Recent content by ausGeoff

Thanks muchly for the suggestions chaps. Any thoughts about the possibility of a stripped internal gear somewhere in the motor drive? (images not my trike) The planetary gears of the ring gear maybe?

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I have a 250W Bafang 36 volt G340 mid-drive motor on my trike, with Shimano Nexus hub gears and a rear differential. Potential problem... Recently this has developed: When at top dead centre of each crank arm's travel—just before its downwards power stroke starts, there's a slight "jerk"...

The Outbound Lighting Trail EVO is a very nice light, although AU$410 here in Australia (ouch!). I don't wanna sound like a smartarse, but surely the easiest option is simply to leave the light on the bike whenever one is out and about? Otherwise, why even have the light?

Downunder, there's still this persistent undercurrent of (ignorant) unpowered bicycle riders that consider e-bike riders to be "cheating" and a general public of non-bike riders that think e-bikes are somehow inherently "dangerous". One single e-bike accident can make headlines across the...

I checked the price of the Cube Stereo Hybrid SLT 160 here in Australia, and was horrified to see it advertised at a discount(!) price of AU$14,999. I have a lot of difficulty in accepting that any e-bike—German made or not—is worth that to the multitude of everyday bike riders. There are...

Woman dies in e-bike crash at Edgewater Teen charged with manslaughter in Perth, Western Australia in July this year. The 17-year-old was riding an unregistered off-road electric motorbike. (NOT an e-bike as such.)...

My house and contents insurance covers my tricycle whilst it's within the property boundary, but not when it's out on the road. Additional all cover bike insurance—when i had it—was AU$22 per month. I decided it wasn't worth it.

G'day Kevin... Yes, I can certainly agree with you that the running costs and maintenance of EVs such as the Tesla, (and others) are far less than those of a similar ICE model. I guess I was focussing specifically on the cost ratio of replacing an EV battery with replacing a petrol-fuelled...

In Australian conditions, most EV manufacturers guarantee at least 70-80% capacity after 8 years for their batteries, or 160,000km. As of May this year, average battery replacement costs are as per: • Tesla Model S = AU$12,000 to $22,000 (ouch!) • Nissan Leaf = AU$8,000 to $12,500...

Volkswagen is to pause production at three of its plants in Germany—Dresden, Zwickau, and Osnabrück—because of weak demand for fully electric cars in Europe. Closure days are also being considered at a fourth plant in Emden, which makes the ID.4 and ID.7 vehicles. The decision by a company...

Is that twin 750W's I see?

I simply upload/download the image, and open/edit it with MS Paint. Alternatively, I use postimage for quick and dirty forum postings.

As a newbie here, I noticed an earlier posting from a now absent member saying "be aware they [tricycles] are extremely dangerous in sharp turns and even worse in off camber sharp curves". This can be true for a rider new to tricycling—particularly coming from a 2-wheeler—but it's not...

G'day Cleo... I'm 80 next year and currently ride a fat-wheel tricycle in the classic upright position.. The saddle that came with the trike was too firm and too thin, so I bought one of these super wide memory foam (not gel) saddles: It's 10½ inches wide and 10¼ inches nose to back...