A little advice and recommendations please

[m@Robertson]

You may be right, from the standpoint of what happens while underway. My point is regarding what happens when the bike is pulled over to swing your leg over and climb on. If you weren't so "smug" and certain you are right, you might see that.....

aieeee chihuahua!

Granted I expanded the topic but my initial disagreement stands. I do the same tilt and mount thing on the bikes that have/had a rack mount and I've never had this happen. I have a 16ah 14S pack on the back of the sand crawler and, of course, perhaps more weight than that battery pack in general crapola in the panniers if I am doing a day trip. That battery bag, come to think of it, holds all my tools and a spare tube, too. Including a full spare chain in the back pocket.

its no big deal.

 

[PedalUma]

At M@Robertson, I will use brake cable to fish and pull housing through a bike. I use a long stretch of shrink tube to attach it to the new housing. Or you could attach the old housing to the new with a long length of shrink tube. When you pull the old out the new goes in. The Mongoose housing is the $1.20 per foot stuff, it not the $7 per foot stuff. This Park Tool set up is cool.

 

[kmccune]

@kmccune This one? The G350?

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No its the weird looking one( full suspension sort of SO5-01 my fat tire mtb threw me yesterday right on my painful as heck left shoulder ,the main reason I went t with this was the price and the 2.5" tires, the integrated taillight is nice, really haven't had time to ride much this year, I expect when all is said and done I will either end up with a "tadpole trike" or nice cruiser, for some reason a long wheelbase works with me.

 

[kmccune]

I just made this step through. It was a $200 bike. On the test run it was perky and fast. I like the hydro discs with the updated touch points and gravel tires.

Your stealth builds should almost be mandatory

 

[mikeschn]

@kmccune you're right, that one does look weird. But with full suspension, I bet it'll be comfortable!

 

[kmccune]

@kmccune you're right, that one does look weird. But with full suspension, I bet it'll be comfortable!

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I will have to settle for a front basket or bag though, on the subject of carrying things on a hardtail the best panniers I ever had were the ones the folks at "Lectric" sold.

 

[kevinmccune]

Hate to stir up an old thread, here is what I am up to( may regret it) A nice large frame step-thru cruiser a regen 1500-watt front motor mid-size 48 volt rack battery should balance pretty fair, thats what the "Bellwood' is for.I am gunshy on CL and have reservations about FB, I may look at the semi-local pawn shop, do not care much for the proprietor she wouldn't buy an Ebike.

 

[kevinmccune]

Yes it rides pretty well and unpowered you can actually pedal it.@kmccune you're right, that one does look weird. But with full suspension, I bet it'll be comfortable!

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[m@Robertson]

At M@Robertson, I will use brake cable to fish and pull housing through a bike. I use a long stretch of shrink tube to attach it to the new housing. Or you could attach the old housing to the new with a long length of shrink tube. When you pull the old out the new goes in. The Mongoose housing is the $1.20 per foot stuff, it not the $7 per foot stuff. This Park Tool set up is cool.

OMFG I had no idea this existed. I've stayed away from internal routing work as a result. If this tool doesn't cost a billion dollars I'm buying it!

 

[kevinmccune]

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