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  1. indianajo

    Popped my rear wheel

    Hose clamps are not designed for this.
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    Manual brake sticking

    Best luck with the warranty work. I have Tektro cable calipers with about 12000 miles on them. I have had no trouble with failing to close. If cable clamp is not tightened properly, the cable can come loose. Brake pads, the gap should be about 1/64" with the brake handle released. I tighten...
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    Hi everyone!

    Welcome to the site. Congratulations on using mains power instead of fossil fuel. I have ditched the automobile, mow the yard electrically, but have a diesel tractor for mowing fields. If you don't mow fields, when you sell the price of the bulldozer to scrape the trees off the land and burn...
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    Popped my rear wheel

    Pictures are made by devices made in *****. I do not buy things made in *****. I put the screw through a hole drilled in the torque arm, and through holes drilled in the clamp. The clamp wraps the bike frame. No holes are drilled in the bike frame. I put the clamp in the direction so the fold...
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    Popped my rear wheel

    I do not know what that is "securing' the torque arm, but it appears to be a flimsy tag. Or perhaps a shredded worm type hose clamp. I use a #10-32 screw through a 1" wide 16 ga steel clamp I cut out of a box fan shell. I cut the steel with a weiss snip. Use kevlar gloves. I wrap the clamp...
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    Battery cutting off.

    I bought a couple of batteries that measured fine until I drew more than 100 watts, when they would drop to 7 volts on 1, 11 volts on the other. Got my money back on the Amazon one. Having a continuous reading on the battery with a separate fast meter was key to spotting the problem. The...
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    Spoke length?

    Spoke length is measured from the middle of the end of the bent part, to the end of the spoke. Nipple has to be removed. I use a 6" crescent wrench to adjust spokes. US, spanish or swedish made adjustable wrenches stay straighter than ****ese garbage. If nipple will not move, apply penetrating...
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    New motor is thinner than the old?

    I have never gotten a new motor that matched an old motor, so every time I have to order new spokes from china. Nobody in USA on ebay stocks 2.5 mm spokes. Spoke length calculators are big liars so I just order a little longer or a little shorter than I have already depending on the change in...
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    Condensation in Display=Sudden Loss of Motor Power

    Rain in the controller can cause loss of power or failure. Same can happen in the BMS of the battery. Ensure the entry of wires into any such component point down, are shielded from splash, and wires have a drip loop. I realize a factory bike, you have no control over the mounting or wiring...
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    How much "power" do I really need?

    No 20" wheels for me. Been there, done that, 1957-61. I ride 26"x2.1" tires at 55 psi. Cargo bike, no suspension, no seat post spring, everything feels fine up to 4 hours. My hands & wrists go numb before my back & neck hurt. I second bithigh's experience, 8 mph average is fine. The extra...
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    Way to force clutch/gears out of geared hub motor

    I value my tongue too much to ride 20" tires. Besides potholes that get covered in the rain, the city views driveways that have a 6 cm ledge as a perfect job. The bore of the non-slipping clutch was .001" too small compared to the 2 shafts. The key of the non-shorted winding plate was .0015"...
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    Tire reccomendation

    When you saw up your old tire to put it in the trash can, if you hit a wire at the edges, it has a wire bead.
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    Way to force clutch/gears out of geared hub motor

    I ride 80% unpowered. Summer camp is 27-30 miles, with 60 lb groceries on the uphill leg. I had a 1000 w DD hub, and hated it. It dragged unpowered like being in 2 higher sprockets than I really was. TOO MUCH EXERCISE!!!!!!!!! It still sits in the garage, unloved. Geared hubs don't drag...
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    Tire reccomendation

    I bought Continental Traffic 2.1" from UniversalCycles.com 9/2/22. Have a thick enough tread to roll over the road trash, don't make the noise of Kenda knobbies.
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    Way to force clutch/gears out of geared hub motor

    So I wore out the Mac12t clutch in July, installed a 750 w generic hub in August, burnt the winding on the second trip. Nobody in USA has a Mac12t 48 v 1000w and 750 w is not good enough for my safer route to summer camp. I had 6 bafang 350 watt motors from Uber jump fleet, burnt one in 2022 on...
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    24in vs 26 in frame

    How long is your pants inseam measurement? How long are the sleeves of your shirt? 26" frame is enormous, I do not think they make them that big. 26" tire (559 wheel) is pretty common. 24" tire is pretty common. I have a 28" pants inseam, and I ride a 16" frame with 26" wheels. A problem is...
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    Battery fuse holder replacement

    You can search on aliexpress or something. Very frustrating, when I searched for 48 v bike hub motors I got a lot of boat motors appliance motors gasoline motors and hubs without motors. If you find something your bank may not allow you to buy it. Mine did not.
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    Roaring noise

    When it fails to move you in PAS2, they will probably replace the motor or something under warranty. Until then, there is no coverage for noises.
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    Sometimes you find the best tools because they are not for bikes.

    I respect 3 of the four sources. W7ha is not stocked in my flyover city, so I have never run into them. You are not allowed to know where anything you order on the internet or by phone comes from until you receive it and open the box. In general 99.999999% of tools sold on the internet are...
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    Sometimes you find the best tools because they are not for bikes.

    Where was it made? In the class of ****ese garbage, I bought a 70 piece 1/4 socket set 6 mm to 1/2" US & metric for $7 at the flea market. Has a 2" extension. As the ratchets of these toys fail the first use, i bought a USA 1/4" Proto breaker bar for $21 from mcmaster.com...
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