Recent content by Bavi

Stefan, I fitted the same Shimano shifter, cassette and derailleur to my home e-bike conversion that I built (before I bought my Como last year). It functioned really smoothly, I'm sure you'll be really pleased with that setup, it should help very nicely with the steep hills 👍

Stefan, I don't know if this is still the case but wary when buying Shimano stuff online. During covid lockdown when bike components were in very short supply, I came across several pretty poor quality shifters that I presume to be fakes (admittedly lower range stuff tho) and these were from UK...

That's exactly it though, this is a general purpose e-bike for the mainstream. Please remember, it's a bike aimed primarily at people who will just buy it and ride it.... those who want to or know how to alter it are probably only a very small minority of purchasers. Gotta say tho, what an...

I have never, ever suffered from pedal strikes before getting my Como... The pedals are definitely closer to the ground (and possibly the ends stick out wider due to the motor?) substantially limiting peddling when the bike is cornering, basically it has to be virtually upright before I can...

^ I notice they are Shimano brake master cylinders, are they standard? Mine came with Sram M/Cs and from memory are bit more bulky (and possibly offer a little less free real estate) Good info nonetheless 👍

Unfortunately, I don't think there's an easy/elegant alternative if there's not enough real estate inboard of the lever mounts or you don't want your phone mounted off centre. I had a couple of possible ideas for the design of a 3d printed component: Some sort of swan neck clamp which goes...

I just checked mine in the app (as it's currently charging in my garage) and I see what you mean! You can just click the 3 dots in the top right corner of the app and hit disconnect (or whatever it's called) but Ideally you shouldn't have to do that I agree.

Well, I finally got chance to adjust the belt today, 1/2 turn of the screw slacker and the belt looked quit limp!... so, with discretion being the better part of valour I wimped out and only slackened it 1/4 turn which must mean it was pretty good from the factory/bike shop I guess. I was...

Yep it's a bit of a bummer that the new app doesn't do that yet.... but you can click start in the new app before you go to you bike (I keep my phone in my rucksack) and it will automatically connect and start the ride when you power the bike on, it'll even stop and restart when you power the...

Superb, thank you so much. I agree, your idea for making smaller incremental adjustments is much more sensible... that will be my next experiment 👍 👍👍

I can't go 115mph on an e-bike ... mind you, I can't legally go 115mph on a motorbike either! ;) I see, not only are you an athlete, you are also a musician... I'd love to be creative in that way, I hope you're keeping it up 👍

Stefan, I think if I were buying now in my current state of fitness I would have looked very seriously at the Vado SL 5.0 EQ 👍 I do like the low step over height on my Como for when I do the grocery shopping but I'm not very keen on the look of the Como SL so much for some reason. I see a guy...

Thanks for the link 👍 That calculator shows a range of about 56 miles when set to my ride profile (as near as I can get it) but I've got a Como 5.0 IGH which has a larger battery capacity than your Vado 3.0 IGH and I ride slower than you... In reality I'd estimate that I get nearer to 70-75...

Cool, thanks for the link, that's very interesting, I think I've experienced the vibrations a couple of times as well, they only last a second or two and didn't bother me too much. I'm inclined to try reducing the belt tension by turning all of the adjustment screws the same amount (say...

These Enviolo automatiq hubs are a bit of an unknown quantity for me. I find mine sometimes (but not always) gives a strange sensation when peddling, it can feel like the gearing is varying slightly between easier and harder every couple of pedal crank revolutions, almost like I'm getting pulses...