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With respect, I'm not blaming parents so much as our government(s). I don't know how old you are - I'm 42. Do you remember the Green Cross Code Man or Tufty? They both taught children to "STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN" and it worked just fine. You hit the nail on the head by mentioning reckless...

I'm not sure how widespread greenways are but I recently tried a couple (Route 66 & Route 69). They were mainly tarmacced lanes alongside rivers/canals/disused railways. It was a pleasant ride apart from the midges & dodging the piles of horse poop. My opinion is that whilst they are great...

Back on topic This thread appears to have drifted way off topic. My 2 cents says that cycling or e-cycling will never take off in the UK... firstly there's the weather which we can't do jack s*** about... secondly, UK roads are in a notorious state of disrepair - Especially at the kerbside -...

Didn't mean to make a repeat thread but I used several variations on the title for a search & found nothing. Could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks for the tip Frank. I'll look for a high rated Iron & hope that the batts are OK. . I got my current batteries from batterybay & no complaint with them personally, but if I have to spend another £100 on batteries my bike is going to break speed records for an ebike - albeit vertically off...

Fair point... Some of the coppers may have been on duty - and they'd probably have made more arrests if they'd taken the slightest bit of interest in crime that affects us common scumbags - Such as attempted theft of batteries from pedelecs. I'm a staunch victim of attempted theft which...

£20million for 5,000 police officers? I never realised that cops were paid £4k for a few hours work - I'm obviously in the wrong job! Even if £20million is generated through tax, we still lose out because tax is paid to the government. Never forget that the government have no money of their...

Don't rely too much on the speedo - they can be wildly inaccurate. Mine reads 33KPH (just over 20MPH) cruising on flat but the GPS tells me I'm doing 17-18MPH.

Thanks Bob. My batts are VRLA. I'm going to get a soldering iron in the morning to make the connections more resillient. Is there any way to test the batteries' capacity individually with nothing more expensive than a multimeter?

Browsing eBay I stumbled on this: 2000w Off-Roads Electric Motor e Bike Bicycle Kit ebike | eBay UK This particular 75MPH [extremely illegal on road] variant is strictly for suicide jockeys, and it's not cheap, but there are smaller versions from the same guy for those of us who would rather...

Hi folks. My bike suddenly died on my way to work. I've managed to cure the symptom, it's now running again, but I need help finding the cause so it doesn't happen again. It runs on 3x12v SLA batteries. I connected the wires by feeding them through the holes in the tabs & securing them with...

Well done guys. The new site is much easier on the eyes. It's my first logon since the change so I can't comment on functionality but first impressions are good. Keep up the good work.

Even if they could get a conviction they#d have a hell of a job finding where to send the summons coz we don't have registration plates :)

Back on topic (for this forum) I'd rather we became the 51st state of the USA (I've heard rumours that we did get an invitation). Far from perfect but they recovered from the recession far quicker than the UK or Europe. AND THIS IS THE BEST BIT FOR US... 350W for e-bikes - but you have to be 16...

Knew it would happen sooner or later with my scooter-style e-bike but I got my 1st pull last night. Fortunately I was riding on the flat and doing 17MPH (GPS). The cop was nice as pie and let me on my way after I explained that it is just an electrically assisted pushbike. Earlier on I was...

Woteva! ;)

You've seen my bike on my thread about upgrading the batteries. Could you lift that with a straight back? I'd need to attach a sling to it in order to do so.

Good luck It sounds great in theory but it will be fraught with difficulties. Even operating as a non-profit, it would be subject to UK consumer regulations if sales are made outside of the group. Even though import duty has been paid, there will be more tax to pay on every sale. Items sold...

42kg - and my back hurts after picking it up to stand on the scales :( (unbranded chinese made scooter style pedelec)

IEC connectors ON the battery? & charger too? That could work for me. The charging port on the bike & battery box is IEC - You can see the reverse of the battery box inlet/outlet in the picture. What make are yours? I'll have to see if they do a higher rated version.