Saturday and Monday are the days I have to get the village papers, a round trip of 11.2 miles. On Saturday the temp was -5 but no snow and yesterday it was 0 but with 4ins of snow. The road, however, had been gritted/salted and was fairly clear but on arriving back home the bike was filthy and I spent ages getting the salt off. The job would be much easier with a maintenance stand, does anybody have a recommendation? I was just concerned that the weight of an electric bike may be too much for some of the stands.
On this trip I have nearly 1000ft of climbing to do and almost suffer a heart attack each time, not, I hasten to add, because of exertion but due to watching the damn battery indicator dance about like a yo-yo. Coming home it generally goes down to two or even one light showing during the climb causing a certain amount of anxiety (especially if I have just, smugly, overtaken an alien from the planet lycra). Perhaps when climbing a shutter should come down and cover the lights! When I first bought the bike in July last year the indicator didn’t work properly, all the lights came on when the battery was switched on and stayed on until the battery was switched off and I cycled along in blissful ignorance…….great, just using the range as a guide to power left and checking the battery itself if worried. I think the issue has been compounded by all the talk of poor range in cold weather, but, to be quite honest, I haven’t found that to be the case or at least not obviously so, although I know it must be the case. I still have the same number of lights showing on the battery after this journey as I did in the summer and I haven’t noticed having to work harder either. I charge and keep the battery in the house and just take it out prior to setting off and so far this system seems to be working fine. I think I may try and devise an ‘overcoat’ to put round the battery ……need somebody who is good at knitting?????
Sorry, I’m going on a bit, but I would be interested in hearing about your recommendations for a bike stand. Thanks
On this trip I have nearly 1000ft of climbing to do and almost suffer a heart attack each time, not, I hasten to add, because of exertion but due to watching the damn battery indicator dance about like a yo-yo. Coming home it generally goes down to two or even one light showing during the climb causing a certain amount of anxiety (especially if I have just, smugly, overtaken an alien from the planet lycra). Perhaps when climbing a shutter should come down and cover the lights! When I first bought the bike in July last year the indicator didn’t work properly, all the lights came on when the battery was switched on and stayed on until the battery was switched off and I cycled along in blissful ignorance…….great, just using the range as a guide to power left and checking the battery itself if worried. I think the issue has been compounded by all the talk of poor range in cold weather, but, to be quite honest, I haven’t found that to be the case or at least not obviously so, although I know it must be the case. I still have the same number of lights showing on the battery after this journey as I did in the summer and I haven’t noticed having to work harder either. I charge and keep the battery in the house and just take it out prior to setting off and so far this system seems to be working fine. I think I may try and devise an ‘overcoat’ to put round the battery ……need somebody who is good at knitting?????
Sorry, I’m going on a bit, but I would be interested in hearing about your recommendations for a bike stand. Thanks
