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Today’s project – took a while to get the front wheel and disc brake working 😉

A new version, using the Heinzmann Li-Ion battery and digital controller.

A Pashley Tri-1 Folding, fitted with a Heinzmann Lithium electric motor kit…

Latest project – a Koga-Miyata Founder S equipped with a DualDrive to
get 27 gears…

This is a quick picture of an S&S-equipped Pino I’ve just finished and delivered – the huge couplings are extremely rigid in this frame 😉

The Adventure Show on BBC2 Scotland tomorrow (Sunday) at 6pm – it’s the segment we filmed a few months ago on folding bikes…

Edit: it’s now on the BBC iPlayer site, about 20 minutes in.

I’ve just found out that the segment we recorded was broadcast last Saturday – so if you want to hear me talking far too fast about folding bikes, you can listen again on the BBC website. The clip is about 22 minutes in.

That link will only work for a while, though, so I’ve downloaded the relevant 3 minutes as an MP3…

We also filmed for the TV version of the Adventure Show – no idea when (or if) that’s being broadcast yet.

Last weekend, we were up in the Cairngorms, filming a folding bike segment for the BBC’s Adventure Show – it was a lot of fun, actually, playing with a Brompton, Birdy, Airnimal Chameleon, and Dahon Cadenza (converted to be a MTB) in the rain.

It’s probably going to air in the December show.

This was an interesting project – it had to be light, powerful and as tough as possible. The motor is a Heinzmann 200W low-speed one, running from two high-capacity NiCd packs with a custom controller. Fiddly to build, but fun to do…