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    How I Upgraded My eBike to 60km/h: A Complete DIY Guide for Speed Enthusiasts

    The OPs list of 'upgrades' is pretty much what I bought first time around but didn't bother upgrading the brakes :)
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    Battery Fires

    Yes, just like buying the wrong size valve for a gas system or wrong breakers for a distribution box, you should be culpable. Often is is the wrong voltage charger or gaffa taped batteries wired inappropriately etc. The law is nuts, what if I used a portable BBQ in kitchen as rain came on and...
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    More Seizures

    If the owner of that conversion got anywhere near 60mph the cops need not have worried, Darwin would soon have sorted it out.
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    More Seizures

    Ooft, the cops were having some fun that evening, donuts round the carpark after a few bangers....
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    Battery Fires

    That dude who's ebike fire killed his wife and two kids, tragic as it is, after his bike was nicked he knew he was buying cheap crap but had to get back to work and the result was.... Now if he had an issue with the gas boiler, bought a crappy spare part internet and blew the block up he's...
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    Battery Fires

    When will they start to prosecute diks for negligence? If he was fcking with the gass supply or fiddling the leccy and caused a similar fire the cops would do him, but his gaffa tape ebike electrical system and dodgy charger isn't an issue? So he gets off scott free? Nuts.
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    rear view mirror

    +1 for Zefal Dooback, I have it on right side, none of the rear view mirrors are great IMHO, this was best I found and has it uses when in busy traffic, also on confined paths/crowds you can fold it back as mentioned, usfeul for narrow gates.
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    Ebike News

    Over 16Ah for 3.2kg and it cannot catch fire....? My 3 yrs old 15.5Ah almost 5kg, so decent weight saving too. What's the catch, cost?
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    Ebike News

    I hope they're taking the same approach with the lycra mob...who have been a danger for many yrs now...
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    Ebike News

    In the 80s and 90s it was car stereos that the scum chavs would nick, now it's way more profitable, quick and easy to just rob some geezer of his ebike at knife point. If they're out nicking ebikes at least they're not burgling you grans house...
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    Battery Fires

    20yrs ago young daughter had a massive black rabbit called Phoebe, I hated it as whenever it was out it was shitting and pissing everywhere and always ended up behind the tv cabinet chewing cables. I had to patch the power cord (240V) from the old 32inch old skool telly and video more than once...
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    Ebike News

    Mental, they will know it's illegal but hey-ho if you're a delivery driver time is money, kingston bridge is great shortcut although they could just go a few 100 yards down and cross using the footbridge... Does happen though, few yrs ago was bringing my son back from football and got on M8 at...
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    Ebike News

    Whoever was driving the Audi swerved on wrong side of road deliberatly aiming for the bikers....attempted murder...?
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    Recommendations for a 'Legal' 250W Rear Hub/26 Wheel for use with KT Controller

    I'm around 12.5/13 stone, old halfords apollo mountain bike conversion. I already have the KT controller and display (and battery), and they worked great with my current rear hub past 3 years. What I'm looking for now is a replacement rear hub legal motor (in a 26inch wheel), so I can swap it...
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    Recommendations for a 'Legal' 250W Rear Hub/26 Wheel for use with KT Controller

    As the title says, looking to replace my current rear hub motor with one that is 'legal', but has enough torque to get me up hills on my 26inch Halfords conversion. :) I have (see pics below) a controller (17A continuos / 35A peak), and a display (KT LCD8H) with a 17.5Ah LG celled battery...
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    Ebike News

    Don't think that dude loves himself enough, wait until he gets robbed of it by cpl of dudes with claw hammers...
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    More Seizures

    Ouch, that's a few £k up the swanny!
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    Upgrade my Battery.

    Yes, upgrading is easy when you've bought a new one!
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    Gardeners on Utility Bikes....!

    So if the cnt hadn't woke me up with a chainsaw at 8am when I had a 'few' last night and only just got to bed...I might have gone down and asked him about his cargo ebike. He woke me up again at 5pm...just about sober enough to find phone and take some pics... I was 'interested' in 'how' he's...