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Thanks both. My freewheel must have been screwed on in the factory and has no means of being screwed off - no teeth for a freewheel tool... I have a freewheel tool in my tool kit. Thanks again

In the course of converting my bike I took the cassette off to see what type of rear wheel to order. No problem, ready to take on the swap of old cassette to new wheel when I order it. My girlfriend's bike has a broken spoke so while on a roll I decided to take the casette off to see what kind...

OK so that is more clear - a broken UPS and some new larger batteries then... You are still jumping through hoops, a second battery that you charge during the day, despite the extra cost, is a much better idea IMO. Even charging through the mains - £160 will buy you about 1,600 charges i.e. way...

You are going to need a very big UPS. Cheaper and easier to have a second 48v 11.4ah battery that you charge directly during the day. A small UPS, cheaper than a second battery, will only run for a couple of hours.

Grumpy old men on electric bikes now there is an idea for a TV show! Oh wait... already been done... But presented by J Clarckson there's a new twist :p I went for my annual work health checkup and was lucky, only two cars overtook me before immediately turning right making me reach for the...

We need honorable members to write to Elon Musk to get him interested in supplying cheaper pedelec batteries!

I've always been a bit ahead of my time :p

My bike will be nuclear reactor powered! :D Couple of huge solar farms just up the road too. Wind is having problems taking off because of "ecologists" protecting birds. We all know that birds are stupid and love flying around huge moving blades... :rolleyes:

Heads up: there are some Chinese made bikes - JKT brand - for sale on vente privee at 1250€ down from 2150€ (£925 at todays rate). Seems quite well equiped with 36V 11A Samsung battery and a 8fun bottom bracket motor 8 speed Shimano, Tektro hydraulic disks etc. 29" wheels and 22.2kg announced.

I am a farmer's son, I have so many cow stories it is boring. Including the death of a neighbours child who was killed by a bull which probably mistook him for a dog (he was 3 or 4 at the time). I have also seen a dog go into orbit (low earth orbit), it never went into a field with cows in it...

I lived in London for about 8-9 months in the mid '70s. I have been back a couple of times and... well it isn't the same country I lived in. (n.b. my opinion on CCTV cameras). Chin up though, you haven't gone as far downhill as the States :p

It gives you 350W (the difference between the two motors is the controller amperage). It will use the battery quicker. As d8veh says, you need to stop the motor before changing gears (downshifting) and the easiest way is to install the supplied brake lever and just touch the rear brake before...

You sir are the king of understatement! :rolleyes: You become that very same street warden as soon as you wear a camera. By wearing a camera you become part of the camera problem not the cure :eek:

I thought very seriously about buying this one (I may still do so), I have had a ride on one and it felt great. Add a Magura hydraulic brake on the front, marathon plus tyres and a sprung seat post you are still under 400€. The triangle is big enough for a bottle battery or a triangular bag. I...

I read about a guy who added a "clutch" lever - a brake lever that was not connected to the brakes just to turn the motor off when changing gear. Was it someone on here? He said it looked weird - two brake levers on the left hand side - but it worked well for him. I thought that a push button...

I think that the OP has a point that you are all overlooking: you can change gear while stopped with an internal hub gear change (without mentioning his other half's preference for hub gears...). This can be very usefull in stop and go riding such as in a city like Copenhagen. Copenhagen, from...

The advantage of the Sunstar is the torque sensor instead of PAS. As you can buy a torque sensor for use with a hub motor doe $240 they are really overpriced IMHO.

You have very good taste in bikes dear sir! If I had a spare 3,500€ I would have a Grace MXII Urban myself :D Tony

Like that one but with a vélomobile body! And a 4000W motor :rolleyes:

I read a book like that once. What was the authors name again? Orwell or something like that... :D