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    Folding lightweight multi-terrain e-bike for under £1000? Am I hoping for too much for my money?

    I have a Rambletta. You can ride on flat hard paths in the forest but not recommended for off road or very bumpy ground (eg mountain bike type terrain). Main thing is while foldable to some extent, it (like most e bikes ) will be very heavy and quite cumbersome - it doesn't hold closed when...
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    E-bike sales boom despite high prices and confusing rules (and confusing BBC articles)

    This is a confusing and confused BBC report . Reading it on the UK BBC site , it starts off and mostly covers the US standards with a couple of paragraphs on the UK situation . If I were a prospective UK e biker , I would probably be none the wiser after reading it. Yes, the UK regs are...
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    "Super light electric bikes could soon be a reality..." ??

    https://news.cision.com/chalmers/r/big-breakthrough-for--massless--energy-storage,c3309393
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    MET Police looking out for ilegal e-bikes

    Anyone seen the Met bragging about stopping illegal motor scooter riders pretty much everywhere in London these days? I doubt it, and they are more obvious.
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    Route / Trail Apps Do you use them?

    Some discussion here: https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/discovering-the-joy-of-electric-route-planning-app.38489/
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    Hemp Batteries are Eight Times More Powerful than Lithium, Scientists Discover

    Even the BBC report url link for the guy's company at the time (Alta Supercaps !) now goes to a site promoting dodgy New Age Snake Oil Secret Knowledge type products that will change your like blah blah blah. The whole thing stinks (pun partially intended)
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    The road users statistically most likely to cause casualties

    That's deaths, I wonder what the relative risks of serious (eg life changing) injuries are for each mode and are they similar?
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    Woosh Rio crashing in style

    It was prompted by over zealous use of Fixed Penalty Notices: https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/whats-legal-and-whats-not-your-bike
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    Woosh Rio crashing in style

    Well obviously that signpost was clearly moving towards you faster than you were riding so it was at fault .
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    Torque Sensor Folding eBike?

    Certainly more available common batteries are better to have and replace but with unusual shapes isn't there at least the potential option to get the battery re-celled depending on what is inside?
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    Latest e-bikes on Tomorrow's world - 1985

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/22/electric-vehicles-close-to-tipping-point-of-mass-adoption
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    Latest e-bikes on Tomorrow's world - 1985

    Lead acid battery anyone? Interesting attachment on the second bike.
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    British Cycling is Going Places...

    At least it was in 1952...
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    New electric car battery can charge in five minutes

    As discussed here: https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/fastest-ebike-charge.40175/
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    Help! My Toba Beatbike stepthrough, about 3 years old, and the seat tube has developed a crack

    If you can't find a welder would a good metal hard setting putty be worth a try? Plenty of it pressed well in and all around to reinforce the joint?
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    What ebike security do you use?

    Just bough this for my e bike as it gives me more locking options compared to my New York Kryptonite U lock- good price currently - almost half price compared to some online sellers, as recommended by the Lock Picking Lawyer: (yes he can pick it but otherwise it's well made and a good choice...
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    One of three (I think!!)

    I Googled Vanwoof and got this: https://vanwoof.com/
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    Opinions Please!

    Might help if they knew how to spell "Pedal" One of my bugbears...specially on a so called specialist site that should know better.:mad: