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I'm sure this has been discussed many times before but I'm not above repeating the same old discussions. Ebikes are generally not cheap, and if they are cheap then generally there is a good reason. All bikes are easy to steal and getting your bike back is very hard. The police are not...

I actually went out for a 10 mile easy ride tonight, despite my knackered ankle, and was out for about 5 hours, recognised a friend in pub garden and it went downhill from there. But cycling related stuff, as my ankle is injured I set bike on 'speed' setting and pedalled really slow. It...

I think the q factor and particularly the chainring side offset peddle is causing me ankle pain. In fairness I badly sprained my right ankle with an avulsion fracture 9 months ago and my ankle hasn't been right since. However, after a longish ride my ankle starts clicking and becomes quite...

Found a fun little website when researching gradients and hills near me. I'm on a TSDZ2 mid drive with stock firmware, stock 42t chainring, 11t to 28t cassette and 26" wheels. I live in a hill and to go almost anywhere worth going (well, not quite true, my local is excluded) involves going down...

No idea what thread this should be in so here goes. Struggling with Google maps on my phone. At the moment it is in bag shouting instructions rather than on handlebars as stupid big display and lights are taking all the real estate. I am trying to explore my surroundings and country roads I am...

Is it just me or does the tsdz2 massively under read speed? Might just be poorly adjusted speed sensor but I don't think so. I've been suspicious and meaning to check but held off as was fitting a new rear tyre. The tyre is 26 X 1.75. I believe that is a 25.75 inch diameter overall so the...

Went out for a 25 mile ride and stopped off at a friend's house and did a gym session and 5 km on the rowing machine and by the time I left it was getting dark and windy. Powered up the big long hill in turbo with no real issues, was making reasonable progress between 12 and 15 mph. This was...

Hi, As I am now riding more I think I should get 3rd party insurance. I was looking at joining Cycling UK who provide 3rd party insurance with membership. I believe my kit based ebike does not disqualify me from the cover. Anybody got any other suggestions or is anybody aware that the Cycling...

I mentioned to a colleague I had been playing ebike kits. He said he had a Cube hybrid circa 2017 he had bought off another colleague for £400. I think it has the old style Bosch 500wh battery. He last used it about a year ago and as the bike is 5 years old I suspect the battery is worthless...

Not really being a cyclist, I am not really up on this stuff. I have just done a quick and dirty tsdz2 install on my ancient MTB. It works a charm. Now I need to give my bike a proper service and make sure it's as safe and reliable as I can... I have put a new chain on but a cheapo as that's all...

Well, it ain't pretty. A nasty purple many hands down low rent mountain bike with a TV mounted on the handlebars. I bought the bike second hand when at uni and before my son was born and he's 25 now...I gave the bike to my son for a few years and he lent it out to his makes in Bristol and it's...

I will hopefully be installing a TSDZ2 kit in the next few days. Not expecting a major challenge, I am reasonably competent at this kind of thing and did a hub kit years ago in the early days before kits were common place. My main doubt is reliability, particularly with water ingress and this...

Did an ebike conversion a very long time ago before kits were easily available. Anyway, that's ancient history. Was going to do a conversion last year but gave up waiting for stock. Looking again. I was thinking not worth the hassle and just buy a ready built bike but tbh that could just be...

Just getting back into cycling and not great roads here. Also, cycling slowly as recovering from an injury and that appears to further antagonise impatient drivers. Had a VERY close pass today. Was odd really as I was well in secondary position (did not feel need to take the lane) and there was...

Have been planning to install a kit on my bike for a few months, done a load of research, prepared the donor bike. Supply chain issues keep delaying availability of the kit and events are overtaking me. Just smashed up my ankle and will be desparate to get exercising it gently as soon as I can...

Had a little accident last night. Nothing to do with cycling, had a bad landing at a bouldering wall. Quite painful. Suspect I may be able to gently cycle in a few weeks but not fully under my own steam. I suspect 6 weeks to 3 months recovery and that really sucks. I really hope my ebike kit...

I am trying to convert my decrepid old mountain bike to a rear hub but also started looking at my folding bike. Its a Tern (Dahon derivative) 20 inch wheel with an 8 speed cassette Anyway the drpouts front and rear are not standard sizes and I know there are front hub motors that will fit but...

Hi, Was all set to pull the trigger on a Whoosh kit (and I might still if the 48v batteries come back in stock). In these interim I have changed the BB so I have room for a sensor, changed the crankset to a double affair from a triple as the chainline was too messed up with the wider BB. Not...

Hi, Warning – long post… Thinking of getting around to installing a kit on my old mountain bike. Tbh, still undecided on the best option. Don’t want to fork out too much money so looking at a kit and not a complete bike. I am not enjoying driving much these days although I do have access to a...

I was a contributor years ago and forgotten all of my details so new username... Many years ago I did an ebike conversion. It was a front hub on a Dawes touring bike. It kind of worked but wasn't great. At the time there were not many kit options. Anyway, that bike is long gone and...