Sunday, 3 April 2016

The Proviz 360+ Jacket. The solution to commuting visibility

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Up to know, I mitigated issues of visibility by waiting until the clocks went forward in Spring before cycling to work - and stopping when t...
Sunday, 27 March 2016

Commuting in London on an E-Bike - A Fortnight On

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I'm now a fortnight into commuting by E-Bike and I'm very happy with the Panda E-bike conversion of my Dawes Sonoran. If you're ...
Sunday, 13 March 2016

Commuting in London on an E-Bike - First Efforts

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With the conversion all finished, it was time to actually use the converted bike "in anger" last Friday. I rode a quick circuit ...
Saturday, 27 February 2016

Converting my Dawes Sonoran to an E-Bike Part 4 - Battery, Controller, wiring and LCD Display

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Now it's just a matter of fitting the battery, the controller, the display and connecting it all together. It's a bottle battery s...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

Converting my Dawes Sonoran to an E-Bike Part 3 - the Pedal Sensor

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In order to know when to provide assistance, the motor needs a signal from the controller to tell it when to apply the power. As an aside,...
Friday, 19 February 2016

Converting my Dawes Sonoran to an E Bike Part 2 - more about torque arms

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I mentioned the need for a torque arm in the last post. Here's a bit more info and pictures. The "drop out" into which the a...
Saturday, 13 February 2016

Converting my Dawes Sonoran to an E-bike. Part 1

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With the box of bits ready to go, and the bike indoors to make work easier through the winter I started the conversion. The first thing ...