Shanghai Bike Show

[Deleted member 4366]

I'm just winding down after the first day. I've taken a few photos, but I'm not sure how to post them from my phone, and they would use up my data allowance anyway, so I'll post them when I get back.

There obviously some exciting looking bikes, but nothing 5hat really gets my juices going. Crank drives are popping up everywhere. There's one with "MPF" marking on the front that looks very interesting (Bosch like) and a couple similar to tje 8fun one plus the ones that were here last year from Ananda, Bofelli and others.

A xouple of publicity girls latched on to us. They wanted to know about the impressions we have of the Chinese suppliers. In return, they acted as our translators all day and took us out for our evening meal. They were quite pretty too.

I hope tomorrow to spend some time with 8Fun, so if anyone has any questions, ask, and I'll see if I can get answers.

After the show tomorrow we're going to party with Kudos Dave. Should be fun.

 

[trex]

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After the show tomorrow we're going to party with Kudos Dave. Should be fun.

dinner and drink with emperor Palpatine and the Court of Shanghai? what's not to like?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I hope I'm not making you too jealous. Gloat, gloat!

 

[jerrysimon]

Sounds like great fun Dave, I am envious

Jerry

 

[Arbol]

Happy to hear you are having a great time, d8veh!

Questions I would ask to 8fun (or in general, to "anybody"):

- Are there going to be hub motors with controller inside?
- Are there going to be 2-speed Xiongda-style motors?
- Are they going to provide 48V "250W" motors for the European market?

And the most important of all:

- Batteries?

 

[1boris]

Hello,I wanna know if there is antyhing legal " 250w" with more hill climbing coming

 

[shemozzle999]

Could you ask them about UK spares and the availability 52T chainwheel for the BBS01/2 motor.

 

[trex]

could you find any small bottle batteries? long legged and slim, you know the shape we all like!

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I've seen somw very long very thin bottle batteries and also some that look like scaled-down 2/3 size ones, but you can't get so many cells in them. I think maybe 30.

 

[Clockwise]

Bring back samples+freebies+swag, I'm not fussy what that consists of.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Some random photos from the trip:

A typical factory worker's bike - parked outside the Oxygen factory. Note the shackle lock to stop people nicking it. Normally, there'd be a whole row of bikes like that outside the factories. It really is typical.



Just the job for our roads



Definitely not for me



We took our breakfast from this one a few times. The pancakes were really scrumptious, but we daren't ask what was in them.





When visiting China, you might be presented with something like this to eat. Politeness says you can't refuse. It's always bbest not to look too hard at the food,nor ask what it is. Just swallow and smile!

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Some other random photos:

No cyclists or motorcyclists use lights at night-time. You can see them weaving their way through busy junctions. Not surprisingly, many get spattered.



The police atthe show arrived on their electric vehicles::



The normal sized bottle batteries and half-sized ones:



This battery case was printed on a 3-D printer. The quality was excellent - just like a moulded one.

 

[Cyclezee]

Some Shanghai Snaps

Typical electric scooter, one careful owner

Some eZee batteries ready to ship

eZee controllers

eZee motor wheels

Just one more dumpling John

Ken, John, Justin & Wai Won after a Brazilian

You are not coming near me with that thing
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[Tangsoo]

Google 'gutter oil'.

Someone needs to bring over a container full of batteries.