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Name led to companies house and then home address, all public information. Is this illegal?

Thank you. This means we must obtain the CCTV footage from the street. Probably only have few days left to do this as most systems only hold for 30 days.

The accident above destroy the Vanmoof bike RIDER was riding, and on yesterday 3rd July, RIDER had another major accident. The mudguard went into the front wheel and threw RIDER in the the road, right shoulder is broken and will take months to recover.

Chasing after Vanmoof for handing out a crap bike would be another fight we unfortunately have to take on.

The crash happened on 9th June, 9:25am at 1 Paternoster Sq., London EC4M 7DX, UK

Map - https://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.5154355066345+-0.0991197583600378

Person A was a passenger inside a black Mercedes at the time, when the car arrived at the location, Person A opened the door from passenger side and struck my friend RIDER, who was cycling on his bicycle to work (Inside bike lane). RIDER sustained shock and some injuries on impact, and therefore could not obtain the number plate of the vehicle. Person A left phone number with RIDER and assured verbally to resolve the matters.

So far RIDER has only received one text message with no driver details, Person A has stopped communication. Police report was made.

Since I found out I have digged up Person A's details and made contact via SMS, called, FB, Instagram. We didn't hear back for 2 days and we went to Person A's house of resident. They did not answer but we got to speak with a neighbour, we exchanged details.

Since then the neighbour has passed on my information request, Person A has instructed a lawyer to write a cease and desist letter to me. But again, there is no information about the driver.

***"Dear Sirs,
We are instructed by Person A in connection with the incident of 6 June 2022.
Please cease and desist from contacting our client nor any related persons to our client nor to approach their premises. Please address any future correspondence on this matter to this firm.

Yours faithfully,***

I reckon the lawyer is a friend, he couldn't even get the date right. Please give you opinion how to proceed.

Yesterday police found 20 bikes and £50k cash in Hackney Wick, believed to be a stolen bike mega hub for East London.

I have read that confiscated cash will subject to forfeiture once the case is over. I think it is a good idea to gather as many lost bike cases in East London over last 12 months, and perhaps claim a sizeable chunk of this cash for the victims.

What do you think?

https://news.met.police.uk/news/officers-recover-stolen-bikes-during-raid-in-bow-436456?fbclid=IwAR2NAESOSekhwiTjvNt56SMNMUiZue8KIDMP9_JPZ9NuuAdYtHbDs3Hhwd8

Thanks for this, so there is hope that it doesn't need to go to court.

I was hit by a van with expired MOT, it belongs to a fleet of vehicles from a large coopreation, currently in touch with their head of insurance and police.

While I am waiting to hear back from them, I wonder if the expired MOT means it has no insurance?

2 kids with face covering riding on their bikes, wheeling a third bike by hand. I asked the first man I saw for help.

I convinced him that the bike was stolen, then we followed the kids into the park and shouted "Oi, that is my bike". The kids dropped it and rode away faster than I could blink.

Last night I managed to get a stolen bike off 2 kids in Vicky Park as they were riding away.

Its a basic silver / black road bike from a major brand, probably come from Hackney Wick where I live.

I have handed it to Bethnal Green police station, PM me if you / your friend has lost a bike fits description and I will give you the crime reference.

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Large Archie Gorbag, left shoulder. Since I switched to a rucksack in 2015 I have not much use. Made in 2009, following the colour scheme of my online record shop logo. There are 2 extra straps not in photos, which you can use to strap large items on (Bike frames/ wheels). Small hole at bottom which you can fix at any tailor. Very sad to see it go but I genuinely have no use for it.

£90

Crumpler Messenger Bags.

£15

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Buy at £69 per unit, saving £19 from Early Bird Price £88 (Inc. postage), Smart Halo 1 is still selling for £129 on Amazon!

Following our Blaze light bulk buy few years ago, I am seeking other buyers for this little beauty.

I need at least 8 other buyers, £69 including postage to my Hackney Wick shop location around Xmas 2019. Pick up at my location / extra postage to within UK

Please reply / DM if you are keen!

New unused.

£38 ONO, Pick up in Hackney Wick.

Thanks for the heads up! Someone is coming all the way from Reading to take it from me, I guess he can smell a bargain too!

S&M 250 frame 21"
Profile Crank
Redneck LT stem
Primo Pro peddle
Frame is in good shape but paint work needs a touch up

£150 O.N.O. collect in Hackney Wick, E9

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They are very bright! Bump!

£40 now.

1 x Blaze Burner Back Light V02 + seat post mount + charging cable (Improved firmware + charging connection)

Not yet available on Blaze website, and I am unsure whether Evans are currently stocking V1 or V2

Collection in Hackney Wick, E9

Looks nice, could you tell me the measurement? Couldnt find anything online

Would like to borrow a high quality bag with wheels for my road bike to take to Hong Kong from 9th Jan - 1st Feb.

Happy to give you some vinyl / guestlist for clubnights/ beers

More delay :(

Hi all,

As you may all be aware, the first batch of 500 lights were shipped two weeks ago and four major issues have been highlighted. I am going to briefly outline what these issues are and then what’s being done to resolve them.
Issues

1. Final 3 charge indicator lights not lighting to show 100% charged.
   
2. On super-bright mode, a few lights are turning off after approx 20 minutes.
   
3. The charge connection is too fiddly and weak.
   

4. The light is able to rotate while in its bracket.
   What’s being done

5. The final 3 indicator lights are not lighting up on a full charge because this was an error in a line of the code – it is technically near impossible for the light to reach true ‘100%’ charge. In a normal use case the numerical limit of a ‘full charge’ is a lot lower and the code has now been corrected to reflect this. The lights will now show ‘fully charged’ when the battery is functionally full.

6. 20 minute cut out. This was a safety feature built into the light so that if a Burner ever got too hot internally, it would turn off to protect the PCB. In real life use, this is only reached in its brightest, constant setting (and often in warmer environments – Eg. on a desk, not outside on a bike with air flowing over it). The limit for this was overcautious and set too low in error. It has now been changed and raised to reflect the temperature the light can in fact handle. We are now working to change the code so that if the light does ever turn off for thermal protection, it switches into a less power hungry mode, instead of completely off. We have only seen this in a very small number of Burners, which could be due to the sensitivity of these individual lights, but the changes we're making will ensure that it's not an issue going forward in any lights. If you’re one of the first to receive a Burner, we shall be resolving your light too.

7. The cable connection. This is the same cable that we use with the Laserlight, we have increased the strength of the magnet but otherwise it is the same cable. The problem is with the fit with the connectors. Although your light does charge, and even if it hopefully won’t need charging again for a couple of months, we agree the connection on these first lights is too fiddly and the cable is too easily knocked off. We agree this needs changing and have found solutions that involve a rework on the charge pins on either the cable or on the light. Eitehr vastly improve the magnetic connection, allowing you to gently pull the light across the desk by its cable and for the cable to automatically locate itself onto its pins. I do not currently have all the information on the timelines for these reworks but it will be done for all lights going forward. If you’re one of the first to receive a Burner, we shall be resolving your light too.

8. The ‘spinning’ lights – we believe there are two issues here: A light that can rotate and a light that spins freely. The former sees a light which if knocked or taken over very bumpy road, can move from it’s original position by the end of a ride. While we appreciate people find this annoying and the light may need straightening, the light is still firmly held and will not detach from your bike. Compounding this problem is that these first 500 lights had a rework where the magnetic sockets were individually machined further down (as mentioned in earlier update), which makes the connection looser and this rotation more likely. This process is no longer necessary and we fully expect the next batch to have a snugger connection and to see minimal rotation.

From this point the redesign and manufacturing and supply chain changes and testing necessary to reintroduce the pins is likely going to be too lengthy to include now, however we are exploring if this is an option. As background, the decision to allow the light to rotate beyond fixed vertical or horizontal, was in part to allow it to work with the saddle mounts that we had created due Kickstarter backers' request.

The second issue under this title sees a light being able to ‘spin freely’ in its bracket. We are only aware of two lights like this. We would ask these people to send their light back to us immediately. This affected a couple of the very first lights out the door, due to the connecting screw not having the specified amount of Loctite glue. This was immediately flagged and was corrected going onwards into production. So if your light is also doing this, please get in touch via support@blaze.cc straight away.
Other issues

• The light turning off in car headlights. This is only possible if a headlight is directly shining onto a Burner for a drawn out period of time – likely stationary at traffic lights (as there is an extended lag time before switch off). As soon as the car moves away and the light is returned to ‘darkness’, it will switch back on. In the above mentioned changes to the code, we have also taken the opportunity to amend the length of time required for the light to turn off, preventing this from happening.
  Burners appearing in retail

• We fully appreciate how irritating this is for those awaiting their lights, please do not believe this is due to any lack of respect, but an uncomfortable yet necessary business decision. We never envisaged shipping lights this late in the season, we had conversations with retailers back in March and are now contractually obliged to deliver them lights. However, we delivered the absolute minimum we could get away with – one or two per store, so they could at least see the product and allocate shelf space for a few weeks’ time, once the bike light season had started and Kickstarter had been delivered. These lights are 20-40% more expensive (depending if you’re an early bird) in retail and now that obligation has been fulfilled, our complete focus is back on sorting the above issues and making as many lights as possible.
  What this means for you

We will be offering a replacement light to all backers who have already received their Burner and are seeing one or any of the above issues. If you have not yet received your light, we are committing to resolve these issues and sending you a fully functioning light. We are working around the clock to fix these issues and deliver you a light with problems resolved and have come a long way in 2 weeks. The software changes have largely already all been made, it is the mechanical issues will take longer and we are working on a revised time line for this now.

For those of you who already have a light, we ask that as long as you’re not riding with it in ‘Bright Steady’ for lengthy periods, to keep riding with it if you want to. It does still work, it will charge fully (if fiddly), it will stay in its bracket... and so we ask you to hold onto it for now. We will be in touch with you all once we have new lights with problems solved. We will then ask if those with existing lights want a replacement and will pay for return postage. Just to reiterate, please do not return your light back to us, unless we have explicitly asked you individually to do so.

That’s it for now. I am so sorry these issues have occurred. Believe us we are doing all we can to resolve them as quickly as possible and we will be back in touch later this week, as soon as we have more detail on timelines.

Emily + Team Blaze.

Latest update 01/09/2016

Hello hello our trailblazing Burners,
I won't beat about the bush on this one. We've had everything we need for final assembly for a while, we've been awaiting our die cast casings from Asia... And they have not been up to scratch!! Literally. We got to T6 on the tool for the casings and now we are still rejecting pieces off the final tool. Im afraid I'm not going to compromise on this and approve sub-standard product.

We have just reviewed delivery of the first batch of selected perfect casings and have made these up into perfect final Burners, see below! We are testing these and once approved the next drop of 500 casings will be released. Expected Friday. There will be a gap between these 500 and the remaining 2,500 as we will be quality assuring each of the 500 and making any necessary changes before green lighting the bigger batch.

Please await your confirmation email when your package is on its way. We use different couriers for different countries, but you will each receive an email. That's it folks! Be back soon and the end is in sight.

THANK YOU for your patience and support, it will be worth it. We are so excited.

With love and thanks,

Emily + Team Blaze

Oh and Ps. Half the Blaze team have just arrived at Eurobike. They will have the first few Burners made up and put through testing with them to show - so go say hi if you're there and check them out... They're looking puuuurdy! Eeek.