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Thank you very much Wildtrack,. It has been very helpful. And thank you all for your suggestions. I am now in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I would purchase new batteries if I could but they are not available in this part of the world. I tried to order those Bosch Powertube 500 online on eBay and...

Wildtrak Thank you very much for your offer. Yes I would be very glad to test the batteries with you. I can find a way to pay you for your time. I am still riding. The issue has not disappeared and has not gotten worse either. I have to reboot the batteries once in a while when they shut off...

Yes I carry a new Intuvia display. I have been riding with the brand new display for about 50 km. It didn’t solve the problem. I have reached the Indonesian city of Pontianak on Borneo where I will reach the Singapore area in the next days using ferries. I ordered on eBay a new support for the...

Hello all, Thank you for your comments. I have been implementing your suggestions but I still have the problem. I cleaned all male and females pins with alcool and electric cleaner. I tried to charge the batteries from the ebike instead of directly to the battery. I use 2 chargers, so I don’t...

The problem occured first on one battery. A few weeks later, the problem appeared on the 2 other batteries. I haven't tried yet to charge the batteries while in the ebike. I purchased a second charger 6 months ago, but my charging problem appears with both chargers. I have to admit that since...

My 3 Bosch Powertube 500 batteries are having issues. They each have about 600 cycles, that is about 1000 hours of use for each battery. - The first issue is that the batteries shut down frequently while I cycle. The intuvia display then gives me an error code 640. - The second issue is that I...

The Bosch batteries are not accepted by airline companies and there is no ferry between Indonesia and Australia or New Zealand. So I don't think I will be able to ride there.

An update on my journey. I resumed my ebike journey in May. Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra. I am currently on the west coast of Sumatra on my way to Java. The Supercharger is till doing fine. I ordered online a number of spare parts for the ebike. Althught...

I connected today to this thread and noticed several posts wondering where I am. I am still in Cambodia, doing well. I could get a long term visa allowing me to stay here until April 2022. I am doing a few short trips in Cambodia and visit regularly the Angkor temples where I find myself being...

I am still on hold in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I plan to go to Vietnam when the country opens to tourism again. I am doing fine and spend my time visiting the surrounding area. The cambodian government has extended visas for tourists like me until the crisis is over. https://www.ebikejourney.com/

48,000 kilometers/30,000 miles in 32 countries. My rear rack broke. I could fix it with aluminum welding and adding a screw. This is probably not as strong as a new rack but ok for now.

I am currently in Siem Reap, Cambodia. I am waiting for the borders of Vietnam to reopen. I will then resume my ebike journey to South Vietnam first, then up the coast to North Vietnam and Laos. Here are a few pictures of Cambodia: https://www.ebikejourney.com/cambodia/...

Steve Mercier: Yes, I am still using the original carbon belt and it shows no sign of wear. I have no date for the end of my journey. I am considering Australia but there is no ferry between Asia and Australia and airlines companies do not carry the lithium batteries. There is cargo ship...

Marci jo: I left the batteries at the hotel as it is not possible to carry them on an airplane. Steve Mercier: No problem at all with the Nuvinci the entire journey. The language is an issue as my journey takes me to very remote places most of the time. The language issue has been a problem...

February 14, 2020 update. Now 28,000 miles/45,000 kms and 31 countries since I left Paris 21 months ago. The Supercharger is still doing fine. I am now in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam are my next destinations. You can view an animated route of the journey here...

Yes, I had my rear rack broke while still in Europe. But it was probably my fault: I had about 30 pounds in each of my 2 Ortlieb panniers. This is more than the 20 kg maximum weight of the rear rack. in addition, the 2 Ortliieb panniers were not attached at both ends of the paniers but towards...

I telephoned to Bosch while in Kathmandu. They were very kind but told me that they don't have ebike repair facilities in this area of the world (including India).

Yes, these 500 W batteries are not allowed on airplanes. So I left them in Kathmandu at the hotel. I inquired at DHL and Fedex in Kathmandu about the price and time for the shipment of the motor itself. It was about the same price as the return plane ticket. The 30 kg box with my ebike without...

The motor broke down close to the large city of Kathmandu, Nepal. The mountainous part of the journey was already done. I tried to repair it in Kathmandu but that wasn't possible. Shipping such motor to Europe is expensive and takes a long time. So I flew to Paris with the whole ebike, got the...

I liked the continuous gear shifting of the Nuvinci. I didn't think that the larger gear range of the Rohloff was necessary. I had absolutely no issue with the Nuvinci hub in 21,000 miles and no maintenance at all was needed. Even in the steepest slopes of the himalayas, climbing, for example...