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I was referring to a multimeter to measure the voltage, but since you have a full charge indicated, the battery probably isn't the cause. Hopefully Benelli will assist in solving the problem. .

In fairness to them this wasn't the case on this occasion. The action resulted from one dealer reporting another dealer who was hiring out illegal 250 watt bikes when the law was still 200 watts. Sour grapes! .

Do you have a meter to check the battery voltage to see if it really has charged? Although nominally a 36 volt battery, fully charged it should read 42 volts. When out of use these lithium batteries should be charged at least one every two months since they can die if left too long out of action. .

The Crown Protectorates all do their own thing, being not in the EU, UK, Great Britain or Britain. Where e-bike law is concerned, Guernsey followed Britain's EAPC regulatins but I don't know if they've adopted the 2015 amendments, including to 250 watts. The Isle of Man has a few e-bikers...

This was posted about before with a different link, it's probably nonsense. You can read the responses on that other thread on this link. The last time I got "Cheating" called out, it was by a couple of boys around 10 years old waiting for a bus to carry them. :rolleyes: .

That's a good point, though I think in the Kalkhoff case they were probably going too far for the small profile toothed nylon gear in a torque and power race with Bosch. The power peaks due to the torque sensor action will certainly have hastened the end. Heinzmann sensibly only fit a nylon...

There have definitely been no changes of the assist speed limit in EU law in either class, it remains 25 kph for pedelecs and 45 kph for S class high speed pedelecs. In the UK on the 6th April 2015, the limit of 15 mph for pedelecs was adjusted to 15.5 mph to more accurately match the EU's 25...

Of course the S pedelec riders can have a throttle up to 12 mph so have that advantage over riders of standard pedelecs. But on the other hand, they have more restrictions and conditions of use and are threatened with more: Currently the EU commisssion have been trying to introduce enforcement...

Thanks Shemozzle. With just one mention only of L1e-A, this seems to primarily concern the S class speed pedelecs with the L1e-B Moped classification. The two mentions of the four times ratio of motor to human power limitation and confirmation of it's reasonableness once again demonstrates...

With a distinct hint of the Birdy folder in that parallelogram front suspension, although the Birdy has a form of swinging link.

Welcome to the forum Simon. I believe the bike in this link may be your new Klassik model in it's unpowered version. .

The photo in this post appears to show the handgrip areas of the bars are inclined upwards at the outer end. That's definitely unnatural and will be twisting your arms and could adversely affect the wrists. They should never point above level at the outer end and are better inclined downwards...

I suppose you could do 25 mph twice and become a member in installments. ;) .

Don't want to make the feeling worse, but we do have an unofficial 50mph club in the forum, members being those who've done over 50 mph downhill on their bikes. It's gone a bit quiet more recently. I don't quite qualify, my latest best was just short at 48 mph. This thread refers. .

I think the rumours have been nonsense and the whole issue a storm in a teacup, as it was at the time of the original false accusation against Cancellara. I'm inclined to believe the father that this bike was not used or ever intended to be used. These down-tube motor systems are far from...

It's actually been a long term campaign but it 's taken a long time to sink in sufficiently. TfL first raised the issues and focused on the large imbalance of female deaths several years ago in a particularly bad year. The BBC and Evening Standard newspaper both highlighted the problem over...

Gilligan is absolutely right about the current image ofLondon cycling, and I'd extend that to all of the country. Cycling needs to get back to being transport for all, not just the pseudo-sport style pursuit it's sadly become in Britain since 1980. Of course I agree that far better...

That's to be expected, over three quarters of the commuting cyclists are men. .

I think their patent must only be on the self adjusting aspect, since Cybien in France has had this kind of friction drive for years in a dual form. Theirs has manual motor engagement with automatic disengagement at the legal limit and has to use a special deeper rim with a separate drive...

This we know is definitely not true. If you think back to last year's posts on this subject, you'll remember that the victims were crushed by being in the unsighted l/h blind area, the truck drivers unable to see the bike and rider. It was the cause of every bike/truck death and has been for a...