The trials and highlights of building and using E-Bikes
Two new cells have just arrived from BMSbattery, and the low voltage cell replaced. The defective cell was down to almost zero, so it looks like the cell may be beyond repair. The single cell battery charger is on its …
After 1500kms, a few gremlins have crept into the batteries, in particular Lynn’s battery. It has cut out a few of times, once caused by a broken ring connector, the second time because a screw into the top of a …
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I occasionally use Map My Ride to record new routes and sometimes old ones just to see how I am doing on the fitness side of things too. While reading a report of e-biking cycle trails in wales, I came …
I/we have been wanting to do this since we started building the e-bikes. Basically the idea is to ride every street in Whitby in one go, and the purpose was to test the e-bikes range without getting too far from …
The long weekend mentioned below turned out to be not so good for cycling – too many other things intefered! Spring has been very strange, we have had so much really horrendous wind lately, some of which has stopped us …
It has been a strange week, it feels like I haven’t been on the bike much. On Monday, I had the car at the shop for the day, can’t remember why, but I did drop Andrew off at work in …
The Anderson connectors arrived, so here are some photos
I put some new brake pads on the bike, and very soon after I started to get problems with the system cutting out. All lights would show, but no power would get to the motor. It sounds like an issue …
So with 3.5 months of use, commuting 17km a day with 200 metres of climb, I have just topped 900km on the odometer, with an average speed of 26.7kph. With spring here, it is all becoming a lot more pleasant, …
When I ordered the parts to build the bikes, I took a chance on a supplier, Elife bikes in China, and on my ability to mix and match parts. There was no “kit of parts” that exactly suited my requirements, …