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You aren't restricted to 15 mph, the motor is. I pedal regularly up to 25 mph even though the motor has cut out at 18 mph. My current top speed is around 36 mph freewheeling down a very steep hill... Because it is easier to get to 15 mph you have the extra energy to pedal over and beyond is the...

I'm thinking about this one: https://bmsbattery.com/ebike-parts/620-new-right-off-bottle-battery-case-for-18650-parts.html I have a bottle battery that looks identical except it isn't the sideways insert-able type. My worry is it the same length I guess. I should just be able to extract the...

Having wires all over the frame is not doing it for me so... I noticed that BMSB sells an empty "new" bottle battery case and also a sine wave controller for it. My thought is to gut my current battery case and put those internals in a case that goes in the holder with the sine wave controller...

Did you see this? http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/e-bike-vision-e-bike-battery-panasonic-26v-power-pack-18ah-62837/wg_id-31 They ship to Canada for 19.95€

My controller has printed on it "7 Amp nominal, 14 Amp peak" it is of course able to deliver peak Amps for a very long time... Especially with a 10.4 Amp battery that is 2C nominal and 3C peak. I think that is why the Ciclotek site mentions the kit as "Road legal", their quotation marks... I am...

My LCD battery gauge works kind of the same way. I have a long 4% hill climb and at the top I lose a bar which I get back after free wheeling down the other side. I have run out of battery twice this week just before getting home but range is a solid 72-75 km which in my mind is very good for a...

My controller is in a frame bag. I have decided not to worry about theft or vandalism, there isn't much you can do about it. Someone did try to open the previous under saddle bag I noticed but it was cable tie "locked". I park out in the open solidly attached to urban furniture. If I was cycle...

I think that I got lucky and at 600 km the motor is very quiet again.

While procrastinating on my next move I came across a chain tensioner for the Alfine which can be used to improve the chainline.

A friend of mine bought a Decathlon "original 700" pedelec on summer sale for 699€ down from 999€ http://www.decathlon.co.uk/original-700-electric-bike-id_8328554.html and it won't climb our hills in town. He wants to go to his shop and back from his home 5 km away daily, with some beach...

(in French, sorry) A European industrial success story, very rare these past years. http://pro.orange.fr/actualites/creation-innovation/la-manufacture-francaise-du-cycle-revit-sa-splendeur-passee.html Executive summary: after being bought by Spanish then Swedish cycle manufacturers the...

Today I added a frame bag for the controller, my under-seat bag was getting in the way for stuff on the rack. It is big enough to hold the frame lock chain as well which pleased me. Now I don't need a rack bag when popping out for a city ride and I don't want to bring all my kit with me. And...

Crossing tram rails on a bicycle in the rain is a white knucke experience, I lived in Nantes for 30 years... Sometimes you can't cross the rails at 90°. :eek: Trolly buses add visual pollution to the city with all those cables. There is a city experimenting with electric buses that recharge at...

Ah ha! Siemens is involved, they are being punished by a greater force for preventing electric planes from crossing the channel! :D

You mean you don't learn to speak several languages at school? How very European of you :p My Google Chrome is set up to automatically translate German (a language I will never learn, sorry). The site seems to offer a minimum 10% discount on all bikes with some special offers at over 50%...

I vote for frame sack rather than backpack. Having moved everything to a bag on my rack I have said goodbye to a sweaty back! Today it was about 32-34°C and not having a sweaty back is a definite plus.

So I finally bought a helmet (bright orange hardshell BMX variety, sorry no photos... :oops: ) and did my first Spanish Basque Country road trip. I also bought a cheap Decathlon pannier bag to put on the rack to hold it when not in use. I rode to the station in Hendaye in just over 20 minutes...

Chronopost (are you seated?) 140€ France to Canada. China will be the cheapest option I think.

I know you can pay thousands more for a hand build road bike with top of the line components. I am not into offroad pedelecs I do agree it is a very nice design but looking at the specs you are paying a lot compared to others just over half that. just to have a Gates Carbon drive? 8500€ gets a...

http://www.hnf-heisenberg.com/index.php/heisenberg-design-xf1.html/ 8,345.00 € or ONLY 208 € per month! Is it just me or are things getting a little ridiculous?