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Why? This thread is titled as being about illegal use of e-bikes so you don't have to enter and read it. .

But as implied, we really do need to worry about the whys and wherefores. A motorcycle helmet and third party insurance is needed in the UK for compliance and it cannot be used on cyclepaths, shared paths, bridleways, Sustrans routes or left in cycle parking facilities. Also a driving licence...

Thanks, I understand now, not fast e-bikes as we understand them currently. I can certainly see considerable difficulties in getting a bicycle like machine accepted into law with 10 kilowatts of power. Being so far outside of present perceptions it will need some very open minds, uncommon in...

There's two aspects here so I think there may have been some misunderstanding in that group. The first aspect is the vehicle which has to be standardised for use across Europe and to ensure no country has a trading advantage. That's already done for the S class and now has 500 watts EU...

My query was what is the Kickstarter group trying to push through as e-bike law in the EU? I just can't see that there is anything necessary, the S class mentioned looks after fast e-bikes as described, and there's nothing to stop the creation of 60 mph motorbike like machines. That group...

I don't understand this? The EU already accepts a fast e-bike class, seen in Germany as the S class. The Netherlands has a partial acceptance too and France will adopt it fully in 2017. Though they fall into the motor vehicle class L1e-B like mopeds, each country can legislate to limit the...

It's basically an S class e-bike, registered in the UK as L1e-B like a moped. The question mark for me is, as said above, the question of having to wear a motorcycle helmet and not being able to use bicycle facilities. To my mind either those factors kill the market for it or owners will just...

It's been done successfully twice to my knowledge, but the end results have had a number of motorcycle like features. More to the point though are the usage factors. Who wants to ride an e-bike wearing an approved motorcycle helmet? Would they be satisfied confined only to motor vehicle...

The new regulations that are very soon being adopted, April I think, do allow these for the first time in the UK. Previously the EAPC regulations limited power to two or three wheels. At the same time all pedelec weight limits are being removed, so he can go ahead for use very soon. However...

I don't know if it was this one, but one member who bought an alternative Bosch type battery reported after a while that it was performing a bit below his genuine article but he seemed to feel good enough. P.S. Just found the reference, it was for an Oriental made one and it was the capacity...

Their argument aginst chain is rubbish of course, starting by distorting the true efficiency of a new chain system and pretending that perfect chain alignment is essential, again very untrue. We get similar distortions by the belt drive promoters. .

I did think you were, but with no smiley and being caught out before when some haven't been joking, I replied just in case. However, now i know with certainty you were joking, I now don't know if you did actually enjoy the music or hated it! :confused: .

There have been a few attempts over the last ten years to get these to sell well in both unpowered and electric forms, but they all seem to fail. The inflexibilty is a restriction, originally only for the Nexus 7 speed hub and later an 8 speed version, the lack of a wider choice or ability to...

There's no offence taken on my part Phill and can't imagine others being offended. I agree that until fairly recently the scene was a bit mundane, but that largely reflected the market that had existed before the recent growth in cycling. Things are changing overall, but the bulk of the e-bike...

o_O. There is no guitar to hear, the pizzicato was on the solo violin. Here's the instrumentation that also applied to that recording of Gidon Kremer's performance, on this link .

It's only in classical music that I'm a bit of a purist, in all other things I also only claim to be a jack of all trades and master of none. I've always felt that is the most sensible course and the best way of sufficiently understanding the widest possible range of world's complexities. As...

Don't you think we have both Phill? Some of Haibike's models for example are hardly geriatric and to me match what you ask for, and they aren't the only make with modern designs. .

That's certainly an element, but I see the same type of grim faced, helmeted and specially clothed, fast riding among those who have shorter commutes in London. Seeing bunches of them racing along together has all the appearance of a peleton, regardless of their trip distance. I remember when...

. On the Suntour website for your model forks I've found this PDF of the exploded view. Part number 12 is listed as the Adjust cap, so it appears some adjustment is possible on that leg. And here is the 2014 general manual for their forks on this link. They haven't yet produced a 2015 manual...

Keep the extra chain in stock so you'll have it for future extra bits at chain changes. You are right about it originally being 1/8" chain, the earlier chainwheel shoulders being unable to accept 3/32" chain seated down. .