Stefan Mikes
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You do use the double battery, David, don't you.
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Always two batteries (PowerTube + PowerPack; each 500 Wh) and on longer rides a third (PowerPack 500 Wh).
The third battery is from my Trek Powerfly 5 and is packed into an Ortlieb E-Mate pannier bag (same as on Nancy's Homage) when the expected distance and terrain trigger a warning.
For some reason Ortlieb doesn't make it easy to find the E-Mate on their website and, in checking for the link a moment ago, I discovered a new E-Glow handlebar bag. Looks interesting.
… David
Always two batteries (PowerTube + PowerPack; each 500 Wh) and on longer rides a third (PowerPack 500 Wh).
- Monday : 172 km : Moreton Bay : third battery from 140 km;
- Tuesday : 121 km : Mount Warning : third battery from 100 km;
- Wednesday : 142 km : Moreton Bay : zero range showing at end but no third battery.
The third battery is from my Trek Powerfly 5 and is packed into an Ortlieb E-Mate pannier bag (same as on Nancy's Homage) when the expected distance and terrain trigger a warning.
For some reason Ortlieb doesn't make it easy to find the E-Mate on their website and, in checking for the link a moment ago, I discovered a new E-Glow handlebar bag. Looks interesting.
… David
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Alaskan
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@David Berry Nancy's Homage is a 2018 Rohloff HS. It had just the one external, power pack, chain instead of belt r but also has the Fox suspension (with remote lockout) upgrade which is not now available on the Homage but still is on the Delight. My guess is that older Homage is at least 6 pounds lighter than the newer model with just the power tube on board. I have the 2019 Homage which is in the shop awaiting warranty service for the Rohloff. It started leaking oil into the spindle passage and got dangerously close to oiling the brake rotor.
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Riding through the piccabeen forest …
Stefan, this is when you need your lights on to be seen – one moment in the shade, the next in bright sunlight.
Wollumbin National Park, New South Wales
Stefan, this is when you need your lights on to be seen – one moment in the shade, the next in bright sunlight.
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A litter-strewn beach?
A deserted beach and hardly anyone on the Moreton Bay Cycleway!
Gone are last week's children who have started a new school year – including our granddaughter who started her schooling at Humpybong Primary (what a name! just) down the road/bikeway/coast from here.
It's a good time to be out on an ebike. In another month we'll be able to say farewell to summer (can't wait!).
And then disaster happened… in an instant.
I won't claim that my worst nightmare came true because I had never dreamed that anything like this might happen. I doubt that anyone would have expected it.
I'll share the story tomorrow.
January : 2,015 km
Last 12 months : 17,524 km
Scarborough Beach, Queensland
The flotsam on Scarborough Beach is seagrass mown up by dugongs – the ultimate in messy eaters! Dugongs are close relatives of manatees. They are a bit smaller, live longer, keep to seawater and have fluked rather than beaver-style tails.A deserted beach and hardly anyone on the Moreton Bay Cycleway!
Gone are last week's children who have started a new school year – including our granddaughter who started her schooling at Humpybong Primary (what a name! just) down the road/bikeway/coast from here.
It's a good time to be out on an ebike. In another month we'll be able to say farewell to summer (can't wait!).
And then disaster happened… in an instant.
I won't claim that my worst nightmare came true because I had never dreamed that anything like this might happen. I doubt that anyone would have expected it.
I'll share the story tomorrow.
January : 2,015 km
Last 12 months : 17,524 km
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Stefan Mikes
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Thank you David very much for your kind answers!
What's happened to your R&M?! I can only guess. Oh, no.
What's happened to your R&M?! I can only guess. Oh, no.
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Not the way I'd expected today's ride to end …
Wacol Station, Queensland
No, the driver wasn't practising travelling blind; the train was accelerating away from me.
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Nancy and I went a ride into the Hollywood Hills with Scott and Danny from LA Fly Rides today. It was a balmy 83 degrees here, just what we were looking for in our escape from the cold and stormy Northwest. The last photo was taken the day before yesterday when we drove down the Big Sur coast.
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An unfortunate event …
Riese & Müller describe the Gates Carbon Drive in one word, indestructible. On yesterday's ride that proved to be not quite the case.
I set off on an old favourite from Wacol in Brisbane's west to the sea and then, after refreshment at Pam's Café at Nudgee Beach, back to Wacol via a slightly shorter route. It would be around 110 km on bike paths or quiet roads all the way.
As I passed through the city centre on the return trip, I took a break in the leafy shade of Roma Street Parkland for a final raid on the contents of my pannier. A local company's employees were enjoying an afternoon off work playing cricket – the final Friday afternoon of each month is always given over to team-building exercises, I was assured. Why not?
Twenty minutes later I was pedalling along the riverside bikeway just where the photo of the paddlewheeler was taken; a right turn took me through a cyclists-only tunnel beneath a busy road and past the unloved CityCyles photographed on Monday (the public holiday) and then on to a minor road where I was stopped, as usual, by a red traffic light. I swear it sees me coming!
Green. I pulled away gently in Tour mode. Halfway across the intersection the pedals spun uselessly out of control. I coasted over to the left. The Gates Carbon Drive belt was off both the front and rear sprockets and, in each of two places, a dozen or more of its 'teeth' were missing.
From apparently faultless to utterly useless in one revolution; and so ended the first month of 2020.
Click here for thread titled Gates Carbon Drive : User Experiences.
Riese & Müller describe the Gates Carbon Drive in one word, indestructible. On yesterday's ride that proved to be not quite the case.
I set off on an old favourite from Wacol in Brisbane's west to the sea and then, after refreshment at Pam's Café at Nudgee Beach, back to Wacol via a slightly shorter route. It would be around 110 km on bike paths or quiet roads all the way.
As I passed through the city centre on the return trip, I took a break in the leafy shade of Roma Street Parkland for a final raid on the contents of my pannier. A local company's employees were enjoying an afternoon off work playing cricket – the final Friday afternoon of each month is always given over to team-building exercises, I was assured. Why not?
Twenty minutes later I was pedalling along the riverside bikeway just where the photo of the paddlewheeler was taken; a right turn took me through a cyclists-only tunnel beneath a busy road and past the unloved CityCyles photographed on Monday (the public holiday) and then on to a minor road where I was stopped, as usual, by a red traffic light. I swear it sees me coming!
Green. I pulled away gently in Tour mode. Halfway across the intersection the pedals spun uselessly out of control. I coasted over to the left. The Gates Carbon Drive belt was off both the front and rear sprockets and, in each of two places, a dozen or more of its 'teeth' were missing.
From apparently faultless to utterly useless in one revolution; and so ended the first month of 2020.
Click here for thread titled Gates Carbon Drive : User Experiences.
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Stefan Mikes
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So good it was not a cracked frame, David... I wish you your excellent bike repaired soon!
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David, how many km’s do you estimate you got from the belt before the failure
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Just under 15,000 km.
14,874 km to be precise. New in January 2019.
I am wondering whether to replace the belt every 10,000 km. Actually, I don't imagine that I'd dare run the belt for longer than that!
The Rohloff's oil will be changed before I get the Homage back, so maybe the two services could be synced.
EBR Forum friends' suggestions are most welcome.
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Gates also suggests replacing the rear cog when replacing the belt. Not sure how economical that would be or necessary.
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if you have to have a break down you lucked out on location, after yesterday's post left us hanging I thought the worst and quickly checked this morning to read the sequel, hope repair is quick as I enjoy following your near everyday photo and often quick history lesson, kind of makes me want to make a visit to the land of "downunder" - we have been making an annual visit to the Cook Islands (Rarotonga) which was my introduction to renting an electric bike but have circled that island so many times (the most planning is whether we go clockwise or counter each day) that it is time to broaden our horizons to a warm spot during our colder Canadian months although I must admit my new Levo has me out pedalling daily except for the most harshest of days, all the best in your future adventures on your "good to go" bike
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I'm glad you weren't hurt when it let go! Spinning pedals are way better than locked pedals, I've had a few close ones with jammed chains over the years....I hope your bike will be back on the road soon!
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Scene of the disaster …
A ten minute walk to help; it couldn't have been easier.
The additional red line (from very bottom) is the morning ride from Wacol through the city and on to Nudgee Beach.
A ten minute walk to help; it couldn't have been easier.
The additional red line (from very bottom) is the morning ride from Wacol through the city and on to Nudgee Beach.
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Stefan Mikes
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Before you posted that David, I made a virtual trip on Google Maps. Less than a kilometre walk, right? How lucky you are!
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Officially a "corporate bonding session" — any excuse for a game of cricket …
Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane.
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10 miles yesterday on the gravel roads, 12 miles the day before. Both times ignominiously chased home by rather sneaky cold, wet, miserable, obnoxious rain that had specifically waited until I was about a quarter of the way into a 20 mile ride, then bullied me out of the remaining miles by literally throwing water on me for the next five miles while I beat a fast retreat back home.
So not into the cold/wet weather deal. Not my cup of tea.
Did get a few pics, tho. (Two, actually) Here's one. The sign was the sole bit of color in a "Fifty Variations of Dull Gray" landscape. Only horses around were in their pastures, all bundled up in expensive outdoor winter horse attire, all chewing on what remains of the brown fall/winter grass.
Dave - my bike has a Bates carbon belt drive. I hope mine is one of the indestructible ones...
So not into the cold/wet weather deal. Not my cup of tea.
Did get a few pics, tho. (Two, actually) Here's one. The sign was the sole bit of color in a "Fifty Variations of Dull Gray" landscape. Only horses around were in their pastures, all bundled up in expensive outdoor winter horse attire, all chewing on what remains of the brown fall/winter grass.
Dave - my bike has a Bates carbon belt drive. I hope mine is one of the indestructible ones...
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