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Does anyone know how these motors come apart? I bought a motor kit from BMS battery and after much emailing managed to sort out the wiring connections. However on setting off on first test trip the two axle retaining washers broke allowing the axle to spin in the forks which then wrapped the...

Speed must be one of the main considerations then? My average speeds over longer distances (40+ miles) were much lower at 12-14mph. When the bike was ridden by my wife the average speeds were lower still at around 9mph which combined with my wife's considerably lower weight(!) might account for...

Hi Frank - thanks for the info. I was a little surprised that you were only getting 20-25miles from the 10ah battery. Perhaps this is due to less pedal assistance or other factors? I will look to purchase in the range 10-15ah on the basis of the advice from Flecc and yourself.

Thanks for the advice Flecc - now have to see what the falling pound has done to the battery prices!

Interesting post Frank. I too have converted a mountain bike using a Tongxin (Nano) kit. I used a reasonable quality (Redloff) folding MTB as the base and simply stowed the battery in a side pannier. Using a quality Marin MTB seems to offer a considerable advantage in terms of range and...

Hi, I am a new forum member - please excuse me if I get the procedures wrong! I have bought a 36v controller and twist grip from separate sources with the intention of using an existing motor and LiPol battery; trouble is I don't know how to connect the 3 wires from the twist grip - can anyone...