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  1. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    It may well have meant raw food in the context being used. In all languages word combinations are used by the native speakers in odd or slang fashion to give variations of meaning. .
  2. flecc

    should ktm bikes sell sclass bikes without proof of private land.

    The motorcycle and moped interests are the ones blocking the independent throttle on pedelecs. Their agenda with the S bikes is one of annoyance that they are effectively mopeds but escape much of the regulations. They want them to be treated equally, but the EU won't accept that due to the...
  3. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    It seems Strava means Food in Slovak or Diet in Czech. . Apparently Raw Food is surové potraviny in Slovak. .
  4. flecc

    about me, Hans Fredrik

    Welcome to the pedelecs forum Hans Fredrik. We have at least three other Norwegian members, but only one, Boreios, is on our map, in the far north at Tromsø. .
  5. flecc

    Leaving the EU

    And I'm 1/2 Italian, 1/4 English and 1/4 Scots, and also teetotal. So we're both mongrels! .
  6. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    Unfortunately my honest answer might not suit you Flud, my experiences with both in my hilly area have biased me to hub motors. If advising before he bought I'd have recommended Kevin try both types to see what suited him best. However, as I advised him long ago in this thread, stick with what...
  7. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    Probably unfair. Our long experience is that people buy the wrong bike and only then come here to find out their mistake. The OP's bike is sold through shops so the forum may have played no part in it's choice. His equally disappointed brother bought a completly diffferent bike so that again...
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    Failed on my first big hill

    Referring to what I've highlighted in bold Flud, I've never said that, not just now but ever. Indeed I've said very clearly "horses for courses". As said before, I always urge others to try both before buying and make their own minds up, often adding that the bike that's right for them is the...
  9. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    This shows you really are making a fool of yourself by not understanding enough. As already explained, I gave up on my last CD bike since a very long slow climb I have was exhausting due to the effort required by the torque sensor to get enough from the motor. Instead I climb it much faster...
  10. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    But we are not saying that. The 250 watt rating is purely nominal for legal purposes, virtually all e-bikes put out far more than that as I've already explained. Even that you argued with, wrongly. What we are saying is that there are hub motors that do compete in those circumstances, making...
  11. flecc

    Regenerative Braking

    Try ths link instead, it may be the thread you mean: http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/storck-raddar-multitask-se-v-bh-emotion-neo-xtrem-my-personal-experience.12604/page-3#post-188406 .
  12. flecc

    Leaving the EU

    But you're not really British. The name Britain came from the Roman name of Britannia which only referred to England. The southern half below a line from the Mersey to the Wash they called Britannia Superior, the half of England to the north of that line they called Britannia Inferior. That...
  13. flecc

    Leaving the EU

    Easy answer as you're in Scotland. Leave the UK and stuff the pair of them! .
  14. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    Run of the mill implementations of the standard Bafang motors are not great hill climbers. They are fine in the less demanding parts of the country where the steepest hill is about 10% and most are less. But if more serious hills are to be tackled, a BPM or it's rear wheel CST equivalent are...
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    Failed on my first big hill

    And also easy to service, repair or refurbish when worn, something that is between difficult and impossible with most crank units. .
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    Leaving the EU

    I think that would leave much of the population even more baffled than they are now about the whole issue. Tell them something that might threaten their car ownership and that would make them sit up and take notice. .
  17. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    If you'd been a long time in this forum you'd know that the people you are criticising regularly tell others to try before buying, stressing how essential that is. I even plead with them to spend time and money, if necessary travelling long distances to do that, to avoid wasting money with an...
  18. flecc

    Regenerative Braking

    Perhaps it was placebo regeneration. ;) .
  19. flecc

    Where Do You Live V2.0

    I was hoping that would be ok. Google Map's first attempt for M32 was to dump me in the middle of an airport runway in the USA! .
  20. flecc

    Failed on my first big hill

    There are two, one from Xionda, the other from SRAM. They don't need any higher ratio than their second internal motor gear gives, since the rider still has their derailleur for fast downhills at over the 15 mph assist limit. But that's just one approach for having a hub motor for steep hills...