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    heavy duty locks? chains? d/u? other?

    Here is what they would be I guess. Rahmenschloss DEFENDER RL schwarz [Misc.]: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors - I can't find the exact one I found but a similar type to this that was £15, black bike so shouldn't be too obvious. Kryptonite Bike Lock & Flex Cable: Amazon.co.uk: Sports &...
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    Batteries

    What will they think of next? some weird potato batteries?
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    heavy duty locks? chains? d/u? other?

    Along with the new bike it is a good idea to check the security. I'm thinking 4 locks is enough to get someone to move on. 1- Dutch style frame lock around the back wheel or maybe front depends on mounting- axa defender/abus ampero 2 - kryptonite D and cable set 3 - heavy motorbike chain...
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    Car rack

    Halfords | Halfords Rear High Mount 3 Cycle Carrier Strap Fitting Buy a 2 or 3 bike one, I have one of these and have loaded 3 bikes onto a vw golf pretty much as pictured. Just had to strap it on and then a few miles later we pulled into a petrol station to see if it was as secure as it had...
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    Do ebikes burn more rubber?

    That's good news, they seemed to give the impression that an ebike would mean changing the wheels every other week as 'bikes aren't supposed to have motors'. I'm good with 6 months, tho I mountain bike now I used to bmx and tyres didn't last ages before they wore down and/or had a nasty landing...
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    Saving a Giant Lafree

    Instead of taking the bits out of the hub I would try putting a volt meter on the wire, you might be able to just slip a resistor in somewhere along the wire to reduce it so it will think you are doing 7.5 instead of 15 and give you a new top speed of 30(or whatever you want if you do the math...
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    The easy way to achieve a six-pack

    Made me think of this.
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    Elf and Safety

    Yeah in work the other week I spent an entire morning changing about 50 signs from this. To this. Strangely nobody noticed. We have also had a number of complaints to say our no dogs sign doesn't say "except guide dogs" but we usually just tell them that whoever has the guide...
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    Do ebikes burn more rubber?

    I know another odd question but today I went out for a bike ride on my regular bike around/across london. Stopped off in an evans to see if they had the 1 ebike listed online and to check out some locks and frame tape(they didn't have any of that) and panniers and things. They then asked the...
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    Future developments 2014 / 2015?

    One of my friends linked me to this on facebook the other week but then he seems to link to battery tech or something about graphine being the new super material every few days. Wood is key ingredient in cheap rechargeable battery - tech - 21 June 2013 - New Scientist Mildly funny that the...
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    Cheaper Options?

    Our company is small(7 staff of which 2 are part time) and I think it is only me who wants to bike as all the head office people drive. I called twice thusday with odd questions and then friday afternoon in the hope I could get more info to send to head office before the weekend. Didn't get to...
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    hi all

    I work that way but looking on the site they are edging away from what I can spend. Croydon being safe as it is means I need to spend lots on locks lol
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    hi all

    Noticed that ebikes direct is really near to me so going to try check out stuff with them soon.
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    Cheaper Options?

    It seems after a few days of trying to get cycle scheme info via phone calls and emails whoosh haven't bothered to email me it back so going to try get over to the other place as I noticed it isn't far at all from home.
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    Cheaper Options?

    I have been looking at the cheaper options for an ebike and I just want to check that I'm not missing anything. At the moment this(v) a woosh sirocco 2 seems to be the front runner but I'm not entirely happy/sure about the cables from the handlebars going along under the frames lowest edge...
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    hi all

    South London and my search has got a handful of bike shops that do stuff up but not all offer decent test rides. I do remember a local shop back in 2004 or so that always had just the one electric bike at the back that I had a ride on once and it was an unusual mix of being built and steering...
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    hi all

    Have been searching and reading up on ebikes all week after a brief encounter with someone at a couple of sets of lights on one of my weekend rides made me look at how the tech side has come forward. Needed a new bike anyway but been pushing it back with 'I can get by' for ages. The change...