gnarfle
New Member
I couldn't resist the closeout prices from crazy lenny and picked up a BH Lynx 6 electric mountain bike. I'm really regretting this decision at this point...
When I first got it set up and went out for a ride, I found that in the top gear (smallest sprocket) the chain would randomly skip and it was worse under load (like climbing a hill). I messed around with adjusting it with no luck, though I did find if I backed the b screw way out it would fix the problem (though it also caused me to only be able to use 8 / 10 gears). I gave up and took it to a local shop that specializes in mountain bikes, and they did a basic set up and adjustment on the gearing. It did not fix the problem so I took it back in. They were then abel to ride it and see the problem and later suggested the problem was that the chain was too short so they put on a longer chain to allow more wrap around the rear cassette.
Well I picked it up and that fixed it for about 5 miles before it started jumping again. Although this time it was doing it in the 2 smallest cogs and not just the very smallest one. It also felt like it was actually catching the next gear this time rather than just skipping and I rode it around my neighborhood trying to look back and sure enough sometimes it would catch the next gear. So while I was trying to adjust the shifting it again inadvertently shifted and sheared off one of the chain links and broke the chain.
So I took it back to the shop for a 3rd time and this time they told me, oh the chain wasn't e-bike rated so they had to order a special chain. They put this on now and it seems like they're giving up at this point. They basically told me that the issue is the motor is too powerful and there's just not enough teeth on the smallest sprocket to handle it unless they adjust the b screw out so much that you can't use all the gears. So essentially they're calling this a design flaw.
Is this possible? Has anyone else had this problem with their bike? I'm at a loss as to what to do at this point...
When I first got it set up and went out for a ride, I found that in the top gear (smallest sprocket) the chain would randomly skip and it was worse under load (like climbing a hill). I messed around with adjusting it with no luck, though I did find if I backed the b screw way out it would fix the problem (though it also caused me to only be able to use 8 / 10 gears). I gave up and took it to a local shop that specializes in mountain bikes, and they did a basic set up and adjustment on the gearing. It did not fix the problem so I took it back in. They were then abel to ride it and see the problem and later suggested the problem was that the chain was too short so they put on a longer chain to allow more wrap around the rear cassette.
Well I picked it up and that fixed it for about 5 miles before it started jumping again. Although this time it was doing it in the 2 smallest cogs and not just the very smallest one. It also felt like it was actually catching the next gear this time rather than just skipping and I rode it around my neighborhood trying to look back and sure enough sometimes it would catch the next gear. So while I was trying to adjust the shifting it again inadvertently shifted and sheared off one of the chain links and broke the chain.
So I took it back to the shop for a 3rd time and this time they told me, oh the chain wasn't e-bike rated so they had to order a special chain. They put this on now and it seems like they're giving up at this point. They basically told me that the issue is the motor is too powerful and there's just not enough teeth on the smallest sprocket to handle it unless they adjust the b screw out so much that you can't use all the gears. So essentially they're calling this a design flaw.
Is this possible? Has anyone else had this problem with their bike? I'm at a loss as to what to do at this point...
