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So, one of my e-bikes is powered by a 350w Bafang MaxDrive motor. It came with a 374Wh 10.4 Ah Samsung 29E Pinky celled battery pack which, then, was a respectable if mediocre cell... I bought a second at the same time which the dealer was keen to clear at £150... that was IIRC 2019? Anyway...

It's not that Fiido are about to launch a full line-up of full-sized non-folding e-bikes (they've hitherto only really been known for making small-wheeled folding e-bikes), but it's the features they're adding that intrigue me: Alongside a couple of contemporary road-going hybrids there's a...

Unusually for Fiido (i.e. without any advance warning or indiegogo funding) Fiido have launched their T1 Cargo Bike... although it seems only in the US so far (30/12/21). It's clearly a blatant copy of the Radrunner - much praised for it's versatile cargo carrying abilities. Fiido have lowered...

I'm just wondering if anybody else here has tried upgrading their mechanical disc calipers to hydraulic and what your thoughts are? Are these ZOOM HB-100 hydraulic calipers a good compromise or waste of time? With these it's only the caliper that's hydraulic, so you don't have an oil reservoir...

This is an interesting initiative educating drivers who pass cyclists too close. I wonder if, as a cycling Policeman, he'd notice and report you too if you passed him on a speed pedelec? Plainclothes PC in Portsmouth snares drivers who come too close as taxi, refuse lorry and van drivers given...

Have any of the Bosch e-bike owners/potential buyers any thoughts on this new system from Bosch? Slated to be available on new Bosch driven e-bikes from this Christmas, it seems something of a gamechanger for Bosch devotees. At last, it's changing from a closed system to a more open one, where...

Yeah... you read that right! Bafang have introduced an Electric Motor/Wheelbarrow wheel derived from their e-bike hub motors. The guys at Grin Technologies don't miss a trick (he's also building an electric sailboat using tech derived from e-bike technology). This first video is about the...

Fiido, known for their cheap and cheerful electric folding e-bikes seem to be going upmarket. The Fiido X has been slated for some time now as a new indiegogo funding campaign, but it's only just now that details are being released. Today, an article highlights some of the features. Apart from a...

I recently bought one of these Fiido D11 folders (my 3rd e-bike). It cost £800, including shipping and an 8% UK surcharge and currency fees, ordered direct from Fiido, delivered from within the UK. Rather than just trundle out a personal and likely highly biased review, I thought it'd be better...

I know a couple of members here tried out the Xiongda YTW-06 motor a while back when it first came to market. I'm looking to see if it's feasible to use a current controlled KT with maybe the small LCD4 display? This is a new 20" wheel Fiido D11 folding bike (link). It's pretty basic in many...

Extract from The Guardian 21st March 21: "Electric bikes and sporty road bikes are currently selling particularly well at Decathlon, up 170% and 65% respectively in the first part of this year, but sales of hybrids and commuter bikes are already ahead of 2020. In the UK, deliveries are also...

Not for the masses then. Nice custom bike rack too! Article about both the e-bikes and the car... Porsche launched a pair of $10,000 electric bikes to match its $91,000 Taycan Cross Turismo EV - see both (yahoo.com) Specifically about the bikes... PD_Ebike | PORSCHE SHOP

At just under 1/2kg, I wouldn't carry it with me, but if you like your tyres rock-hard before you set out for a ride, this saves a lot of effort. Pre-settable up to 150psi, Schrader and Presta. Rechargeable li-ion 18650 micro USB. £40. Magic! https://buy.mi.com/uk/item/3194800016

I bought a cheapish £180 Novo Smart Turbo Trainer to use with my unpowered bike last winter... just to get a little exercise when it was too cold/wet/slippery to go out. Now we're mostly all in lock-down, even though we're still allowed to go out and cycle for exercise (at least for now), I'm...

I read that British Brand Ebco are re-doing their entire range of e-bikes for the 2020 season (from January) by a new, ex-Saracen designer. There seem to be a few deals on several models around of their older range (these two are from Halfords, but Rutland has offers too). I guess it's to make...

This is a simple little project made in ½ hour from scrap parts I had lying around which I thought I’d share: The idea was to enable me to: 1) Partially discharge a fully charged e-bike battery to a suitable storage level for winter 2) Exercise the battery to extend its’ life when my e-bike...

I’ve just been looking through a couple of the new range 2017 Chinese e-Bike Factory catalogues... the kind of e-bikes some of our UK importers have re-branded and then sell here as their own models. In last year’s 2016 catalogues I noticed ALL the stock designs were 36-volt... ranging from the...