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  1. flecc

    Newbee

    Don't worry, Wisper reliability is good and their support is as very good. They'll make sure you are back in the saddle soon. Let us know if you experience any problem and we'll get a quick response for you. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    On the basis that there is no such thing as a Heaven, the only promised land we have is one many of us do reach. It's retirement, but it's up to us how good that is when reach it, though it's duration is partly down to luck. .
  3. flecc

    Kalkhoff/Panasonic charger

    Congratulations on getting it working. I can't guess how that monitoring pin functions, but your guess at a capacitor being involved makes sense. In my experience Panasonic chargers can be eccentric. The 24 volt charger for the first unit that used NiMh batteries was much bigger than usual...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You should have said everything was perfect except the cost. He might have given you a free trip. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    To take the photos? .
  6. flecc

    A rare piece of history - Swizzbee

    So as complete a hobby as cycling could ever be! :D .
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    band brake

    A good way to get to know your local police better. ;) I agree on scrapping that Powabyke, today's e-bikes are so much better in every way. It's why Powabyke became insolvent after ten years of no change and had to be rescued. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Apparently not, our Anglicised single word name isn't favoured in the USA. Wikipedia, Netflix and IMDb for example show the name as Tinker Bell: Link .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Was Tinkerbell one of your clan? :) .
  10. flecc

    band brake

    Different mounting I'm afraid. Here's a disc brake hub mounting: Band brakes mounted on a wider boss like the one arrowed on the motor below. That's got a coating since the brake wasn't fitted, so I'm not sure if it was splined or threaded under the coating: .
  11. flecc

    band brake

    No they are correctly called a Band Brake. They were often used on cheap Chinese e-bikes more than a decade ago but had a number of disadvantages, like squealing and eratic braking performance. The advent of Shimano's roller brake spelled an end for them. .
  12. flecc

    Cyclone vs Bafang - key differences, reliability etc

    The Cyclone ones have been much poorer quality. They've a long history of suffering from water ingress and corrosion, so it's important to make sure any installation is protected by shielding and water proofing. The mounting parts of their older kits were crude too, though they do seem to have...
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    Kalkhoff/Panasonic charger

    That's likely to be the residual voltage of the battery switching on the charger. Connection one I've given as charge monitoring is could well be involved in that, together with the charge positive connection four. You could check if there a signal voltage across connections one and four. .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    From Wikipedia: "Dagenham first appeared in a document (as Dæccanhaam) in a charter of Barking Abbey dating from 666 AD. The name almost certainly originated with a small farmstead, the "ham" or farm of a man called Daecca, as Dæccan hamm in Old English means home of a man called Dæcca". .
  15. flecc

    Cyclezee....The End

    Interesting. Is there any connection with your original medical career? Though I can't imagine pitstop speed maxillofacial fitting! .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    We can't even a-fjord fjords. We'll just have to make do by renaming the Bristol Channel, Southampton Water, the Wash and the Firths of Scotland. .
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    Kalkhoff/Panasonic charger

    I don't know if they show a charge with no battery connected. I don't have one to try and NRG and 10 mph aren't often in the forum these days I believe Tillson may still have the 26 volt battery system, so you could ask him if he can check if the charge shows a voltage to a meter withno battery...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Norway it is then, we can't afford anything more. .
  19. flecc

    Help! Ebike Delivery Problems

    They do, but this was a new purchase being carried from the dealer to me. Electric car sales worldwide have taken off very suddenly in the last year and it's been very difficult to get a decent new one with very long waiting lists. Hence me getting mine from the north but still with an over...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Exactly, what on earth possessed her to think she could. The EU had long ago made clear that couldn't happen and when David Cameron tried it with a tour around Europe, the leaders all rebuffed him. .