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  1. flecc

    What advance in bicycle technology has impressed you the most?

    Each to his own of course, but wouldn't it have been better to having joined a flying club if you wanted those sort of kicks? ;) .
  2. flecc

    Night riding with no bike lights

    On practice in London this isn't the outcome though, the few cycling deaths are usually of commuters, and mainly in the morning commute on properly equipped bikes. The fact that the unlit casual night cyclists get away with it is perhaps a tribute to the drivers and also to the high intensities...
  3. flecc

    What advance in bicycle technology has impressed you the most?

    That was the later D cells version Fordulike mentioned, The original and forerunner used the Ever-Ready 3 volt twin cell battery which was in fact a pair of side by side joined F cells with brass strip terminals. There was a knob on top which when screwed down made contact with the top strip...
  4. flecc

    Now thats a nice looking eBike shop.....

    Their online site doesn't have interior photos Dave, but here's two links: A page of SquadraMondo store exteriors, including Zurich. A set of 23 photos of the Zurich store in a Yelp web site. .
  5. flecc

    Modification for those with limited or no leg movement

    Great solution Griff. We have at least two other members with one leg off, but I haven't seen either posting recently. .
  6. flecc

    eBikes getting some love....

    It's the concept of a bicycle being defiled by a motor that upsets them. Cycling enthusiasts tend to view motor vehicles in rather negative ways, seeing bicycles as being superior and pure in social and environmental terms. It's primarily a British problem due to the view of bicycles as being...
  7. flecc

    Does car battery voltage drop when it gets colder?

    Yes it does, it's one reason why one often hears a starter motor labouring in cold winter weather. The starter motor drain further reduces the voltage, resulting in reduced spark voltage in petrol engines. That said, 11.8 volts is rather low. I've just this moment checked the voltage on an...
  8. flecc

    What's wrong with this forum lately?

    Tom, when you go into Resources, Search, try clicking Search Threads and Posts in the top line before entering anything else. That often seems to enable it. .
  9. flecc

    What's wrong with this forum lately?

    It's actually "Child categories" in the search facility, so more one for the race/gender discrimination squads. ;) .
  10. flecc

    What's wrong with this forum lately?

    The search must be personalised then, since it works for me. I just used Search, my member name, Charging Post, Search threads only, most contributed to, and unchecked child forums, and that gave the top 500 threads. .
  11. flecc

    What's wrong with this forum lately?

    "The requested search could not be found" ? I just checked the link and it worked ok. Here's the link again .
  12. flecc

    What's wrong with this forum lately?

    Ths problem has been an intermittent one throughout the life of this forum, possibly in part because there are limits to the variety of what can be posted about e-bikes. In the past I've done exactly what you propose to deal with this problem, often with some success when such a thread has led...
  13. flecc

    Have I done the right thing? pimped my ride

    Indeed, I recently ran a sentence of English into German through three online translators and all three were wrong when translated back to English. Oddly enough though, by using a mix of words from the three German versions it then translated back correctly in all three, probably meaning the...
  14. flecc

    KTM eStreet P: Strong resistance when power assist is off

    Agreed, e-bikes can get us so used to much easier riding and higher gears, it seems abnormally tough going when the power is off. When I first took up an e-bike it spoilt my normal bike fitness through getting used to working less. .
  15. flecc

    What name next?

    Yes, that's in the website page I posted above, but they have a different meaning. .
  16. flecc

    KTM eStreet P: Strong resistance when power assist is off

    Your wife's rear motor is probably an internally geared one, They commonly have an internal freewheel that disconnects the motor drive and comes into operation as soon as the bike speed exceeds the motor drive speed, so no motor drag. .