Gionnirocket
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I’ll work circles around ya. I’ll wrap your #$^&’ head in with a ratchet! I work on Race cars Tough Guys!!
How skilled are you in fixing your ebike ?
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OlePhart
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I had my mechanic put Tannus Armour in all 4 tires when he put my two R1Up 700's together, in hopes they will help.
Latitude
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I can surely relate to this!
Prairie Dog
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I feel comfortable tackling most general mechanical issues, replacing consumables, etc, but being a relative newbie to the e-bike scene, I’ll defer to the experts. A few days ago, my Creo was blown over by a strong gust of wind onto its drive side during a brief stopover and took a direct hit on the rear derailleur. It didn't shift right after that and I ended up taking it to my LBS to have the rear hanger inspected and re-aligned. I’ve heard of people bending hangers back into place using a wrench but without knowing if either/both horizontal and vertical planes were compromised, my preferred option was to have someone with the proper alignment tool carry out the job. Had them do a firmware update at the same time.
GypsyTreker
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Without proper tools, why bother, right? Plus as much as I critique LBS locations I want them to survive. I had my eBike ( the accoustic side) tuned recently by a LBS. He bought the store end of January. He has totally missed the "boom" due to inventory shortages (Trek) . Anyway he has really fair repair pricing so I had him go over a couple of bikes I was selling and my Fattie. He knows he is competing with online so even his accessories are priced well. He is also a converted MTB'er , single track and D/H. He loves his full suspension Trek eBike.
FlatSix911
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I had a similar impact while riding off-road and was able to realign the rear derailleur hanger.
The LBS made a good suggestion to order another hanger just in case it happens again.
fooferdoggie
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just got my park brake bleed kit and will bleed my magura brakes tomorrow,
indianajo
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Very. But don't have the right tools to take 3 piece cranks apart yet. Tried 6 different general/auto pullers on a Pacific Quantum, the *)~*&*@% arm wouldn't come off. Scrapped the frame that the arm center was loose. Might avoid the whole issue of PAS magnet plate install by finding some sort of torque sensor that will communicate with the throttle input on my Luna for MAC controller.
It is a 2.5 hour bus ride to the LBS, I can walk the 4 miles in 1. Then I would have to go back later to pick the bike up. ***** them, I ride over there sometimes to buy tires and other things they don't stock so I don't buy them.
It is a 2.5 hour bus ride to the LBS, I can walk the 4 miles in 1. Then I would have to go back later to pick the bike up. ***** them, I ride over there sometimes to buy tires and other things they don't stock so I don't buy them.
fooferdoggie
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just got my bleed kit. trying to find the right kit with all the parts was just a pain. I have a Shimano brake set and a Magura so this does both and more. will attempt it tomorrow
FlatSix911
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Good stuff!
fooferdoggie
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well i got them done. i screwed up on the back as i did that first. i got the pistons too far out when i was cleaning them as one was sticky. not sure if that caused air to get in or i goofed. so i redid it and they were better but i did not squeeze the brake lever to tighten the pistons onto the block so they were about the same as before i started. so i did it again and now it works well. front worked well the first time. man what a messy thing to do. i used this cleaner to clean all the brakes off and the levers. this cleaner works great on brakes but it does clean off the brake pad material off the rotors so you have to bed them in again.
Latitude
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Monday I had just installed Schwalbe Marathon GT 365 tires, and took the bike for a ride in my nearby provincial park. Altercation with a stick ultimately destroyed my Alivia derailleur. Wife picked me up. Tires were great on first impression... excellent grip on trails, very quiet on pavement!
Yesterday I retrieved my Norco 2001 XCS-1 dual suspension bike from my daughter, who hasn’t been using it. It was state-of-the-art at the time... RockShox Judy forks and Fox rear coil/piston, Hayes disk brakes, Deore gear system. (Going to get this bike back up to speed now!) And I’ll put the great adjustable stem from my Trek on it.
I borrowed the derailleur for my eBike while I wait for the new long cage Deore to come in. Had to revert back to my OE 11-36 cassette and shorter chain to make it work, but had a great ride!
Except for a flat tire on my new Schwalbe rear tire! Squiggly piece of thin wire, same as my last two flats. Don’t know where I’m picking those up. Anyway, changed out the tube, returned home and ordered some Stan’s small bottle leak stoppers.
At least I was ready for all these eventualities, and I’m up and running again after missing only a rainy day.
Yesterday I retrieved my Norco 2001 XCS-1 dual suspension bike from my daughter, who hasn’t been using it. It was state-of-the-art at the time... RockShox Judy forks and Fox rear coil/piston, Hayes disk brakes, Deore gear system. (Going to get this bike back up to speed now!) And I’ll put the great adjustable stem from my Trek on it.
I borrowed the derailleur for my eBike while I wait for the new long cage Deore to come in. Had to revert back to my OE 11-36 cassette and shorter chain to make it work, but had a great ride!
Except for a flat tire on my new Schwalbe rear tire! Squiggly piece of thin wire, same as my last two flats. Don’t know where I’m picking those up. Anyway, changed out the tube, returned home and ordered some Stan’s small bottle leak stoppers.
At least I was ready for all these eventualities, and I’m up and running again after missing only a rainy day.
Ebiker01
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It will be part of history once you switch to this ones. Thorn resistant tube. 20$ /piece for a permanent good bye to flats !!
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See my post on page 9 of this :
What's your plan for a flat tire 10 miles from home?
This is so crazy how much stuff you have to carry for tubes. This is a great reminder I am so glad I switched to tubeless and I don't own a car my ebike is my primary form of transportation and I'm in Colorado I go off road and through the trails and wherever I use it for everything I don't rely...
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Taylor57
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Flat911 do you do most of your own maintenance or do you use the LBS. And by the way, what is your fave Ebike?I had a similar impact while riding off-road and was able to realign the rear derailleur hanger.
The LBS made a good suggestion to order another hanger just in case it happens again.
Ebiker01
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This job is probably one of the few that i have to go to the bike shop for.
They got me good last time (70$ for both brakes and had to pay them also 50$ for 2 pads) . I had pads at home bought @15$/pair ,they insisted that they could not do the bleed properly w/o new pads. I still don't know if that was true or not ?! Total 120$ but i had the ebike ready in 2hours. If i had done it myself it would have been a huge mess...and a 4-5hour job ?
And it was also the first time in 9k miles that i had the bleed done. They were working okay, now they stop on a dime.
reed scott
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Probably no rule of thumb here. Given the way you and I ride ( going on your reports here) we can probably go a couple years or so between pad changes. Just guessing though.
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