Spent the last week or so trying to decide between a Woosh Faro OR something second hand & proper OR a rear hub kit
Eventually pulled the trigger on a Aikema 85SX kit from Woosh with the 17ah battery as I had a v cheap towpath tourer I’d built and barely used. (Frame is a Ridgeback Cerium with the most super stealth graphics I’ve ever seen on a bike)
super fast delivery from them and great instructions/info
What started out as a new bottom bracket and simple drop bar conversion ended up in a full 11 spd drivetrain conversion with a Shadow XT rear mech, wide range 11-42 rear cassette and Clark Clout hydraulic brakes, topped off with the ubiquitous Marathon Plus on the back
Install was a breeze, not even too much cable to deal with (though still have a little tidying to do) ...there’s more excess on the brakes if anything
Only issue was trying to get the hollow tech sensor ring to sit happily on the crank - the two part sensor just wanted to come apart and not sit square and didn’t really want to use glue
Solution was to make a sensor bracket to support the sensor ring (used a flouro-green Perspex kitchen splashback sample square
cut to size with a hole saw )
Needed some zip tie ninja skill (head torch, tweezers and lots of swearing) to strap it all up to the crank spider, whilst keeping the granny ring clear but not getting zip tie between the sensor and granny ring so it would sit nicely against the inner ring bolts
Before
After
Todays 10 mile shakedown turned into a 20 miler.
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Eventually pulled the trigger on a Aikema 85SX kit from Woosh with the 17ah battery as I had a v cheap towpath tourer I’d built and barely used. (Frame is a Ridgeback Cerium with the most super stealth graphics I’ve ever seen on a bike)
super fast delivery from them and great instructions/info
What started out as a new bottom bracket and simple drop bar conversion ended up in a full 11 spd drivetrain conversion with a Shadow XT rear mech, wide range 11-42 rear cassette and Clark Clout hydraulic brakes, topped off with the ubiquitous Marathon Plus on the back
Install was a breeze, not even too much cable to deal with (though still have a little tidying to do) ...there’s more excess on the brakes if anything
Only issue was trying to get the hollow tech sensor ring to sit happily on the crank - the two part sensor just wanted to come apart and not sit square and didn’t really want to use glue
Solution was to make a sensor bracket to support the sensor ring (used a flouro-green Perspex kitchen splashback sample square
cut to size with a hole saw )Needed some zip tie ninja skill (head torch, tweezers and lots of swearing) to strap it all up to the crank spider, whilst keeping the granny ring clear but not getting zip tie between the sensor and granny ring so it would sit nicely against the inner ring bolts
Before
After
Todays 10 mile shakedown turned into a 20 miler
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