, the motor is there to assist. The above journey was done on a 10.4 Ah battery which gave up 50 meters before the top of the last hill. That is 5.2 watts per kilometre is that what your CD is using?
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    Failed on my first big hill

    Like 72 km Zarautz - Saint-Jean-de-Luz in just over 3 hours for example? As for hub motors don't have gears what are the 7 cogs hanging off the side of mine?
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    should ktm bikes sell sclass bikes without proof of private land.

    "VIENNA, Austria – The total number of e-bikes and e-MTB sold on the Austrian market hiked last year by 54.4% to 77,220 units. “Nearly one-fifth of all bicycles sold in Austria is an e-bike,” notes Alexander Raffeiner of the Austrian sporting goods industry association VSSÖ." Now wouldn't that...
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    Hobby king multi star on offer

    Yes I heard you when you explained to me about 12 S, I understand my initial error on going with 10 S and I will be moving in that direction as soon as I can. My 36 V 09 battery controller has a 50 V cap and I am worried that it is just a little too close to the limit with the battery hot off...
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    That case... and the public interest

    Rabbits - you can have those back!
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    Hobby king multi star on offer

    I chose to cut off there because there isn't much juice left below 35.5 and my alarm doesn't do half volts...
  11. anotherkiwi

    Bike is due for replacement (again). Best commuter for £1,000

    Wet is not a problem most of them are potted. Damaged from vandals? None of the Chinese LCDs are removable to my knowledge.
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    Which touring bike, confused newbie

    I'm going to try for myself, I rode my friends full sus Decathlon bike and it was lovely. Today my forearms started pumping up at around the 50 km mark I'm hoping the "pogo stick" will push that pain threshold back a bit. Depends which European roads KevinMull, here they ain't so hot. Chain...
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    That case... and the public interest

    Only gift? Everything else we had to pay for... :rolleyes: