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Hi, fatts, I'd suggest you hang on a while and let one or more members show up here and best advise you re the wiring considerations ... and the safest manner in which to go about resolving the issue.

Sorry. Should have read your post more attentively. I assume a single speed machine is not going to be a Euro ... so is likely to be a shopper or some other model. Right? Troubleshooting Guide http://www.powabyke.com/asx/documents/p_trouble_shooting_guide_shopper.pdf Read page 3 © The Speed Sensor may need “Re-Setting” ... etc, where the disabler device is mentioned. Self Diagnostic Guide http://www.electricbikesales.co.uk/cms_misc/media/Suppliers/Powabyke/Pbyke_Shopper_Self_Dignostic.pdf Read the document to decipher the meanings of the LED lights that refer to individual components or systems. Beach (A Pedelecer of just 3 weeks so don't assume I know what I am talking about)

Hi fatts, Is your machine a Euro with 26" wheels or are you possibly referring to a Shopper, which, according to my limited knowledge, may apparently have either 24" or 26" wheels? If it is a Shopper, Powabyke sell, (or used to sell), a disabler device that would plug into the circuit board once the sensor cable was removed from it. Part code PTDISABLE. I presume such a component would address your query. Other folk might be able to assist you with other, (safe, clever or ingenious), ways of addressing your problem. If you get back with details of your machine, I, (or others here), will post links to Powabyke Trouble Shooting and Powabyke Self Diagnostics manuals ... unless you already have access or links to them.

New Blog Posts Apparently, new blogs don't yet show as fresh postings offered up to the site though Russ thinks he may be able to add a New Blog Notification widget in due course. (He has mentioned that fact in a reply to a question I asked him about such a feature today ... on his own blog). Having just posted my own first blog, (realising it may not even be seen by some members unless prompted), this is quite frustrating ... especially as it has been sitting on the site unnoticed all afternoon when I would have had ample time to read and respond to any comments it might have generated. I'm otherwise engaged now and I fear the moment has passed but, for the record, until a New Blog Notification feature were to materialise, members will, presumably, have to manually click on the BLOG link above the main forum panel to seek out any newly posted blogs. Was it a popular format on the old site? I'd never used one before but I've enjoyed the opportunity to embed video material along with photos and text and will carry on using the feature ... unless few folk bother or care about the format.

Before I address the above quote ... I'm new to contemporary bike culture but 29" wheels? I presume it is fair to say that I won't find that size rim cast off or discarded down my local recycling centre any time soon? I'd never ever heard of the size! As to the features or functions of a thumb throttle. Without feedback from contributors from this thread, I was forced to investigate online for myself. The feature is apparently common on quad bikes though the origin of the thumb throttle appears to stem from snow-mobile technology ... and has also been taken up by jet ski manufacturers. Does the feature allow for the setting of some maximum speed? (Set screw to regulate throttle range of motion?) I don't know. I did find some reference to that fact. Nevertheless. There appears to be some concept of a thumb throttle acting as a safety device, avoiding any chance of a situation where a throttle might find itself flat out and stuck full on, although others claim, (online), that the threat is minimal and that the act of physically turning the throttle with a traditional twist grip is preferable. Does a pedelec machine really even need a thumb throttle ... or is the feature just one more component in the PR war to distinguish one trite, magnolia pedelec bicycle from another? As an inventor, it frustrates me to see your industry go through these petty, minor technological improvements or innovations when you should, by now, be creating a new paradigm for personal transportation. Current PR initiatives radiate as no more than shiny baubles designed to hook the attention of a customer ... just as a reflecting, wobbling baited spoon attracts the attention of an inquisitive plaice when trolled across a stretch of ocean sand. Thankfully though, your industry is soon to get a boost ... from an unexpected, unforeseen direction. Impress me ... by guessing what direction that boost might come from.

Fire away, Russ. I'm about to head out, (on the town), into the teeming metropolis that is my quaint and very quirky little world but, assuming you will be conducting such a test, (or tests), over the next few days, I'd be available to help. I assume you are carrying out a routine, practical assessment of the software and that it wouldn't matter that I am a brand new, inexperienced Pedelecer. Furnish me any details or info and count me in ... if I were to be of any service. :-)

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/Girlwithbikepb.jpg Is this Pedelec Porn? No. But this is! * http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/BP.png * I haven't indicated anything seedy but I apologise if my graphics offend any delicate minds. x

It is good to learn that your issue got sorted eventually. Out of interest, to have a look for myself, I've just visited BH's website. (The electric bike part anyway), and I still haven't recovered fully from the experience. What an unsettling, busy and disorienting experience it is, attempting to navigate through the restless pages and links that either appear or disappear so urgently. Just tried to visit the rest of the site too ... but the experience is akin to witnessing flashlights and strobe lights messing with my vision. I have no reason to contact the company ... though perhaps they look in here from time to time. I wonder if anyone has mentioned to them that their site is a little bit James Hectic? :-) ... unless it is just me. I have been feeling a little bit weird all afternoon ...

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/vespa-150-tap-with-integrated-cannonUSE.jpg --- Nice machine but my Powabyke Euro (fighter) will take it on! :-) http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/Powabykemortarcarrierresponse.jpg

Yes. Some of us know already, thanks ... because HelenJ from site admin, already posted the same revelation in this very forum yesterday at 1:19pm. ... and, if I suggest your euphoric news would probably be just as appropriate for the Manufacturer/Dealer News and Offers forum too, you could, legitimately, post your fab news a 3rd time ... with more comprehensive data ... and entice those watching their new post feature to be drawn to that forum also, possibly delivering more traffic to benefit other traders who have posted in that place also. Use that forum, and the PR opportunity, to hammer home the unique benefits of the Sparta RXS machine, while the review is fresh and current, and those using Google as a research tool will, no doubt, find your own site, (and Pedelecs.co.uk), and be able to learn more about the machine ... and this amazing site.

Thanks Admin ... rsscott.

I didn't realise there was an edit button, Artstu, so thanks for the welcome tip. Yes. Can anyone tell us how long such a feature stays live for ... after a post is sent?

Has your LCD screen got a cold cathode display for a backlight? Some LCDs may be susceptible to a magnetic force, I'm not sure if they are or not these days and the electrons in an LCD are kind of passive or stationary so maybe it would be OK. Dunno. I do know I'd try to do my homework online to establish if there was a chance of screwing up or corrupting any of my electronic gadgets. The product itself? It is just bog standard polymorph mouldable thermoplastic packaged with bog standard strong disc magnets that have been packaged together and given a name! You could buy the materials yourself online.

"I bought Eva because she was robust, heavy and a hill climber. Exercise was always something I knew I would get" (sp)

Yes. You are right. The philosophy applies to distance as well as hills and, I'd say that, with an eBike, there is far less sense of feeling limited as many casual regular cyclists might feel with the thought of moving out of their regular, easy to access, familiar comfort zone. And yes. A great account from Eaglerider and I'd say I relate exactly to what he has said regarding the effortless nature of the exercise an eBike can deliver a rider. Sure, on my very first outing, I was exhausted, but only because I didn't understand the partnership role I was supposed to adopt. I recall throttling up a 10% - 12% hill, (nr Swyre on our coast road), and being initially disappointed that I was feeling little assistance from my machine. I was still in, probably, 3rd gear and was starting to slow down dramatically from a rate of knots ... so I dropped down to 2nd ... and eventually to 1st ... and that was when I realised and appreciated that Eva was there to assist me. I had, prior to ever sitting on an eBike, assumed that an electric bike would ride and deliver power a bit like a lightweight petrol moped. Not a reasonable comparison for my senior but very able Powabyke - even if, perhaps, some brand new machine might possibly compare to a moped regarding power deliver. (I have no idea and no inclination to find out). Simple truth is, on a standard Mountain bike, I'd have been down to that first gear and peddling with my heart bursting out of my chest. The eBike parallel is similar. I might still be in first gear but the experience stays within the realms of healthy exercise rather than some endurance test because Eva's amps are helping me. And ... as a hill, (a really steep hill), starts to relent and incline less, there is a certain buzz to realise that, hey, I'm still going uphill ... but now I am accelerating! :-) I guess the power thing is all subjective anyway. Put it this way. If spending £XXXX could buy me some newer machine that delivered more torque or power, making my eBiking experience a less physical one, I'd not be doing myself any real favours in considering such an option. I bought Eva because she was robust, heavy and a hill climber. Exercise was always something I new I would get ... but had assumed it was because I'd be lifting, dragging, heaving and shifting her ample frame ... not because I'd be actually riding her. Yet the opposite is true. She is actually very well poised and balanced. Mr Sayle sums up exactly. I also find myself making excuses to take Eva out, even nipping down to Morrision's just for one single item which, of course would be ridiculous if traveling by car or, maybe, even walking, unless some exercise was in mind. I'm going to have so much fun and so many adventures when spring and summer arrives ... it just scares me!

Less than 1% of Android devices still use Honeycombe. (Android 3.0). Honeycombe was, in its time, the first version of Android that was written for a tablet device rather than being a phone environment based O.S version of Android that folk would just happen to use on a tablet. You may feel that growing old is mandatory but you shouldn't be applying that same philosophy to your tablet operating system. Only 0.9% of people worldwide share your version of Android. You are using outdated software, probably on a tired, outdated device. Of course you won't be able to get the best of Pedelec's new features ... or the best from any online site ... until you upgrade your software, (by rooting your tablet), or by purchasing a new device.

Ooops. I meant led not lead! I had feared that the owning of an eBike might have led to less actual physical expenditure of energy in the riding of it but, thankfully, fortunately, I now understand something I could not have possibly comprehended, (or even imagined), until I actually experienced my first eBike adventure just a couple of weeks ago.

I thought it was cute little write up though I'd guess Mr Sayle was probably commuting around a less than taxing, urban environment much of the time because he said, "The e-bike is an attempt to replace your car, not your bike, and, besides, there is still a degree of gentle exercise involved in piloting one of these machines." Gentle exercise? I had feared that the owning of an eBike might have lead to less actual physical expenditure of energy in the riding of it but, thankfully, fortunately, I now understand something I could not have possibly comprehended, (or even imagined), until I actually experienced my first eBike adventure just a couple of weeks ago. Owning and using an eBike, (I now realise), can be a vastly more energetic and healthy pursuit than simply using a regular, traditional bicycle ... because, the moment a hill is encountered, instead of getting off to push, a subliminal mutual telepathic understanding between rider and eBike kicks in ... and bike and rider decide to tackle aforementioned hill together! I didn't appreciate, though I do now, that when tackling a 10% - 12% hill, it is just fine to slip down through the gears ... and perfectly OK to find ones legs turning into speeding pistons ... because remarkably, impossibly perhaps, the process works beautifully and efficiently ... and, part way up such a steep incline, a second feeling kicks in. "We're doing it, Eva ... We are actually navigating this impossibly steep, impossibly hostile hill ... and now ... well ... now ... there is no way it is going to beat us! And so up we go ... After that first, single experience, I realised that hills were not hostile or negative or any kind of issue at all. I believe a persons will or determination plays as important a role in the determined course of a journey as the battery or the motor of any regular eBike. Unless you live on the Somerset levels, (or within the curteledge of some snooker table flat cityscape environment, an eBike is always ever only going to be a fellow conspirator ... helping, aiding or supporting via a 2 way, mutual partnership rather than acting as some detached, self contained steel and rubber mechanical horse. I was fit enough already though I acknowledge that my healthy BMI does suffer a little in these winter months due to me pursuing less physical activity like cycling, gardening, fishing, walking or photography, etc ... but ... I've already lost about 6lb - 7lb and seem to be creeping towards a true, fit state of body and mind way ahead of schedule, (and the Spring), primarily because Eva, my wonderful preloved Powabyke Euro, encourages me to expend more rather than less physical energy. And my reward ... aside from keeping fit? I get to view parts of my county and coast that, (I'm convinced), have possibly only ever been seen or experienced by others, speeding by looking out of some car or bus window at 40 mph!

I'd risk it. It states the unit delivers 36v and it matches the amp hours of the official X24 machine's requirements. --- I know it isn't quite the same thing but a girlfriend bought me a Nexus 7 tablet for Christmas last year but after only a few months use, I managed to sit on it ... cracking the screen. Broke my little heart because I just loved that tablet. Being subsidized by Google, the quality ASUS made Nexus 7 was less than £190 to buy complete and brand new so there was no way I was going to pay the Chinese going rate of £120, (at the time), for just the LCD / Digitizer screen which I would then have to surgically install and fit myself one I had removed the old cracked one. Then the Nexus 7 tablet got updated to the 2013 model ... and I knew prices of the old machine's components would drop. They did ... and I eventually found what I wanted on Ebay. An LCD / Digitizer assembly for £55 ... which I parted with via Paypal. However, the moment I clicked the deal, I regretted it ... realising I had just sent a reasonable wad of money across the net to some obscure Chinese factory concern ... if they even existed at all. But that is what a gamble is, isn't it? And that amount of money? Well, I thought it was worth the risk ... just before I pressed the button! As it was, after an excruciating wait of 3 weeks, one day I rubbed the sleepy dust out of my eyes, opened the hall door, popped my head out to see if there had been any mail ... and this glistening yellow little parcel was there grinning back up at me from the flagstones. "I'm here", it said, "And look how well I am packed around your LCD screen". And it was. Not only was the thing delivered to me entirely intact and well protected but there was also an array of little tools, (a driver, a plastic wedge, a similar lever, etc), and a note from "So and so Province" hoping I would enjoy my purchase. I did ... and, thanks to a bit of a gamble, my Nexus 7 tablet has been working these last several months with the new Chinese replacement LCD screen. Just saying ... I'd risk it. I'd click on the 'buy' button, immediately regret it ... but then just cross my fingers and revel in the anticipation ... that it might actually turn up on the doorstep ... and that it might even exceed expectations. :-)

This post is for jackhandy, (or others), to avoid any delicate mind from suffering the mental exhaustion of having to reading my long winded comments. (Coming next). Precis Presently, I'll be posting comments accordingly. To OxygenJames, the thrust of my comments will centre on the benefits of encouraging harmony on a forum ... and I'll express how impressed I have been with HelenJ's response to addressing members concerns. To Fish36, I'll be asking if it was my Brand New Sky thread he read last week when he said he enjoyed reading the passion a new member had in purchasing and using his new eBike. http://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/brand-new-sky.16600/ I'll also be agreeing that Pedelecs was helpful in helping me make my eBike purchase decision. To Electrifying Cycles, I'll be confirming that, sure, us non trade folk do enjoy the Pedelec foras. To HelenJ, I'll be relating my thoughts, as a new member, regarding the revised site format and my feedback as a new site member ... and I'll be ammending my earlier view of pedelecs ... having now seen the human side of the forum. I won't be responding to 103Alex1 with a direct comment. instead, I'll just say here that his comment made me smile! To flecc, I'll be thanking him for briefly explaining the site's history ... and offering an account I experienced on another site where I suppose I was the seasoned member trying to keep the peace or keep the site on track during a phase of discontent that swept through it. To trex, I'll admit I probably did sound cynical and a bit unfair at the time ... but I'll explain that since posting my original comments, (thanks to this very thread), I have now seen the beating heart and human side of the Pedelec forum. But really, jackhandy. Don't bust a gut. I mean, you should understand forum etiquette. If you don't like a post, (or a poster), just move on to a thread or post that you do like. Screw it! Actually. I don't think I will bother to post the comments I have been crafting and preparing all afternoon. I'll just post this Precis instead. Well done, handyjack. You've done everyone a favour and spared members from having to tolerate any more of my long winded posts.

Ha ha. Yeah ... and pigs might fly! Stick to your small pool, flecc. I'd surmise that, unless the subject matter involved a bicycle chainset, you'd probably drown ... but, hey, what do I know? For moderators and those unable to acknowledge or recognise humour, I was just having a cheeky laugh with flecc and hope my comment was seen in context in that vein. Seriously ... not intentionally focusing on any individual ... this site lacks warmth, humour and humanity and there is little in the way of personal, human dialogue at some emotive, welcoming level. As I said, (above), I'll offer a haven, a bolt hole, an oasis for folk to share human stuff ... IF they wished to explore such an experience. (If I hang around). You flecc? You carry on doing what you do. (I presume your input is appreciated and viewed as being of of some worth or value). Should each member have their own personal forum? NO. It is a ridiculous concept. Rather ... an environment to bring people together should be pursued. Disclaimer. Yeah. I'm new to this particular form and yeah, I may have got things wrong. I mean ... If you folk like your sterile, technical and / or commercial Pedelec internet forum experience as it is, then, how dare I suggest or ask you to open up and turn all emotive for me! But ... to return to the post in question ... "Sorry Guys ... ANY version of this Pedelec forum format will suck ... unless and until a TRUE engaging social experience is created for visitors!"

I won't be losing sleep over a trader commenting that they are losing marketing opportunities to promote new products or whatever by not having their commercial announcements broadcast permanently in the popular, Electric Bicycles forum. By browsing this forum, I already have to tolerate a quarter of my 32" horizontal screen being taken up by an Electric Bike Retailers vertical ad banner winking and blinking at me with a myriad of companies broadcasting to sell me something or other. On a 2nd vertical monitor, (right of my main 32" screen), the Electric Bike Retailers ad actually consumes nearly a third of the real estate of my screen down one side. But hey, that reality is just a microcosm of the big, bad commercial world we all have to tolerate these days whenever we browse online anywhere. (Not just here at Pedelecs). I appreciate any site's need or desire to monetize their own, particular unique web based resource. It galls me though, to witness a benefactor of Pedelecs.co.uk, choosing to bite the hand that feeds them by negatively reacting to an initiative by the site owners to make the site more appealing to existing or new potential Pedelec members. --- The O.P appears to be envious of the viewing figures achieved by the Pedelec common room style Electric Bicycles forum. Well, that's just tough, isn't it? If I want or need to investigate any commercially related issue, I see there is a Pedelec forum specifically for such things. It is called ... Manufacturer/Dealer News and Offers "This sub-forum is intended for dealers to announce their news/promotions and any current discounted offers. This is to ensure that the general 'electric bicycles' category remains free of sales-based threads." It appears there is also a Dealer Directory forum as well ... and I bet traders also have a field day in the Which electric bike should I buy? forum. Hang on. Let me check ... (Pause) Goodness ... Why am I not surprised? It is quite apparent and obvious that opinion of certain sections of the Pedelec merchant community is far from objective. Here is a fictional account to infer the sort of exchanges I've just read in the Which electric bike should I buy? forum. "We have the eBike, model number XXXX" enthuses one trader in answering a question by the poster. "Check out our website" (A link is pasted). "Our bike will do that", utters another ... and a third, supposedly helpful business, states, "Try ours ...We can lend you a demo". This is in a public forum where users or potential users might welcome objective comments from everyday owners of an electric bicycle and sure, being fair to our commercial eBike traders, some merchants resist the urge to be as crass or blatant as others and, at least, many other comments and posts are diluted with real, Joe Public, accounts of their own experience of a particular brand or genre of machine. I made the above comments regarding insensitive dealer / merchant quotes quite vague so as to spare any particular trader personal embarrassment, (though I wonder why I should be so thoughtful), and am paraphrasing and have made quotes loosely based on one of the first threads I clicked on in that forum, though not, necessarily, the first I came across. Nevertheless, as anyone can view for themselves, many comments followed the same predictable format I have outlined above. --- There is little personal dialogue or genuine interest in some comment from some traders responding to genuine queries from potential eBike buyers. A rhinoceros, mounting its mate, probably engages in more small talk, grunts or genuine interest than is shown by some, (though not all), traders responding to a Pedelec member's question or post on this forum. Some traders on here are not that considerate, subtle or discreet in hiding their self serving interests, are they? http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/Pic1.png "Oh. Hi. I'm new here at Pedelecs. I'd welcome any objective views regarding my own, specific, unique, individual requirements as to the best type and genre of eBike I might consider purchasing ... new or second hand." http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/Pic2.png "Were you EVER listening to my words? Did you even hear my comments specifically related to my own personal requirements? Do you actually care about my own aspirations or reasons to own an electric bicycle?" This is how it is ... Commercial adverts take up to a third of the page, traders have their own trade forum, they have another forum as a directory ... and some traders view a question from another member as a legitimate invitation to bombard a poor poster with sales spiel ... no matter what an actual poster's particular, personal requirements are likely to be. Like shooting fish in a barrel, eh? Oh yeah ... And the site, a trader's shop window in some ways, gets a fab makeover to attract new members like me, (which it did), BUT it appears that some traders, (certainly the O.P), are quite ungrateful, even selfish, in describing such site changes other than in some negative fashion! And here is the rub ... I think the trade / technical / clinical side of Pedelecs is way too chilly an atmosphere to encourage and inspire new folk like me to actually wish to stay and communicate for very long. "Fair enough, Beach. You can always jog on and find somewhere else if this site doesn't meet your expectations". Yep. Sure I can but, as a newly enrolled member, (articulate, thoughtful and passionate about my own newly acquired pastime), you know and I know that my perception of Pedelec.co.uk offers a valuable insight into how others may view these forums. --- Will someone please do me a big favour? Will someone explain just what the demographic definition of the Pedelec forum is right now? With regard to the forums themselves ... not the whole site ... I mean ... So many of you have been here for years and years and years ... Are you all retired? Sorry. Shouldn't generalise. Rather ... Is the Pedelec forum largely a senior citizen based site? Or is there more a techie, nerdy core to the contributors who post? Or will you claim it attracts all age ranges and all interest groups? I also get a feeling the forums are largely just male based. Am I wrong about that? I've noted the occasional female contributor but ... there is something I just can't put my finger on ... The site doesn't seem to gel ... socially. Sure. You old timers with your thousands and thousands of posts amongst each other, obviously gel and jest and josh with each other ... but I bet you also get in the way as well. I don't think you lifers spoil the site though. Rather, I think it is the trade thing! It keeps the atmosphere of the site too cold, too technical, too ... well ... too cynical ... with a scent and smell of self commercial interest never very far away. Was Pedelecc.co.uk always meant and planned to be a commercial venture or was it a hobby style site that started taking trader ads? Whatever the answer, I applaud Pedelecs, (the site owners and managers), for creating such a fab repository of useful, eBike related knowledge and information. If you, (Pedelec.co.uk), actually have to pay a wage or wages to keep the show on the road then the trade thing is just something all of us have to take with a pinch of salt and, to your credit, you do warn visitors and members that the site does indeed have a commercial, trade, merchant based contingent. I mean. I don't mind the impersonal nature of online sites such as Ebay. Heck. We all know the nature of such commercial enterprises. We should expect a hard sell, (via text, graphics, videos or other means), to promote a particular product. But ... should we expect potential eBike traders to engage in urgent, instant "You know you want it" style invasions of our sensibilities ... just because some of us choose, naively or innocently, to ask a public form what sort of eBike might suit our particular, individual needs? The front end of Pedelecs.co.uk is a fantastic portal for the inquisitive new, (or seasoned), eBiker and does take on the mantle of a fully fledged consumer based tool to be explored and utilised ... and it does represent a fab, professional and slick introduction to any eBike browsing visitor. The graphics, the text, the layout and the whole atmosphere of visiting the front end of Pedelec.co.uk is breathtaking and so, so cool! ... But the predatory nature of some, not all, eBike traders, is a huge turn off ... to this particular new eBiker anyway. I won't be writing anything like this again. I've laid out my particular view here and I'm nobody. I'm just a man who has discovered a fabulous new diversion and from this moment onwards, if I choose to stay, I intend to write about the human stuff. The adventures, the joys, the best kept secret of those of us who have discovered just how liberating the ownership of an eBike actually is. Sure. I may need and seek technical guidance ... and may post questions accordingly, but, generally, if you see any future 'Beach' thread, I want you to be able to view and treat it as a trader free zone*, more focused on the simple joy of sharing, utilizing and enjoying the wonders an eBike can bring. *Traders, like anyone, can obviously contribute to any future thread I present and their views will be welcome and responded to by myself ... unless they are promoting some product or service.

OK, Hoppy. I've only owned or even ever experienced an ebike for less than 2 weeks so maybe my perceptions or expectations need fine tuning! OK. I see. You mean ... when Eva realises I am pedaling ... constantly .., she might decide to put her feet up and let me carry on doing the work? That would be OK. That would automatically save power and give her a rest while I wanted to pedal. Your revealing comment might just save the situation, Hoppy! So ... it isn't a case of freewheeling to encourage the throttle to halt the motor. Rather ... it is the act of constantly pedaling that brings in the pedal assist? I'm glad I caught your comment before I sped out the door!!! Thanks Hoppy.

Thanks for your comments, d8veh, especially with regards to the bracket. Yes. You are probably right. I'm about to take the machine out to play about with and adjust the disc. If I can't get it to deliver power assist then, yes, I'll take your advice and give Powabyke a call.

Depressing ... http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/Assembly.jpg I've now attended to the sensor disc that I had previously described as being "bent or twisted. I'd pondered straightening the disc and had described it as having "no more strength or integrity than a tin jam jar lid". But I was wrong. There is nothing wrong with it ... and it isn't a flimsy tin jam jar lid. http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/disc2.jpg The sensor disc isn't a tin or aluminium component at all ... not as far as I can make out. Rather, it appears to be a robust, rigid flat disc moulded from a composite plastic or polyprop material. Quite brittle, I'm sure, but entirely free from any warping or twisting ... though I note a hair line crack in mine. http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/disc.jpg I'm grumpy now ... and am feeling a sense of frustration at how sparsely frequented this site is ... by posters not lurkers. There are obviously lots of folk reading the threads ... but why is the place so ... ? Well. It doesn't matter ... http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l572/On-The-Beach/disc3.jpg Is this bracket's position the correct one - or has it been knocked out of square? That is just a rhetorical question though ... because I'm now sick of looking at it. I mean ... I've now taken the pedal off, examined the disc, cleaned it and put it back on ... It is fine. Save for the tiny crack, it is performing its job. But the sensor? The end of it isn't lying flush with the disc. That MUST be wrong. It needs to be bent down square ... surely? I tapped the bracket lightly with a hammer earlier on, deciding to knock it back to perpendicular ... but then I stopped ... realising that I was being rash and foolish. I did manage to line the disc up beautifully with the sensor though. Average 2mm gap for a whole revolution. I'll test it in a minute. Either it will work or it won't. --- I've carried out tests. I didn't need to actually ride the machine. It was easy to balance Eva, pivoting her stand on the encyclopedia and setting her front wheel in motorised motion, both wheels hovering above the floor. But no. Ignition fails to deliver P.A in any position. Pedaling does not encourage Eva to shut down her motor. No matter. I won't miss what I've never experienced. --- Screw the sensor.