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Plan to double power of e-bikes sparks fire fears
Cycling groups and charities have criticised government proposals for more powerful e-bikes.
www.bbc.co.uk
I was honestly suprised at how expensive some of the retrofit kit is given that all the deliveroo riders have them installed on their clapped out bikes. Appears to be well over £400 for a chinese branded hub motor kit. I suppose a decent wedge of that is for the lithium-ion battery - not that I'd trust them given the increasing number of house fires there are directly related to the charging of cheap e-bikes/scooters.Interesting. I would be careful especially if your bike isn't made specifically to house this kind of electric motor and battery. Given it won't fit in your seat tube, it might be a blessing.
if you're willing to pay £2k to electrify one of your existing bikes then you may as well consider paying for a custom built one. You'd get a pretty decent one if you're willing to to pay a bit extra over and above that though. But depends what you're after.
I have a mid drive motor on mine and the battery sits within the frame; but it's purpose built.
Mid drive motors, are the most balanced given that it adds power to the drive train. Rather than hub motors, which I have read are separate from the drive train and are either good on flats or uphill but not both. Hence why I went with the mid drive. But it does make the bike heavier.
Still, a big bug bear of mine when I am out cycling. Don't know why Ashley Neal is criticising this cyclist for reporting it to the ADI/DVSA. I would have reported that to the police.
I had one learner driver beep me when overtaking me when I was overtaking parked cars in the primary position. I don't appreciate being beeped at when being overtaken and have installed a wing mirror on my right handlebar so I could see him in my mirror.100% No need at all to try to pass a cyclist who's also passing a parked car. It's not just the distances involved, drivers should also consider other dangers e.g. what if the door of the parked car was opened forcing the cyclist to react? Could easily have ended up with the cyclist below the wheels of the instructor car! It's just unnecessarily putting a vulnerable road user in danger, where it would have been just a 10 sec delay to wait until the cyclist had cleared the parked car before passing.