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That's what happens when the public are asked to vote, they often don't understand the question or don't know the truth. The BBC had a similar wrong result in their Britain's Greatest Engineering Achievement vote, when the public voted for the French designed Concorde. They obviously didn't...

Will you please stop using false figures. Nearly 100 deaths nationwide outside London can be considered high in a nation which has a low level of cycling. but this does not apply to London. From a peak of 22 deaths in a year long ago the rate has been diminishing as a result of the many...

With earlier Impulse units 50cycles did on many occasions adjust the power levels via software, and I believe on some occasions they may have sent out on loan the necessary to do that, either to owners or bike shops. I don't know whether that would be possible with the Evo unit, but it could be...

You really are a chump! Of course few drivers die in city collisions, the average speeds are far too slow and their protection in modern cars is far too great for death to occur. If you are going to use statistics, please use them correctly. London has by a very big margin the highest rate...

You came in asking for help and suggestions, but when you received a good suggestion you avoided trying it. You then explained you'd rather try things your own way in order to learn. So why ask in the first place? Little wonder that d8veh didn't return to the thread after your response. .

No that's not the bottom line, it isn't even necessarily a problem since your comparison is plainly very silly. The car driver is obviously much less likely to die, protected as they are in a large metal box designed to contain them in safety. The bump that can kill a cyclist might scarcely...

I'm not surprised at your lack of power and it's probably intended. The Evo was the similar replacement version of the powerful Impulse 2 unit which has been suffering many mechanical failures which the lower powered original Impulse 1 didn't suffer. Basically I'd guess the lower power is...

It's widespread enough to have ben widely complained of on the German forum, but obviously it's impossible to know what percentage are affected. There are two key factors though: First is that it's a mechanical fault, meaning that the potential to fail is designed into every one. Second is...

It's all bike theft that's rampant, not just e-bikes. It's because bikes are about the only high-value, unregistered, virtually untraceable things we leave out on the streets. We do have loads of pavement bike stands and even pavement bike shelters in London, due to a healthy local government...

Certainly there are reasons for advocating such controls, but there are two reasons why it won't and can't happen: First it clashes with the general political desire to get everyone onto bikes. That's why most governments refuse to introduce helmet compulsion, they don't want to introduce...

You're very touchy, there was no accusation. I quoted the below and repeatedly referred to "we" rather than you: "Cars kill and injure far more than the vunerable thus requiring greater controls." .

Strange how we discriminate in favour of drivers though, as your quote shows. We say cyclist in this context, not bicycle. But conversely we say car, not driver. Cars aren't guilty of killing anyone. Until we get automated self-driving cars it's the drivers that do the killing. .

. Duplicate thread, please use the other thread on this link. .

True, but there's also the political dimension. Largely socialist Europe is more inclined to state run transport systems under central control which aids integration of services and consistent updating of infrastructure. They are also prepared to print enough money to achieve those aims. Our...

The real problem is mixing. We have pavements for pedestrians because we realise that they and traffic don't mix well. We sometimes have separated cycle paths because bikes don't mix well with motor traffic or pedestrians. Buses and cars don't mix since buses stop frequently but cars need to...

Yes, in our country bicycle mudguards are an essential, yet we so often follow fashion rather than commonsense, especially when young. It's very much a UK failing though, due to cycling having a sporting image here. In the main cycling nations like The Netherlands, Germany and Denmark where...

It was solely to align with mandatory EU law where pedelec only had long been the rule. Ironic considering we've now voted to leave the EU. For the following three reasons don't hold your breath for it to be changed again though: First is Theresa May's bill to convert all incorporated EU law...

I did see this but didn't respond since there are no relevant spares that I know of and others have been seeking Lafree NiMh battery cases without any luck. Basically e-bikes only started to appear in any numbers from 1999 and largely used two battery technologies to the mid 2000s, NiMh with...

If you are anywhere near Dorchester, Dorchester Cycles have plenty of experience with the Giant Lafree which used NiMh batteries. And if you'd mentioned your remoteness I would have immediately offered to first class post you the necessary resistors and details free of charge. D8veh would...

To answer this question in a bit more detail, NiMh cells have very gradual change in voltage when nearing the end of charge, so a full charge cut-off at a certain voltage is very imprecise. Therefore their cutoff is by temperature reached. An NTC (negative temperature coefficient) thermistor...