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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2020 22:35:12 GMT
Its all about weight of course, but the better ally frames are double and sometimes triple-butted so quite strong. If they crack or snap its quite likely all over but not a particularly common occurrence though. However I would favour steel if weight were to be added.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 9, 2020 7:12:28 GMT
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Post by Jim on Aug 9, 2020 13:04:12 GMT
Bike is s a gt nomad hybrid, "inherited" from my son when he upgraded. Rolls along nicely on the 700c wheels. I've just fitted a pair of cheap sprung forks and a sprung seat post. More comfortable on cobbles, towpaths etc. Stayed on boat last night, bringing it down the Littleborough flight prior to heading west in a couple of weeks. Nipped home in car to drop off some stuff, came back on ebike. About to put bike on roof of boat, went to take battery off, I stuck my key in the charger socket. Doh! Small flash, summat gone. Posted pics etc on pedelecs forum, with luck there will be a fuse, otherwise a new bms, out with the soldering iron! I won't do that again. Apart from my stupidity, I'm happy with the motor. Others on the pedelec forum talk of several thousand miles with the bafang. A nylon internal gear can wear out, spares are available, including a steel replacement. Noreen has now had a change of meds, finally on the expensive one, she sleeps better, hardly any cataplexy. So we are looking at a folding 20" Wheel Tandem with a special seat back, arm rests and 4 point seat belt. I'll fit a bafang to that and use the same battery - when I've fixed it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 20:55:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 20:59:07 GMT
Bike is s a gt nomad hybrid, "inherited" from my son when he upgraded. Rolls along nicely on the 700c wheels. I've just fitted a pair of cheap sprung forks and a sprung seat post. More comfortable on cobbles, towpaths etc. Stayed on boat last night, bringing it down the Littleborough flight prior to heading west in a couple of weeks. Nipped home in car to drop off some stuff, came back on ebike. About to put bike on roof of boat, went to take battery off, I stuck my key in the charger socket. Doh! Small flash, summat gone. Posted pics etc on pedelecs forum, with luck there will be a fuse, otherwise a new bms, out with the soldering iron! I won't do that again. Apart from my stupidity, I'm happy with the motor. Others on the pedelec forum talk of several thousand miles with the bafang. A nylon internal gear can wear out, spares are available, including a steel replacement. Noreen has now had a change of meds, finally on the expensive one, she sleeps better, hardly any cataplexy. So we are looking at a folding 20" Wheel Tandem with a special seat back, arm rests and 4 point seat belt. I'll fit a bafang to that and use the same battery - when I've fixed it. I recently bought a 36v ebike battery for my 36v electric outboard. It has an input fuse (to protect from the wrong charger being attached) and an output fuse (to protect from over discharge). The output fuse is 30amps. It's a 15ah lithium pack in an aluminium case. I assume that fuse is to protect the electrickery bms etc. I have blown the fuse several times as the motor is rated to 50 amps. Was tempted to put in a bigger fuse but not a good idea. There is probably a good reason that fuse is there. Just ordinary 32mm fast glass fuses.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 13:06:29 GMT
Bike is s a gt nomad hybrid, "inherited" from my son when he upgraded. Rolls along nicely on the 700c wheels. I've just fitted a pair of cheap sprung forks and a sprung seat post. More comfortable on cobbles, towpaths etc. Stayed on boat last night, bringing it down the Littleborough flight prior to heading west in a couple of weeks. Nipped home in car to drop off some stuff, came back on ebike. About to put bike on roof of boat, went to take battery off, I stuck my key in the charger socket. Doh! Small flash, summat gone. Posted pics etc on pedelecs forum, with luck there will be a fuse, otherwise a new bms, out with the soldering iron! I won't do that again. Apart from my stupidity, I'm happy with the motor. Others on the pedelec forum talk of several thousand miles with the bafang. A nylon internal gear can wear out, spares are available, including a steel replacement. Noreen has now had a change of meds, finally on the expensive one, she sleeps better, hardly any cataplexy. So we are looking at a folding 20" Wheel Tandem with a special seat back, arm rests and 4 point seat belt. I'll fit a bafang to that and use the same battery - when I've fixed it. Well it all seems good so far but a follow-up when its done some miles would be nice. The only thing about a leccy bike is leaving it outside the supermarket. Is the battery easily detachable? For this reason I think Stabby's moped wins. No-one will look twice at it but the world is full of cycle thieves. I would like a pic of the tandem when it is sorted, preferably an action-shot with both seats occupied...so long as your good lady won't feel she is in a...er...circus... I have just successfully removed the BB from an old frame. If only someone had told me one side was a reverse thread before I pissing started...grr.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 13:44:05 GMT
Bike is s a gt nomad hybrid, "inherited" from my son when he upgraded. Rolls along nicely on the 700c wheels. I've just fitted a pair of cheap sprung forks and a sprung seat post. More comfortable on cobbles, towpaths etc. Stayed on boat last night, bringing it down the Littleborough flight prior to heading west in a couple of weeks. Nipped home in car to drop off some stuff, came back on ebike. About to put bike on roof of boat, went to take battery off, I stuck my key in the charger socket. Doh! Small flash, summat gone. Posted pics etc on pedelecs forum, with luck there will be a fuse, otherwise a new bms, out with the soldering iron! I won't do that again. Apart from my stupidity, I'm happy with the motor. Others on the pedelec forum talk of several thousand miles with the bafang. A nylon internal gear can wear out, spares are available, including a steel replacement. Noreen has now had a change of meds, finally on the expensive one, she sleeps better, hardly any cataplexy. So we are looking at a folding 20" Wheel Tandem with a special seat back, arm rests and 4 point seat belt. I'll fit a bafang to that and use the same battery - when I've fixed it. Well it all seems good so far but a follow-up when its done some miles would be nice. The only thing about a leccy bike is leaving it outside the supermarket. Is the battery easily detachable? For this reason I think Stabby's moped wins. No-one will look twice at it but the world is full of cycle thieves. I would like a pic of the tandem when it is sorted, preferably an action-shot with both seats occupied...so long as your good lady won't feel she is in a...er...circus... I have just successfully removed the BB from an old frame. If only someone had told me one side was a reverse thread before I pissing started...grr. I bought a 36v ebike battery for one of my electric outboards. It has a rail with a dual action deadbolt type locking device. You need the key to either remove the battery or turn on the power. Quite a good setup really. Of course it is dependant on how well secured the rail is to the bike
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 14:49:40 GMT
If it is that well-fixed I expect they'll just nick the whole thing. Brompton make a very nice-looking thing but cheap it is not.
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Post by Jim on Aug 12, 2020 6:52:55 GMT
Battery locks on. I bought a "sold secure gold" bike lock and cable. Usually something solid to fasten it to. I've swapped the quick release bolts on the axles and seat post for hex head fittings.
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Post by thebfg on Aug 12, 2020 8:48:35 GMT
Battery locks on. I bought a "sold secure gold" bike lock and cable. Usually something solid to fasten it to. I've swapped the quick release bolts on the axles and seat post for hex head fittings. I once had a lovely bike. Very expensive so I brought a really expensive lock. The budgets cut through the bike stand instead and took it with the lock still attached.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 8:58:00 GMT
Battery locks on. I bought a "sold secure gold" bike lock and cable. Usually something solid to fasten it to. I've swapped the quick release bolts on the axles and seat post for hex head fittings. Both things are sensible precautions but there is nothing that isn't defeatable. There's a vid on youtube where it is demonstrated that nothing lasts beyond 30 seconds with a little determination, and a series where some clever dick shows exactly how to pick every lock on the market. This is where having a home build wins out - the truly professional thief would hopefully ignore it. Personally I like the Litelock but only because it looks easy to lug about with you. Maybe the Abus Bordo is better.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 9:03:40 GMT
Battery locks on. I bought a "sold secure gold" bike lock and cable. Usually something solid to fasten it to. I've swapped the quick release bolts on the axles and seat post for hex head fittings. I once had a lovely bike. Very expensive so I brought a really expensive lock. The budgets cut through the bike stand instead and took it with the lock still attached. I know someone who chained their nice bike to a sizable tree. You can guess the rest. Sadly, expensive bikes are only any good for competitions and Sunday afternoons. I'm replacing all the bearings on an oldie.
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Post by Jim on Aug 12, 2020 10:21:14 GMT
I once had a lovely bike. Very expensive so I brought a really expensive lock. The budgets cut through the bike stand instead and took it with the lock still attached. I know someone who chained their nice bike to a sizable tree. You can guess the rest. Sadly, expensive bikes are only any good for competitions and Sunday afternoons. I'm replacing all the bearings on an oldie. I got an OnGuard Bulldog with a 2m cable. smile.amazon.co.uk/ONGUARD/b/ref=bl_dp_s_mw_16624600031?ie=UTF8&node=16624600031&field-lbr_brands_browse-bin=ONGUARDI know it's only a deterrent in the end, at least it's insurance rated. The thing about old bikes is they can always be resurrected, unless the frame is snapped. A few hours work, new and secondhand parts and off you go. I've only ever had one new bike, a fairly cheap mountain bike about 30 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2020 11:09:24 GMT
The cable is truly useless. It will deter only the most casual opportunist. The best defence is the desirability (or lack of it) of the the bike itself.
Personally I would never leave the battery on it. I once met a disabled lady with three knackered mobility scooters - all with missing batteries. She had no way of storing them indoors. Such is the world.
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Post by thebfg on Aug 12, 2020 11:48:42 GMT
I once had a lovely bike. Very expensive so I brought a really expensive lock. The budgets cut through the bike stand instead and took it with the lock still attached. I know someone who chained their nice bike to a sizable tree. You can guess the rest. Sadly, expensive bikes are only any good for competitions and Sunday afternoons. I'm replacing all the bearings on an oldie. When we moved into our flat one of the conditions of planning was to give us a voucher for green travel. Like a years bus pass or a bike. I purchased a bike and got quite a bit of gear on it as it was my touring bike. Sadly someone broke into bike shed and stole 20 of them. I now have my 8 year old road bike, a quality old audax bike that I am restoring, my trike and a decent hybrid. The kids have two bikes each as well. So in the bike shed I have 8 locks locking through all of them. They will have to break into at least 4 locks to steal one bike and they can't be carried away either. Unfortunately since my accident with the knee I haven't cycled as much as if like. Next year maybe.
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