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  1. flecc

    Fitting a 12 volt regulator to 36v bike.

    In law your EAPC is treated as a bicycle Robert, so where a bicycle is permitted, so are you. .
  2. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    I'd guess that the high RPMs etc in a geared motor would also introduce a drag factor with any fluid filling. .
  3. flecc

    More than a lucky escape.

    If I rode like him I'd wear a helmet, plus leathers with knee, elbow and back protectors! .
  4. flecc

    bike storage at front off property

    I do think your only chance is the caravan still on it's wheels. You could jack up the front so the rear where the doors will be is closer to the ground to allow easier entry, That plus a mini-ramp would make it easy to wheel a bike in. .
  5. flecc

    Aggatu

    But don't forget that you have consumer rights well beyond any warranty. Products have to have a reasonable life expectation, and the courts can compensate for shortfalls, commonly up to about a six year period. Your experience is well short of a reasonable expectation of an electric assist...
  6. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    No, there was no qualification, he very obviously sees all time spent in VR as wasted time. .
  7. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    As someone who can't see any possible interest or benefit in computer games, there was another way in which Justin pleased me, in response to a VR question. That was his caustic reference about those wasting their lives away playing computer games! .
  8. flecc

    bike storage at front off property

    I think you'll have to check with the council's planning department Robert. They can be quite strict about their rules, so better safe than sorry. .
  9. flecc

    bike storage at front off property

    Yes, some permit a container as a temporary building, but that often doesn't have permanence as a nearby home found out what the council insisted on it going when the period went over a year. The "wheels on" rule is for it to be there as a caravan. They don't even have to be touching the...
  10. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    Yes, I raised my eyebrows at that clear bias, I wonder how much that's related to BionX being Canadian like him? He clearly doesn't like crank drive either. I was also surprised that he said the returns rate for DD and internally geared motors was roughly the same. In my experience DD are...
  11. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    For me it was good to hear Justin being not tied to electrical power for personal transport, or even e-bikes for that matter. Though not a message suited to this forum, bikes can't alone be the answer. Modern history shows that people almost universally make every effort to get away from bikes...
  12. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    True, but I suppose liquid cooling adds the potential for driving more current though, i.e. smaller motors for a given power. .
  13. flecc

    bike storage at front off property

    You have to leave the wheels on the caravan though, or it will no longer be considered a caravan. .
  14. flecc

    Aggatu

    Thanks, I wanted to clear that up since the first generation with the Panasonic units have been very reliable and a number of members have had them for years and still regard them highly. I'm sorry to learn your unhappy experience of your models and hope some other Impulse 2 owners come in with...
  15. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    Ferrofluid doesn't just cool, it also brings a rise in efficiency and I'd most like to know how much that gain can be in DD hub motors. For example, in loudspeakers, which are linear motors of course, the efficiency gain comes from the ferric element of the fluid directly coupling the magnetic...
  16. flecc

    Aggatu

    Are these the models with an Impulse crank motor? There have been three distinctly different Agattus, one with the Panasonic crank motor unit in three different power versions. a second was the short lived Agattu F which had a front wheel hub motor, and the third generation has the Impulse...
  17. flecc

    An Interview With Justin

    Ferrofluid has proved very effectve at cooling loudspeakers and greatly improving their efficiency, and they work under constantly widely changing drive conditions. It's in the worldwide market too, my 4K TV has four ferrofluid speakers handling the bulk of the sound reproduction, two per...
  18. flecc

    More than a lucky escape.

    He'll certainly think twice before speeding towards a gap like that again! It really was asking for it. .
  19. flecc

    Does bicycle weight really matter?

    The only justification I can think of is having the motor to help getting back up to the top. Any motor that could stand up to the jumps and stay reliable should be a good seller in the market though! .
  20. flecc

    Does bicycle weight really matter?

    No, just typical BMX jumps. For that more extreme stuff only a crank motor would do. .