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Well, after some time I finally received my replacement tire from XXcycle. I now have my Schwalbe Marathon Plus 2014 tires mounted along with Schraeder valve Schwalbe AV19 inner tubes. Also, added Ride-On tire sealant for bicycles. Now, I should be fairly protected from flats. If not, I have a...

I have. What's your point? That I should believe whatever said, whether it makes sense or not. No, thank you!

That's what a fellow bicyclist said to me today when he stopped to talk to me. I had passed him resting on the side of the road on my way home. As I walked to check the mail at my mailbox he caught up with me. He stopped to inquire about where did I get such a bright tail light. He told me that...

Huh? What you just said makes absolutely no sense! There is no gap for the magnet to slip through. The magnet is kept in it's slot by the other magnets. And while it's loose but still in it's slot, it clings to the stator as the hub rotates. That's where the scraping and grinding noise comes...

Have you ridden a bike with loose magnets in hub motor for 10 miles or more? I'm sure one could ride in the parking lot with loose magnets, but that won't get me home. My concern is getting stranded when I'm far away from home. So, you say, well just call someone to pick you up. Well, I don't...

It isn't like these magnets are a free piece of metal that will allow the stator to rotate freely. These neodymium magnets are magnetically very strong and will cling to the stator as you described. I have a group of neodymium magnets on a tool box in my workshop that I just tried to push...

Of course Currie is going to down play the problem of magnets coming loose. I've worked with neodymium magnets and they are easily broken and shattered. Here's what K&J Magnetics who sells neodymium magnets warns about them: "Neodymium Magnet Safety - The neodymium magnets we sell are extremely...

Really? I would suggest that you look at the video at the very first post of this thread. Do you really think that someone would be able to ride home 10 miles with the motor binding up like that. All one has to do is look at a picture of the stator and imagine what a loose magnet would do...

On the plus side, the Currie support and 2 year warranty is great. On the negative side, these motor failures can leave you stranded miles from home. With a flat tire you can easily fix it on the road. However, with the motor magnet failures you are stranded and can't even ride the bike home...

I know I'm very worried about this!!

After looking at the pictures of how the magnets are mounted, what makes this situation hard to understand is that the centrifugal (or centripetal) force actually pushes the magnets to stay in place up against the hub. In other words, the spinning wheel force does not pull the magnets away from...

Wow! An electric car with an electric bike. Pretty impressive! However, I really think you now have to ditch the Dash and go with this --> http://electricbikereview.com/community/threads/i-love-the-look.470/ A BMW electric car with a BMW electric bike would be a double WOW!

If the bottom bracket sensors are bad or the BB wire is damaged, shouldn't one be able to see the problem by looking at Onboard Diagnostic tests: Test 1 Factory Torque Value Test 2 Actual Torque Value Test 5 Cadence Sensor Value (1 cycle) Test 6 Cadence Sensor Output (Cummulative)

If one is really worried about a bike falling off or the rack breaking then a life line strap or two could be attached to the bike from a roof rack or from the inside of the hatch back. It's like when I transport my kayak I always use two straps for each support (4 total) in case one strap comes...

Looks like a pretty good deal to me. Right now, I have a roof top Yakima rack for my bicycle and kayak. However, lifting the Dash up and trying to connect the wheelless suspension fork was not so easy. It got me thinking of a back hitch rack like this one. Question: Can the second bike supports...

Good point! When I went through my BB wire and tightness check, I remember the silver line alignment. After reading your post, I went to my bike to double check the silver line and pedal alignment. Easy to visually check. I guess it has to do with the torque sensor working properly when the...

It sure looks like a lot of fun. Looking at the Forest Park map makes me wish I had a park like that to ride through.

With the seatpost there were 3 shipping choices and I took the middle one because it had tracking. With the tires there were 2 choices and I choose the cheapest because the fastest one was way too expensive. I seem to remember the seatpost took about 4 days and the tires took about a week or...

If I was in your position, I would start trying things myself. Since you say sometimes it works or partly works, I would focus on intermittent connections. The first connectors I would check would be the ones at the back of the LCD. Try reseating them and perhaps spraying the contacts with CRC...

That's exactly what my LCD says when the battery is powered up and then the LCD goes blank. So, those numbers are normal. Obviously, the next step after powering up the battery is the power button on the control panel. I would check the LCD connector that comes from the control panel. Check...