How did your ride end !
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indianajo
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Unfortunate. What brand bike was that?
My ride today ended with putting the bike in the garage & adding water to the bottle. About mile 5030 to 5050 on the frame, subtract 1000 for the motor. Still cooling down for dinner, didn't use the power much. Crossing the Freeway service roads was powered. I did break a rear derailleur cable about mile 3500, on a suntour aftermarket twist shifter. Now I have Jaguar lubricated stainless steel shifter cable from modernbike.com In Clark housing.
My ride today ended with putting the bike in the garage & adding water to the bottle. About mile 5030 to 5050 on the frame, subtract 1000 for the motor. Still cooling down for dinner, didn't use the power much. Crossing the Freeway service roads was powered. I did break a rear derailleur cable about mile 3500, on a suntour aftermarket twist shifter. Now I have Jaguar lubricated stainless steel shifter cable from modernbike.com In Clark housing.
TMH
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Ours ended with my wife's battery down to about 16%, and her wondering why the bike didn't seem to have its normal power.
Me: "Do you still have battery power? What does the battery meter show?"
Her: "How do you check that?"
Me: "The battery symbol in the upper right of the display."
Her: "I can't see that. I'll just look at it when we get home."
Guess that she was kind of done with today's ride. Headwinds and low power will do that.
Me: "Do you still have battery power? What does the battery meter show?"
Her: "How do you check that?"
Me: "The battery symbol in the upper right of the display."
Her: "I can't see that. I'll just look at it when we get home."
Guess that she was kind of done with today's ride. Headwinds and low power will do that.
Ken.M
Member
It is a 1967 Huffy. I know this is an ebike forum. But a lot of us have non assist bikes too.
Keep looking up! Ken.
TMH
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You guys almost make me want to get my custom build on a Look KG156 carbon frame back out of the rafters! This was one of the very early carbon frames, and I probably haven't ridden that bike in nearly 30 years. I wonder whether the epoxy used to glue the carbon tubes into the aluminum lugs is even any good any more.
Ken.M
Member
You better get it out and see! Ken.You guys almost make me want to get my custom build on a Look KG156 carbon frame back out of the rafters! This was one of the very early carbon frames, and I probably haven't ridden that bike in nearly 30 years. I wonder whether the epoxy used to glue the carbon tubes into the aluminum lugs is even any good any more.
indianajo
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I'm glad to hear you have had normal life on your defective shifter cable. 53 years is great.
I converted a 90's Huffy Savannah to an ebike with an ebikeling kit. I tried mounting two 18 lb batteries over the front axle, and neither battery was any good. So that project ended. I didn't like steering the battery either. It will still get me home foot powered if I break something critical on my bodaboda and need to get home from my summer camp 25-30 miles out. Won't carry as much groceries, though. The ebikeling hub motor is now on the bodaboda (left) with a luna battery hung off the front frame bosses.
Ken.M
Member
MAN that's some heavy loload!!
For the last four years I've had one of those two cycle engines on it.
Got tired of the oily mess.
Took it all apart, cleaned and regressed all the bearings. Repainted it. Ready for the next 50 years!
Keep looking up! Ken.
ruffruff
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You should see the tree!
Actually this was towards the beginning.
At the end, my son and I stopped by a buddies house at the trailhead for a Steve Austin Broken Skull brew! Fitting I thought.
We kept our distance and shared a cool one.
BUT the beer is actually really good! We were all impressed!
Actually this was towards the beginning.
At the end, my son and I stopped by a buddies house at the trailhead for a Steve Austin Broken Skull brew! Fitting I thought.
We kept our distance and shared a cool one.
BUT the beer is actually really good! We were all impressed!
PDXzap
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OUCH! Sorry 'bout that
My ride ended up just about how it ended... minus some battery capacity. I loaded up the trailer with some bottles and cans to feed the recycle machines but they have closed the machines because of the pandemic so had to haul it all back home.
But it was a good day for a ride!
Ken.M
Member
My avatar is from my last crash. Not that much different than yours! Heal fast my friend! No infections. Keep looking up! Ken.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
My last ride ended up in a return train home as I miscalculated the battery range dramatically and also lost my way on the trip...
ruffruff
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Sierratim
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- Region
- USA
- City
- Nevada City, CA & Paradise Valley, AZ
My wife put together an Easter dinner for grand mother in the next town over, complete with fresh flowers from the garden. Rode them over to her on the ebikes. We didn't communicate clearly enough about the route. I lost site of the wife and rode back to see what broke. No wife. Called her. She had taken the steepest, shortest route and was nearly at grandmas. I arrived a few minutes later and had a nice distanced chat on the front porch.
Headed home just in time for our scheduled family Zoom get together. All the kids, their spouses and grandkids for over 90 minutes. Very fun, esp with a glass of wine.
Then a nice ham dinner and a show.
Very pleasant day. Great weather, 16 mile hilly ride, visit with the family, and delicous dinner.
Headed home just in time for our scheduled family Zoom get together. All the kids, their spouses and grandkids for over 90 minutes. Very fun, esp with a glass of wine.
Then a nice ham dinner and a show.
Very pleasant day. Great weather, 16 mile hilly ride, visit with the family, and delicous dinner.
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