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Sounds like they were very poorly finished in manufacture and have suffered further from that since. Painting over oxidisation could have been the start of the problem. .

Failing finding an effective solvent and if stone steps, perhaps using a blowlamp to char it will then allow sanding to remove the burnt remains. .

Don't worry, at least your battery is behind you and not between your legs! :eek: .

Not really. It's the very high capacity of our e-bike batteries that increases the consequences. The amount of energy stored when full gives them the potential to be household bombs. .

While modern lithium batteries are generally very safe, the odd overheating and even fire are not completely unknown. If you charge overnight while asleep it's good idea to do that in a room with a smoke detector. .

It's the bikes made in Europe of largely Chinese parts that will suffer the threatened cost increases, so presumably threatening price increases to match. .

That does mean it's stopped charging. Unlike with some other battery types, chargers for lithium batteries are not smart. It's the batteries own internal BMS (battery management system) that turns off the charge when full. When the BMS stops the charge, the charger not being able to deliver...

As 4bound says, any price that it will achieve will be unfair in the circumstances, but it's unavoidable pain. I agree with the £1500 to £1800 range, perhaps starting a bit higher but indicating willingness to negotiate, for example listing as £1900 ono. That way a buyer saves the VAT and a...

I wouldn't be confident of that. My brother was convinced that TV was a thoroughly bad influence and wouldn't allow one in the house when his two children were growing up. They were also forbidden to watch in friends houses, in a rural district so not as difficult to monitor as it might seem...

I agree, as unfair as it seems in these circumstances, I think the price still too high to achieve a sale. One reason for prices initially dropping so sharply in such markets is the effect of VAT which has no second hand value of course. The new bike was £1995.83 plus VAT at 20%. Therefore...

It's all a matter of definition. People are best at producing hot air and getting into hot water. ;) .

Of upsetting lots of people! :D .

It certainly does, the two types are completely different vehicles. I've owned both, including at the same time, but had to ride with very different techniques according to what I was using. I see the sophisticated crank-drive-unit pedelec bikes as bicycles, throttle-controlled hub-motor...

Also I remember what happened when car kettles were first introduced. People would park up for a picnic, boil the kettle for a cuppa for the family and then find they couldn't start the car again since they'd flattened their large car battery! Now they've been replaced with one cup boilers...

Yes, largely true now, but those like myself who partially predate the welfare state and the NHS have seen and even suffered situations here that could challenge those in many third world countries today. .

You'd be amazed at the sheer effort involved in pedal generation. It has been tried and demonstrated, even on TV, but the return has always been negligible. It's not possible with your Bosch since it's motor is internally freewheeled, disconnected while pedalling without power, and this is...

You are missing the point I made, your statement: "what in the world does a first world citizen know about hard work?" insults those like myself who certainly have known about extremely hard work with negligible return, and also those here who still suffer that. Are you unaware that while you...

And not only true there of course. But completely irrelevant what I objected to, this comment you made: "what in the world does a first world citizen know about hard work?" Life expectancy, disease and crime are social issues, not related to hard work. .

That's far too sweeping a statement. Many of us much older people know only to well what hard work over long hours was, with the earned result of only receiving just enough to sustain life with no luxuries of any kind. Certainly things have substantially changed now, but the memories haven't. .

Totally agree, and I have also experienced this property problem first hand. .