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the main benefit of placing the battery inside the luggage rack as opposed to behind the seat post is two folds: a) I can fit a standard cartridge type bottom bracket (the old Santana used to have cup and cone instead of cartridge bearings) and b) the controller is placed well out of reach of...

no, the 250W is the minimum that the e-bikes that say so on the label are capable of. The real maximum output is set by the controller, I have for example 36V 15A, 36V 17A, 36V 20A and 48V 17A to suit different riders' weight and how hilly where they live. A more powerful controller needs to be...

ah the sturdy look of e-bikes a few years ago... That was before German bikes dominate the market. nowadays, Chinese e-bikes have to follow the look and trend set by Cube and Haibike...

it's not so much the fault of UK government, it's the right wing press that spread stories that EU immigrants are scroungers and benefit cheats. Some do, the vast majority are just people who exercise their rights to work and settle here like my children live and work in France.

Kicking the can down the road has served us well in the last 43 years so it's got its merits. The fundamental issue is not just the nature of economics, people and countries are flexible and will adapt, so using economics to beat the brexiters or to claim that they don't understand is not going...

'Managers of a contract' - that's the problem in country. why bother doing or making something when you can make plenty of money managing a contract.

I usually replace cable operated brakes with hydraulic brakes in recent years but even before the upgrades, brake cables are routed downward to avoid this potential problem. However, as an interesting stats, the older customers look after their bikes better than the younger, easily by a factor...

if you look for design faults in e-bikes, you are going to be busy for a long time. Everybody knows that the main problem is water, rain and condensation. The best solution is always do your best to keep the bike warm and dry. If you have to leave the bike outside overnight, invest £10 in a...

I can't say that I condone the anti-dumping levy on Chinese e-bikes and the huge subsidies to French farmers but on the long term, the anti-dumping levy will help local e-bike producers and farm subsidies did get rid of the mountains of butter and the wine lakes.

EU migration is still unrestricted at the moment and won't be changed during the transition period and yet we already have experienced a shortage of skilled workforce which can only be the result of the referendum.

I would have thought that Taiwan is a more attractive solution. Building small quantities is OK in the short term to continue with our existing range but not a viable long term solution. New models will have to be sourced from Taiwan.

it is usual that a company with a sizable existing clientele like Freego would be taken over rather than left to vanish. it's still early days.

we have to do this sometimes but we also have to file off sometimes a bit of excess weld inside the bottom bracket where the seat tube and the down tube are joined. The dropout is easier to access. In both cases, it's a 5 minute job in a workshop. What takes time is something that we have to do...

if parliament cannot reach a deal, I am convinced that the opposition will start a motion to extend A50. This is the outcome that the hard brexiters know that will get the majority in the house and with it, brexit will probably be stopped by its own mounting costs and difficulties.

it's not Bosch who instigated the anti-dumping process. It's the EBMA, European Bicycle Manufacturers Association. They want to reduce Chinese competition by claiming that Chinese bikes are sold at below costs which is a bit absurd if you ask me. The EU Commission reacted by using the cost of...

I don't see any unfair criticism against the UK. As you said, the UK is a nice place to live, with attractive public service provisions. But so are and do many other countries in the EU. That's why more than a million UK citizens live there. I was out dining with a few old friends yesterday in...

I am sure anti-dumping has played its part but it is the success of e-bikes in general that has attracted the big boys into a relatively niche industry. In the last 2-3 years, we have seen a lot of online retailers adding e-bikes to their range then G-Tech started advertising on TV and last but...

my customers rarely need help with fitting crank drive kits and yet, in our workshop, it takes about the same amount of time and effort to fit a hub kit or a CD kit. Front hub kits are definitely easiest to fit. Points to watch: If you have 160mm rotor, some hub motors are too large and will...

perhaps they could turn Northern Ireland into Singapore in the West. I wonder who the low wage Malaysian workers will be replaced with. A little bonkers indeed.

I would't think we'll get no deal brexit. There will be more support for TM's deal at the second round of vote before end of January.