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    11-32 7 speed freewheel

    Does anyone have experience with 11-32 7 speed screw on freewheels? Or any 11/12 little, 32/34 big? We are considering one for our new second hand electric Ecosmo tandem. The high gear is very low, and it would be helpful to have an emergency low gear. Examples are: DRIFT MANIAC (apparently...
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    long steel seat post

    Does anyone know where I can source to have a 450mm 28.6mm steel seat post? Baz??? For the front of an Ecosmo tandem; the standard one isn't long enough for me (even though I'm only 31" inside leg) I've got an aluminium one but I'm not sure I trust it, especially with the stoker's handlebar...
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    display

    Can anyone identify this ebike display? It is on a few year old Ecosmo tandem we are considering buying. Looks pretty basic, but lower top tube than our current (also basic) Viking.
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    Marathon E-Plus

    Does anyone have experience with the Marathon E-Plus? It is getting near to time to replace the Marathon Plus on the back of our tandem after several thousand miles (8k?) of excellent service; most of it (5k) with the front wheel electrified.
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    e-scooters, children and insurance

    https://www.moneysupermarket.com/news/e-scooters-increase-car-insurance-costs/
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    conversion fitter near Bristol

    Does anyone know who would do a mid-drive conversion near Bristol? Somebody is asking on the Cycling UK site, and says he can't get access here; the confirmation email doesn't arrive. https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?p=1891925#p1891925
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    seized bikes

    posted on Nextdoor by Hampshire County Council, I can't see a way to give a url so copy/pasted Hampshire County Council • 2 days ago 30 dangerous e-bikes have been seized by our Trading Standards team as part of their work to keep residents safe from harmful products. The e-bikes valued at...
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    SWXK2 motor CON63 controller

    I'm considering buying a converted tandem with Bafang SWXK2 motor and CON63 controller. I'm not sure if its a KT LCD8H or Bafang C961 display; I need to verify with seller. Does anyone have comments on the suitability of this setup? In particular, I can't see the max amps output of the CON63.
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    battery deterioration

    Our Bosch 400wh battery is showing signs deterioration. Maybe not unreasonable after 8 years (we got the bike 2nd hand about 2 years old about 6 years ago), around 6000 miles. Hard to tell, I'd say it was down to somewhere around 60%. Once deterioration starts to be significant is there likely...
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    Bosch out of steam with range left

    Slight surprise the other day. We've had our 2016 Motus (Bosch) for well over 5 years, it was about 2 when we got it so 7 now. Very happy apart from a few niggles. In all that time we hadn't let it run down to where the remaining range was being reported below about 5 miles. I'd guessed that...
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    rental batteries

    Reposted from https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=159360 because I thought it would be of interest. "Yamaha Motor announced that it has established ENYRING GmbH as a new company that will offer swappable batteries for compact urban electric vehicles via subscription-based services."...
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    Hailong batteries

    I'll probably need to replace the Hailong battery that came with our Woosh XF07 kit some time fairly soon; still OK but certainly not got the capacity it used to. It is a 13Ah battery, I'd probably replace with something larger. I can see there are at least 3 kinds of HL batteries, with the...
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    wheel building

    The 5 year old Woosh XF07 wheel on the front of our tandem stopped being as true as it should be, and when I went to true it I found two broken spokes. (Very neglectful of me not to have kept more careful track of spokes all along.) Oddly they weren't broken at the J curve, but at the point a...
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    hub gear ebikes, QWIC in particular

    Does anyone know anything about QWIC? Just guessing, they seem to provide reasonable quality generic Chinese Dutch style ebikes? I am looking for a friend who is determined she wants hub gears which considerably reduces the choice. 12 mile each way commute, not very hilly but certainly not...
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    Comment on another sad e-scooter death

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mark-rowley-suella-braverman-east-london-metropolitan-police-east-ham-b2249811.html East London senior coroner Graeme Irvine said fatalities from e-scooter crashes more than doubled after police changed policy.
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    For Sale test, will remove

    sjpt submitted a new listing: test, will remove - test, will remove Learn more about this listing...
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    saddle catching trouser pocket

    I've got a problem on our tandem with my nice old Brooks as the front saddle. The nose of the saddle keeps catching my back trouser pocket as we mount and get started. Happens with almost all my trousers. I think the solution is to arrange something so the nose of the saddle is rounded...
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    Cycling UK ebike summaries

    Cycling UK have just added various pages on ebikes (or their email has just made me aware of them). https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycling-advice/type-cycling/e-bikes I haven't read through any of it yet.
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    XF07 on 20" wheel

    We have a Woosh XF07 kit on our current Viking tandem (700C) and have been very pleased with it; just 3 years old this month. Slightly underpowered (as we were warned before we bought it); on steeper hills we tend to slow down and the motor can't help too much at slow speeds (around 5-6mph) even...
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    Dead charger

    My son has our tandem at the moment, and has told me that the battery charger has just started causing his mains power to trip. It is a standard 42v 2a charger as supplied by Woosh with our XF07 kit about 2 1/2 years ago. I haven't seen this myself yet, I'll be getting it back tomorrow and will...