bikes
Feb 23
In February I decided to try and legalise the Pino as best I could while retaining the throttle to get the bike moving at junctions etc. See my previous post about reprogramming the Bafang motor Having seen several posts on Facebook where the police had seized e-bikes for having throttles that power the bike without …
Jun 24
Karon commented that we rarely ride the Cannondale anymore and I had to agree. While it’s fine on the flat, we now struggle on anything over a gentle gradient and it’s been putting us off taking it out. I had a ‘spare’ Bafang BBS01 250W motor in the shed and an old 36V battery that …
Mar 04
Below are the current (March 2024) rules for UK EAPCs (electrically assisted pedal cycles). What counts as an EAPC (Government site) This penultimate point troubled me a little. More recently, on social media, I have seen that the Police have targeted e-bikes to check the maximum speed. OK, their focus may have been on Deliveroo and …
Nov 19
Meeting up with our (mostly) German tandem friends and spending a festive weekend riding out from Bad Salzuflen into the surrounding countryside and to the nearby towns of Herford, Bielefeld, Detmold and Bad Oeyenhausen. Tandemtreffen attendance is usually by way of invitation, as previous participants, or through introduction by regular participants. The meetings take place …
Feb 21
Adding a second battery The International Tandem Rally in 2022 in the first week in August, was near Tecklenburg, South West of Osnabrück in Germany. We thought it would be good to ride from home, using the Stena Line Ferry from Harwich to the Hook of Holland. Once in the Netherlands the going would be …