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many thanks. I have be commuting for a few weeksnow since the car broke and realised two things today. on is that in a totally unexpected way (pedelecing doesnt feel strenuous) i lost half a stone (which is a relief), and i feel so much healthier.So much for all those who say its "cheating" -...

i more or less did this, its entirely doable, even if youre not very tecnically minided (I'm not), but can be more difficult than it seems, it took me a month to figure out how to make the PAS work on my bottom bracket (and i ended up having to replace the bottom bracket), then there's teh issue...

i have the tour version too, in 28 on a citybike, why did schwalbe make them smaller diameter than regular marathon plus'? i wipedout twice in winter on them, once semi seriously on a very fast decent while breaking, a proper health and safety moment. i guess one cant get high mileage and grip.

you may be right in terms of smoothness, shcwalbe make big apples in 349 i believe, ive been on something called a raleigh RSW belonging to a friend - being big apples it also felt freerolling - up to about 12 to 15 mph - after that - regardless of what AtoB or anyone says, rolling resistance...

I manage to run a very high pressure (145 psi) 700c 23 skinny tyre on the oxydrive rim - but I had to replace the rim tape with quality velox cotton to stop the spoke holes causing punctures when pressure increased as when going over potholes. Fast pedelecing for me resulted in a kind of...

IMHO speed and potholes,I do a 13 mile commute,if it took more than about 40 mins I wouldn't do it,that means 20 mph,on a badly potholed English road. I do it on a 700c racer. I have a brompton ( with a rohloff no less), if the brompton had electrical assistance and could average 20 mph,I...

This thread is beginning to give "touching the void" a run for it's money, if I were in your shoes I'd just buy a new bb and crankarms on fleabay,its dirtcheap and easy to install. I'm not an engineer but the idea of jumping around on an ally crank i ve bent and heated would give me the heebyjeebies

Good luck finding your bearings,I thought I was the only one having a dodgy Saturday evening

Just a thought,but could you have installedvitcwrong way round? I've done that before. Your crank end seems to protrude a lot and there's a distinct curve to the arm which may swing out other way round.

i do 13 miles each way to work - it's hilly, 8 miles of it is a dangerous b road i do as fast as physically possible because cars pass me too closely (it has no shoulder). it's also hilly. i do it on a racer with an oxygen kit (rear hub bpm with 36v 15A), it typicaly takes 40 minutes or so. i...

and using knee and hands to straighten rim before only using spoke to keep things straight

I've found the same,the only 2p bit I would add further is that usually strip nipples because I'm trying to pull a badly bent rim straight with a spoke - instead of,as Sheldon brown rightly point out,taking the wheeloff

I'd take the word of caution very seriously - there's always something new and hugely desirable that comes along. I have the oxygen kit on a beat up old racer. i used to be unhappy about this (no shocks or disc brakes). last week the car died - i had to do 100 plus miles on it since and have...

To be fair,punctures are easy,the rear wheel unplug,i did one last night because I run skinny duranos,does anyone know how of good puncture resistant tyres in 700c by 23 other than marathon plus' (which roll like treacle in this size)? I don't want to dig up the old chestnut of hub and crank...

Wheelbase and heel strike aside,the solution is p clips,I stripped the holes in my aluminium frame and replaced it with this.if I diet have a pedelec and knew what I know re this kit I'd buy it straight away. The funny thing is that buying the kit can be better inasmuch as it leaves one free to...

I hope you get the money back, for your sake and in principle. On another level (and apologies for a detour) you mentioned that youve had three chinese bikes and wanted something higher quality on which the batteries woudl last longer. That felt familiar to me - at the beginning i had very high...

I have the oxydrive kit. Frankly,I love it - I've tried various crank drives (kalkhoff impulse 2,TCM woosh) - the thing about crank drives are that one has to continuously consider them,or be aware of them,when changing gear etc. With a hub drive the motor does its own thing,in stop start town...

i cycled to work this morning - 13 miles including some very dodgy fast b road without a hard shoulder - i didnt want to do it (teh car broke, probably terminally, this weekend) - but as usual teh reality of it was great - i imagined lorries droning too close past me and instead experienced...

I have a BPM kit on a bike - i think it may be less powerful than teh big bear (mine outputs 15A at 36V), i h ave a friend with an old santa ana with a TCM crank drive. Ive tried both on steep and medium hills. I think 110 kilos would be too much for my BPM up a steep hill - teh reason woudl be...

take this from a complete noob: bin the mechanical discs - i dont know who still uses it, but in a world in which you can pick up a good set of hydraulic discs for thirty quid it's absurd. the thig about hydraulic discs, i found - is that simol;y loosening teh bolts on teh caliper and squeezing...