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If it works on your bike, it's the one to go for for simplicity's sake. I fitted one to my Ortler in a matter of 2 minutes.

I replaced this light on my Ortler with something a little more suited to the dark bridleways I'll soon be using in the winter. This is a nice unit, but better for being seen that seeing, IYKWIM. On urban roads it'll be fine, as it is plenty bright enough to let the world know you're there...

Assuming I get back home today, I've done 100 miles of commuting on the Ortler this week. Faultlessly, I add. It's kicked the Oxygen into touch for now, although it was much slower on an off-road route I took one morning. Still, it isn't designed for that sort of riding and it coped reasonably...

Do NOT try to open up an aluminium frame as it will not appreciate the attempt. DAHIKT!

Thanks. That's not the same as mine...

I have a brand new, boxed 36v 2A charger, but I'm not sure what you mean by a coaxial plug. Mine has a jack plug.

I took a very long, mainly off-road route into work this morning and set the assistance to Tour. This was to see how the power stood up. It stood up well, and the only adjustments I had to make was to ride slightly slower in one gear lower. If my experiences of the battery on my Oxygen hold with...

My Ortler has the same hub and I really like it. I'm in two minds about tweaking the gearing. My knees tell me that the lower gearing it has is good, but I also know there's a few MPH more to be had out of it, but the range of the hub means I'm spinning out once it gets to 22 or 23MPH. I'll...

Glad you're sorted. What hub gear does it have?

The biggest difference I find between hub drive bikes and mid drive ones is the torque sensing. On my rear hub drive Oxygen, full power is fed in if the pedals are turning - however hard I'm actually pushing. On the Bosch-equipped Ortler, the power is fed in proportionally to how hard I am...

It does have a normal v-brake as well on the rear, so I use it as a regulator on hills and coming up to junctions. Not something I'd choose to have, but it was an eBay bargain.

The Ortler's (second) rear brake is a coaster; i.e. a back pedal brake, not a roller. I'm not a big fan, but it does have its uses.

Actually, with hindsight, I'd replace Plastic Letters with either This is the Story or Sunshine on Leith, both by the Proclaimers.

I've just bought the 'mens' crossbar version of this bike and am very impressed with it. I have put my thoughts on it on a separate thread. Aside from the smallish battery - which is holding up well on my commute - and a somewhat bouncy suspension seatpost, it is a very well put together bike...

In no particular order: Graceland - Paul Simon Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles Back in the D.H.S.S. - Half Man Half Biscuit Plastic Letters - Blondie (before they were spoiled by disco) Klinga Mina Klockor - Benny Andersson (a Swedish folk album by the hairy one out of ABBA)

Thanks for the offer. I had quite a few issues with power cut outs, so eventually made my own repair and directly plugged the battery into the controller, bypassing the connectors which were the cause of the problem. Not a tidy solution, but it works.

Sheldon Brown's site has a gear ratio calculator here: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/gear-calc.html The main thing to watch out for is torque ratios. Basically, if you have a smaller front chainring allied to a larger rear one, you can put too much force into the rear hub and damage it. Ideally...

Oh, and fix it so my odometer doesn't reset back to zero every now and then...

That's the thread, thank you. Looks a bit beyond my very limited skills on reflection.

Can someone here advise me or show me a link to a way of building a small bottle battery for a kit I have lying dormant? Someone on here once built a very small bottle battery, but I want to use a vruzend kit, or something similar to keep things simple. I want to do the least amount of...