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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    According to the description it should have a front brake. The multiple 1* reviews as it is badly listed on amazon is what I guess pushed the price down. Hopefully this plan makes sense. The red bit will be some sort of plastic, thin metal or maybe even fibreglass "fuel tank" that I can put the...
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    Ok, some more searches and looking up just building a battery and not an ebike battery I found plenty about wiring up smaller AA looking battery cells into bigger packs. A little more info on the pcbs that balance them when charging and I should be good to go. Headway 38120S LiFePO4 Battery...
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    Yes, single speed with a rear hub coaster/brake so backpedel and the brake kicks in. I did a ride on the weekend of 30 miles on my regular mountain bike going across london and back via another route keeping in 2/3(front) and 5/7(rear) so mid geared and it was fine so if I swap the rear cog from...
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    Well it seems today was my lucky day so the bike I wanted was on offer after a mislisting and so bad reviews. www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006KAZ7LG/ref=ox_ya_os_product Unless my partner decides she wants the bike I'm going to look at adding a front hub motor and stashing all the...
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    8fun crank drive kit

    Anyone ordered one from the ali express guy?
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    I'm not totally sure about the postage options but doing the same I had a look and it would seem I can get all the bits I need and spare brake levers and things to last me years for £300-350. Put that with the bike cost and it will still be cheaper than the ready mades from china even if a bit...
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    Dropped an email to the people on that site, see how much it is to get some stuff shipped as it seems crazy cheap before shipping.
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    Links? I'm still new to all this stuff so learning. Also I see lots of custom builds have "battery bags" but the kits come with the bottle shape battery's or pannier battery's? Am I missing something?
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    Carrying stuff / Panniers

    Black Army Haversack with backpack Straps (Brand New condition) P&P £2.45 UK | eBay 2 of those with the straps put together in the middle.
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    I'm now considering an Electra Cruiser 1 and a pannier + front wheel hub type kit from 8fun. Bikes 2U Direct -- Leisure bikes : Cruisers -- Electra Cruiser 1 gents black bike The only thing I am now thinking is how the hell do I make an e-coaster brake.
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    I was thinking more along the lines of something like these put together. 26B29BL | Ecosmo 26" New Beach Cruiser / Lowridge Bike | 7 SP SHIMANO,Rear Rack,Comfort Seat,Mudguards EK26F36R | 8Fun 26" Electric Bike Conversion Kit | 36V 250W Motor, 36V Li-ion Battery with Panasonic cells Would...
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    Cheap Chinese vs Cheapish Conversion?

    The more I look at the cheaper end of ebikes the more I notice the conversion kits usually have the same 8fun motors in them and similar controls. At the moment the only advantage/disadvantage seems to be that the battery might not be as well placed as on one that comes ready made. I would...
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    New E-bike dealer.

    I had a quick search and it seems the dash is one of the models they do but the brand is batribike. Electric Bikes For Sale | Folding Electric Bikes | Battery Powered Bikes | Lincolnshire, UKBATRIBIKE Electric Bicycles | Cycling Made Easy with Electric Motor Assistance
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    Earls Court to be demolished.

    Yeah but you can never have too many developments of s****y flats above tesco locals and a gyms...
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    which anti-theft insurance ?

    https://www.kryptonitelock.com/Pages/antitheftdetails.aspx I have been looking also and lots have pointed too this ^^^. You would need to use a ktyptonite lock but it still seems like a good idea. The only thing that worries me is they expect to get the lock back after, if the thief tidys it...
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    Cheaper Options?

    Is ok just I'm now not sure when I get another chance to win them over to the idea.
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    Wall protection

    I just searched on eBay and amazon for bike wall hook/mount. If you can wait till 8pm or so I can take some pics of what has come and links to a few types of storage. If you have concrete walls then you will need a beefy drill. My searches generally found 4 common types of storage. Ceiling...
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    Cheaper Options?

    Well the bosses seemed happy enough with setting up things but considered woosh an unknown. Hatti didn't respond my pm so when they asked the question they always do about bacs I had to say I don't know. Might be a couple of weeks now before they bother looking at it.
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    heavy duty locks? chains? d/u? other?

    That's why most of the more expensive ones are smaller. Depending on what you plan to lock up against pick the right size. Here bike racks/hoops are common so I would be happy with smaller even if I can't go around lampposts. Are them pitlocks not just hex key locks? I have a sort of hex key...
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    Wall protection

    I'm going to collect some of these from the post office in the morning(ebay £5 each ordered friday). Take up less space and won't mark the walls anymore unless we go pushing wet tyre tracks up them lol