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    Product Recall email from eBay.

    Don’t you just love Karen’s, who make assumptions about where a bike was used without actually having a clue?
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    Product Recall email from eBay.

    I bought a cheap kit off eBay earlylast year, I recall it was about £120 or something, I was really just curious to see if a kit that cheap was useable, and actually it wasn’t too bad, but thats not the point. Today, I got a message from the seller, declaring a recall (kit is long gone, bike...
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    Mounting a battery on Triangular tubing?

    The downtube of my Boardman bike is triangular in shape, with the flat part being at the bottom, and the apex being the top. I can’t help but feel this makes the bottle mounts weaker than they would be even on a rounder tube? Does anyone have any experience doing this? I feel like I’d be...
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    New VAT rules for overseas sellers supplying goods to UK customers - Any experiences yet?

    I noticed a Polish seller on one Geekbuying (I think) stating something like "we can still ship to UK from Poland, but you must select shipping our China warehouse, order will be fulfilled by our Polish warehouse" I wonder how true that is, and If there is a legitimate loophole that permits...
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    Replacing a battery with integrated controller

    Something like this was exactly my concern, which was why my bodge idea was that only one battery could be plugged in at any one time. The only concern is that the connector on the original battery is held in place by the battery being locked in place, so wouldn’t work very well with just a...
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    Replacing a battery with integrated controller

    Thanks for the info. I have not had issues as yet (14 months or so) but will keep that in mind. The electrical system hasn’t missed a beat which is why I am loathed to change anything, everything just seems a lot more smooth and reliable than other similarly prided bikes I’ve ridden, (DIY...
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    Replacing a battery with integrated controller

    Thanks for the replies. Yes that's right, I am not looking to re-cell this one (currently) it's doing fine, but I'd like a second battery, and also a plan for what I'd do if this one did die, at which point that might be an option, perhaps my only one! I'm in Herne Bay, Kent. It's 36v/13ah...
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    Replacing a battery with integrated controller

    Hi, My Battery has the controller integrated with the battery mount. I have tried to source a like for like replacement battery but no luck, the manufacturer has told me to try again after "peak ebike season" whatever that means. Anyway, fortunately my current one is fine, but I'd like a...
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    Using an OEM battery on a different controller/system?

    I have an NCM Prague, which I have loved but frankly am getting tired of the whole rear hub thing. It just annoys me that I can swap out one wheel for another so I can have different tyres, plus I seem to pop a spoke every few months… plus its freewheel , I’m just done with it all and would...
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    Das-kit Rear hub Motor Lateral Play

    Just an update... NCM have taken details of my weight and riding habits, and sent me a picture of How the nut/washer arrangement should look, Which is nothing like mine really, thicker nut AND a washer between the Nut and shoulder of the hub. They've now gone away to confer or something...
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    Das-kit Rear hub Motor Lateral Play

    Thanks! Ordered. I actually did have a small spacer, when I got the bike I wasn’t impressed by how close the smallest cog ran to the dropout, so I dropped a small washer in each side to keep it central and give a couple of mm clearance. I am hoping that I can take the washer and existing nut...
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    Das-kit Rear hub Motor Lateral Play

    Hi, There is no noise at all. The Rim was a little out, but I had it trued a few weeks ago, and I know for sure there was no play then.
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    Das-kit Rear hub Motor Lateral Play

    Hi Sorry can’t show the actual nut, but its back on the bike at the moment, but its basically the nut you can see on the axle here inside the rotor holes.. bare in mind that this one looks decent, whereas mine is barely a couple of mm thick, similar to the one you can see on the drive side...
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    Das-kit Rear hub Motor Lateral Play

    My NCM Prague is now about 2 weeks out of warranty (Typical!). Today I noticed a good few mm of lateral play on my rear wheel. It’s enough that if you grab the rim while the bike is on the ground, you can feel it move pretty easily on the axle. I took the wheel off and noticed nut on the...
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    Hello, Very heavy rider pondering.....

    Hi Woosh, I am 5'11. When you say the strength would be the problem, would that be in the same way as it would a conventional bike, or would there be new things to consider regarding the motor?
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    Hello, Very heavy rider pondering.....

    Hi, I signed up the this site while back, every now and then I flirt with getting an ebike, but then I talk my way out of it. Now, I suspect I am a little different from your average overweight rider, and while I am very 'overweight' (23 stone/ 146 kilos ) I am far from a dead weight. I...
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    clicking from my bike, identifying the source

    Hi, I joined this site a while back but never go around to posting. I had a very simliar problem once, mine turned out to be so simple- it was where the stem clamped onto the handlebars, I simply loosened the clamp, cleaned both surfaces, applied a tiny bit of grease & retightened and it...