I think I just found out the problem --"
my wording"! All these years I thought the male end had the pins and the female end "received" them. Turns out I was wrong.
The female end has the pins/male end has the "receiving" end (ie holes for the pins to go into).
No wonder I couldn't convey what I needed to do.
I need to connect a male (no pins) connector with wire/banana plug to my cycler so that I can plug in my battery (with the female--with pins) to it.
Opposite to the real world was my error.
Just have to find the female ends now. And now I understand what you were trying to say. My bad.
Thanks