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What a mess the whole UK eBike scene is right now. For ten years the police totally ignored them (and e-scooters) but now they're having a Blitzkrieg on e-cyclists. I think when my battery eventually fails on my conversion, I'll break it for parts and sell it and then I'll just buy a Wisper or...

Professional cyclists average 25-28MPH on flat terrain, all perfectly legal (even in a 20MPH zone). A middle-aged woman going shopping on her eBike at 18MPH is getting her bike crushed LOL

If you look at my video clip in post #516, they do indeed seize a bike on this alone. You seem to have good knowledge of eBike legislation sir, so what is your opinion of conversion kits? What would be the point of a 'plate' or label 'durably fixed' stating the name of the manufacturer of the...

If you mean that by turning the pedals slowly in a low gear with the rear wheel off the ground, a legal eBike in level 5 assist will only indicate 15-16 MPH, that is true. But I'm not sure if all police are aware of this. If they spin the pedals vigorously by hand to see what speed they can get...

Apologies if you've seen this short clip before but in it the police seize a (legal) Hitway BK15 for having no label. Maybe it never came with one, maybe it fell off...who knows? It would be a test case if someone had a legal eBike with a home-made label seized. The law doesn't (I believe)...

In this video, they do "the old wheel off the floor test" at 00:56 and get the speedo up to 74.5KMH. I have no doubt the bike in question is illegal but how that test can be used as evidence to prove the bike can actually achieve 74.5KMH on the road is baffling. But then, they are never going...

"Ya want me to punch yer head in? Ya baldy bastard" That's pretty funny dialogue, apart from Baldy Bastard gets knocked out (which is not funny of course). The lesson here is not to engage with these rat boys in the first place, and especially not Scottish ones.

This is a new tactic by the police, targeting cycle tracks (like I use) rather than town centres (which I don't use). They are really getting a taste for seizing ebikes now. That Starsfly has a 750w motor and switch to instantly go from illegal mode to legal mode. Someone is about to see their...

"The bike, which is suspected as being stolen, has been seized and enquiries are ongoing to locate its rightful owner." So they can return it and immediately seize it back again :D

Yeah, and I would have a GB3 if I could afford it, but I did a 40 mile ride yesterday and the MiRider would have been the wrong tool for that job. But I actually wouldn't mind a folder to chuck in the car The GB3 is probably one of the best small-wheeled folders out there, especially with that...

Are you kidding? The MiRider has no rack and afterthought mudguards. No wonder the Hitway is £1000 more. Wait a minute, I need to go and check I've got those prices right. Mind you the MiRiDER One GB3 has a pretty cool and unique gearbox and belt drive, but £2.5k is out of my reach and I...

Flippin' heck love, I'm not being funny, but this thread is 15 pages, just buy a bike already :). Another summer is passing you by.

The label on the motor looks good to me. Similar to my homemade label for my Mxus motor. As far as I'm aware a factory ebike should have a label on the frame, listing name manufacturer of bike, voltage (48v max), wattage (250 max) and max assist speed. But with conversion kits the label with...

I get this feeling you are not very keen on people on ebikes who are a tad overweight.

Mate, a word to the wise, the above line should read, "the reason I sought advice..." I'm not trying to be a smartass, just trying to help you. Good luck with your ebike/battery repair journey.

Yeah, the LBS can play a game of 'Parts Darts' as someone said on another thread today.

Hi Pieje, I don't know if you are aware, but there is a very good German pedelec forum: https://www.pedelecforum.de/forum/index.php But if you want to stay here and ask for recommendations, then you are very welcome. As you've found out there are some guys here with a lot of knowledge.

Please let us know how you get on at the bike shop. I am very curious about what is causing this problem.

Yeah fair one, well the OP has gone MIA, so he's probably fixed it by now and he's out enjoying his bike.

Yeah, one thing that's bugging me is the 5mm gap below the top cap. The star nut is probably another 15mm away. That's quite a reach for the top cap bolt which could possibly induce some movement. The first thing I would be doing is reducing that gap.