Recent content by DDBB

This is bad to admit but I also have a bafang ultra motor and haven't opened it up yet. The bike now has 2,300mi. on it but it's as quiet as it was on day one. Just because it's quiet doesn't mean all is o.k. but I've just been too lazy to take it apart.

I try to keep my battery at around 50% SOC so before a ride, I charge enough to END the ride at around 50% SOC. That way when not in use, the battery stays happy. My ebike will go 35-40mi. on a full charge but I never ride even close to that far so I'm never draining the battery below 20%. I...

I googled it and can't find it

Get a bike with a powerful mid drive like the bafang ultra motor unless you enjoy working a lot. My 1st ebike had a 250 watt motor that was adequate, but I always wished for more power, especially on hills. It was a mid drive and it would go up anything albeit slowly. I think the trend now is...

I'm just going to leave the new chain on and avoid 8th gear for now. Maybe once this chain wears a little, 8th won't skip.. I actually prefer 9th but have avoided it to keep from wearing it out. If I wear out 9th then I'll just go with a new cassette and another new chain. I'm too lazy to put...

I did fiddle with cable tension with no joy. Visually the derailleur lines up with 8th gear. The bike has never been dropped or abused. I doubt the hangar is bent. Again, with the original chain, the bike has spent most of it's 2,000+miles in 8th gear. Although the teeth look just like all the...

The last tee shirt I bought said "stop plate tectonics!"

I guess I should have held off replacing the chain. I usually cruise in 8th gear to save 9th. With the new chain, 8th gear is skipping. The teeth all look o.k. but it doesn't like the new chain. I guess I'll be using 9th for awhile. Maybe once the new chain wears in a little I can use 8th again...

I'd still love to see an o-ring bicycle chain. I ran a non o-ring chain on my sport bike and got about 8,000mi. on it before it was worn out, I'm talking 35 years ago. Then I switched to an o-ring chain and got 30,000mi. out of that one. Of course there would be a weight penalty for an o-ring...

Well great, after reading Jeremy's post I felt shamed into changing the chain. It's done and it's a good feeling to have a new chain on there even if there was some life left in the old one. My plan now is to run this one until the gears start slipping, then replace cassette, front sprocket and...

Well, first of all, I'm no expert. Secondly, I've read in numerous places that a 9 speed chain should be replaced when it reaches .75. Since I'm not there yet, how am I accelerating the wear on my cassette? Third, I have a new cassette and chain ring ready to install if needed. Are you saying if...

I just checked again, I'm over 2,000mi. on a 1,000 watt mid drive and some of the links are less than .5% and some are slightly over. I guess the chain does not wear evenly. I think I can stretch it (excuse the pun) to 3,000mi.

Most here are very good people. I enjoy the back and forth banter and was just trying to add to it. I'll go back to my wet chain lube and chain wax now

Fight! Fight!

Neither do I .. my wet lube followed by chain wax seems to be working great for me and it's nobody else's formula. In fact I'm laughed at for doing it. Just chain lube created a filthy chain, wax after lube is much cleaner or at least appears to be