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  1. Nealh

    15 dead in China flats fire.

    Some of you may have seen this story over the last day or two. A deadly fire, started on a 1st floor block of flats in Nanjing, China killing 15 residents and injuring dozens more. The area where the fire started seems to be an electric bike storage area, officials have yet to reveal the exact...
  2. Nealh

    Tongsheng Suzhou

    For anyone with any doubts the following link is from the parent company of Tongsheng Suzhou producer or supplier of TSDZ2/2b . https://www.aikema.com.cn/en/list-0-43.html There is no reference at all now to the earlier MD- P250 TS mid motor that was around in early 2019.
  3. Nealh

    Astronomy

    Mars and Aldebaran are both high directly in the sky tonight both tinged with a bit of Red, Aldebaran is the main star in the Taurus constellation. Also burning bright WSW are Jupiter fairly high up and Venus below it. From now until the 27th both will converge more to get as close as they will...
  4. Nealh

    MP banned from driving.

    Security minister Tom Tugendhat banned from driving over phone use - BBC News Pleased he wasn't able to wriggle out of this one, it has been circulating on other forums for a while now.
  5. Nealh

    Up coming budget 17th November.

    As expected and with fewer ICE vehicle sales, the RFL for EV's which are becoming ever more used will need applying to fill a bit of the financial black hole the gov't has. I can't see the std RFl duty of £165 being applied but wouldn't surpise me to see a £75 rate or a scaled rate of £25 -...
  6. Nealh

    Cheap chinese cells (How bad are they really) ?

    A good question me thinks. Not all china cells are bad in fact some are pretty damn good, if one sticks to well known brand ones. But ....... the ones to watch out for are the real supect ones with dodgy mah ratings and dodgy names like surefire or ultrafire and are really bad. Recenty I...
  7. Nealh

    Another ebike prosecution pending !

    An ebiker has been reported for motoring offences, the suspected (seized) ebike was illegally tampered to assist over the 15.5mph cut off. This has come about following the ebike rider colliding with a pedestrian on Park Lane and the Met have reported them for no licence or insurance. The...
  8. Nealh

    New cells to the market.

    Taiwan cell producer Molicel have released their latest 21700 cell to the market. The P45b an improvement on the excellant P42a and a 9% increase, the P42a previously only having been on the market a little over 4 years. Lucky Goldstar aka LG. have released to the market their latest 18650...
  9. Nealh

    DVSA take companies to Court for selling illegal bikes.

    Mate folding ebike was found by DVSA to be illegal with 750w motor, subsequently the company importing an selling them were prosecuted. This being the second successful prosecution for miss selling. https://cyclingindustry.news/mate-bike-pulled-up-by-dvsa-over-high-powered-ebikes-must-recall/...
  10. Nealh

    Sad News.

    Legendary British bike designer and innovator Mike Burrows passed away yesterday 15.08.22 R.I.P Mike. Famous for his colaboration with Lotus to design the sleek 108 carbon bike that won Gold for Chris Boardman and many other fabulous bike innovations that few or no one took onboard. Mike...
  11. Nealh

    21700 cells with Higher Mah.

    I have noticed some news on two cells very recenlty. BAK have a new cell at 5300mah, the 21700CD. A 1c charge rate and a 1.5c discharge rate which tbh is ok for a mediocre current rating. Not much use for a 2p battery config. The other cell is very much more interesting an LG M58T currently...
  12. Nealh

    LIpo causes Bin lorry to go up in smoke in lIncoln.

    A faultessly disguarded Lipo put out in day to day refuse has started a fire in a Bin lorry.
  13. Nealh

    Saw this illegal combo on Ebay.

    Perusing Ebay as one does sometimes and came across this illegal set up at nerly 2.5k. Plod won't take long to pull this one up if seen. A cheap no name branded £300/£400 bike and a dinner plate powering the trike trailer as a push motor. Electric Cargo Trailer and Bike. Up to 350kg Cargo...
  14. Nealh

    21700 battery build

    Having bought the Moli P42's, I have quickly built the battery up ready for use. Being only 12s2p the battery is just shy of 370wh at 8.4ah, but can easily do more then 40a continuously. The first job I do is cut the first and last cell buss so I can pre solder ready for the discharge wires to...
  15. Nealh

    Solar battery charging for ebikes.

    So here goes I would be interested in the idea of setting up a solar charging system for an ebike battery or two, might be pretty useful on the sunnier days. Wheezy menioned it on the thread of " Battery charging - cost of". Also with Matthew slacks 30 odd day tour of Scotland with his solar...
  16. Nealh

    21700 cells,

    My new cells turned up today, superb service from Ben and the team at Fogstar. Ordered one day and they arrived within 24 hrs via DPD. Cells are so scarce at the mo but they have had a fresh delivery of Molicel P42A, so I ordered 24 for a 8.4ah/369wh 44v battery build for the Kona ute/ Cotic...
  17. Nealh

    Close passing fines.

    This isn't pedelec/epac related but push bike related, though the circumstances would apply as well. I have seen two case reported this year or even the last 8 weeks where two separate incidents have ended with the drivers concerned both being fined and given licence points for close passing...
  18. Nealh

    UART bms

    As per the title. Any one using a UART BMS in their battery build ?
  19. Nealh

    Neat looking controller at TBK.

    I noticed this neat little 30mm dia tube controller also a Kt rated at 12a and dual voltage. http://www.topbikekit.com/10s13s-36v48v12a-yg-kt-6mosfets-sine-wave-controller-kt-tubular-controller-p-1039.html It is a candidate for a seat tube conversion to hide it in or a modified seat tube...
  20. Nealh

    My Cargo bike build.

    I was going to put this under the 'Conversion kits heading' but decided this heading as it is a cargo bike. My Kona Ute has been waiting for conversion and still is. The Ute in Burgundy finish. This arrived today well packaged up, 10 days from ordering. Opened up to find!!! Supposedly 48v...