Nope, not for me. The tyres, grip, and seat are all the suspension I get
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
That is what I exactly meant when I deliberately insulted the man. The trunk of his Mercedes Benz was far bigger than the one of my Daewoo.
The man was of the kind of an émigré who buys an expensive car and then drives it all over Poland on his own vacation to show off in the front of all his relatives.
"You see? I'm only a baker in Oslo yet I could have afforded a golden Mercedes Benz! How hopeless you people in the Old Country are!"
Of course the wheelchair would have fit easily his car trunk but then he perhaps might want to use a vacuum cleaner (shudder!)
Usually Polish emigres are helpful towards their compatriots, and that man was like a bigger family member in the Oslo community. He did not want to help, well, so he could find a honest excuse like
"Sorry Stefan, the trunk of my car is so clean, and I'm afraid your wheelchair would stain it"
But not the size of his Mercedes trunk!
On a side note, the worst Polish émigrés are new Americans
Like in "Now I am an American, and I could touch the God's feet". The emigres to Canada are, on contrary, very nice and helpful people...
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J.R.
Member Since 2014
- Region
- USA
- City
- The Piedmont
Congratulations Art! If I needed a folder it would be a Montague. I've watched that company for a long time. Seems to have the least compromises of all folders. Hopefully I'll get to see yours on a fall ride. Maybe Mt. Gretna again.
Great color BTW! Is that electric blue
Great color BTW! Is that electric blue
Art Deco
Well-Known Member
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- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
Thanks @J.R. IDK what Montague calls that color, but you nailed it.Congratulations Art! If I needed a folder it would be a Montague. I've watched that company for a long time. Seems to have the least compromises of all folders. Hopefully I'll get to see yours on a fall ride. Maybe Mt. Gretna again.
Great color BTW! Is that electric blue
The Beemer is Arctic Blue Metalic, Barb's dresses are often Ditzy Blue Floral , so the bike is (Art)tistic Electric Blue now.
But "red hair and black leather" is my favorite color scheme ...
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Art Deco
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- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
I stay away from discussing what's is, or isn't crap, yet. Enshitafication happens everywhere today ...
Art Deco
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- Region
- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
Other than too big and wonky, IDK yet. About to look those specs up, will report ASAP.
Nvreloader
Western Nevada
- Region
- USA
I run 3 bike lights at night, 2 on the bike and the third one mounted on my helmet,
and can be also used as a stand alone light if needed. See info here
I use these type when walking to from camp after dark, get the ones with the pivoted head, and they have a strong long range light that looks were you look.
Also fit onto a helmet and or your head if required.
and can be also used as a stand alone light if needed. See info here
I use these type when walking to from camp after dark, get the ones with the pivoted head, and they have a strong long range light that looks were you look.
Also fit onto a helmet and or your head if required.
Art Deco
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- Region
- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
ABCD =Air, Brakes, Chain, ... and ... Durometer? Complex stuff.Well now I'm confused again,..
View attachment 160514
Somehow the frame needs to connect to the big metal tab?
So either the bottom connector rises up to connect with the tab, or there is some sort of connection bushing to insert in between to mate the two ?
Perhaps it's a urethane bushing ?
That would be Fricken Cool!!!
Instead of a wet noodle, you would have controlled lateral frame flex at that connection point !!
You could pick the durometer of the urethane bushing to choose how stiff the lateral frame flex is !!!
That Would Be Fricken Cool
PCeBiker
No-Hands No-Pedaling No-Credentials
- Region
- Canada
I had it all wrong.
I thought that you received your new bicycle and it had to be shipped to @PedalUma to be electrified.
I forgot about the hidden Tongsheng motor.
So do you have a display?
I'm a big fan of simplicity but I didn't think that you could eliminate the display?
How do you know where your battery is at?
Is there a charge indicator light on the battery, or do you use it until it shuts down?
I guess your only sensor input is the torque sensor built into the motor?
PedalUma
Well-Known Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Petaluma, CA
Here is what it looks like. Zoom to see better. The battery has a charge level indicator and looks similar to a water bottle. The display is thumb sized and shows predictive charge level based on how you are ridding. Take a climb, it drops, level out it goes up a bar.
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PCeBiker
No-Hands No-Pedaling No-Credentials
- Region
- Canada
OK thanks, now I get it.
Your creations really are stealthy.
I had no idea that Art's bike was already powered.
has a cargo grade motor that is super smooth.
Art Deco
Well-Known Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
Long set of questions. There will be a detailed build thead,soon.
Art Deco
Well-Known Member
- Region
- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
We will begin in walk mode with electronics in the Montague forum, this is an introduction level thread ...
Art Deco
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- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
Neither will anyone else. If it can slide by the EBR members, I count that as a win for Babs the eBike. Thank y'all.
Gionnirocket
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- Region
- USA
- City
- Y. O.
Predictive?
...aka voltage sag.
PedalUma
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- Region
- USA
- City
- Petaluma, CA
A woman who has a road bike from me and loves it; she wanted a more casual bike. She lives on a coastal mountain. She was sold a $3200 bike with a $600 maintenance plan. An executive from that company I saw in town a few days before told me to never email a photo again, 'You have nothing to contribute'. Her bike from his major company couldn't make the grade. She had to walk it for a mile. I helped her get a full refund and made this bike with a cargo motor for her today. It can climb anything. It has the same gearing as Art's bike, 11-50. Do a wire check.
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McCorby
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- USA
Yeah, crickets….. hmm?
Art Deco
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- USA
- City
- Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
Sorry about the silence, guys. I have been carrying and laying bricks, planting trees and flowers, and generally doing what she who is always right says needs doing in the yard ( a lot) whenever it isn't raining.
My only rides have been short, unpowered, and on the grass or the parking lot at the end of the street by my house ... relearning to ride her as a bike before smashing myself up at class 3 speeds.
On a related note, this thread should not be in the general forum anymore; where to move it I wonder?
The folders, builds, or Montague subforums all seem reasonable, but noone except me ever visits the Montague subforum , and this won't be technical enough for for the builders subforum, so probably I'll post to the folding bikes forum untill I am ready to do a real ride report. What do you think?
My only rides have been short, unpowered, and on the grass or the parking lot at the end of the street by my house ... relearning to ride her as a bike before smashing myself up at class 3 speeds.
On a related note, this thread should not be in the general forum anymore; where to move it I wonder?
The folders, builds, or Montague subforums all seem reasonable, but noone except me ever visits the Montague subforum , and this won't be technical enough for for the builders subforum, so probably I'll post to the folding bikes forum untill I am ready to do a real ride report. What do you think?
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