Its a great quality base bike Chilli, the only thing is I had no choice but to drill the frame to mount the battery carrier, at the moment, it seems there is no need to upgrade the brakes etc as is the norm on cheaper base bikes but, time will tell
What’s it going to weigh with the battery Spitty?
The bike was very light to start with but, the battery is 7.5 kgs and the hub motor 5.5 kgs so, can still be pedaled manually but wouldn’t really want to
That’s not too bad at all.
I was thinking more about slinging it on your shoulder and carrying it, albeit short distances…
I usually flip the bikes vertically onto the back wheel for kissing gates and the like, in general. there is usually alternative routes around obstructions
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looks good enjoy (you should be able to outrun santa’s sledge)
Yeah, that works. Lifting it onto the back wheel is usually the easiest way, especially if there’s another way around.
Test ride today didn’t go well, pedaled up the road no leccy power, display shows error code 08, throttle related. The kit came with a thumb throttle which I don’t like so I replaced it with a twist grip, for some reason the controller didn’t like so (for test purposes) I replaced it with the thumb throttle, and everything was hunky dory leccy wise, so, of I went on test ride two, got twenty yards up the road then a mechanical noise from the rear, the axle had come out of the frame keep on the one side forcing the anti torque arm on the other side to do its job, but in the process of this, the force of the axle twisting broke the jubilee clip that ankers it to the frame, good job I was only going slow. Its off to Halfords tomorrow for a new clip, I have reset the axle and tightened it up with my extended breaker bar, see what happens tomorrow.
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Blimey!
A good job that you weren’t at speed…
My thought Chilli, I saw a respectable cyclist on the tele a couple of weeks ago, slipped on black ice, handlebars broke his pelvis, anything can happen.
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Its thrown the wheel again just at the end of the drive, time for a rethink
Just looked for another frame, found one the same design and read this disclaimer
- Disclaimer: if you’re going to run this frame as an Ebike, we are not held responsible if the rear dropouts snap due to you using it with a Hub motor.
The rear dropouts on these lightweight frames seem very shallow so, this type of frame is probably not a suitable base
This dropout is very shallow
I’ll never forget that freak she went with:
Tell him he’d better leave town
'Cos as soon as me E Bikes rear wheel is fixed
Gonna find the creep and put him down! (Down, down) 
Job done, confident now, off for a proper test tomorrow, a second bike is on the way but, that’s another story.
Here are the torque arms, they trap the flats on the axle and bolt into the pre threaded holes in the frame usually used for mudguards or panniers
Innovative way to secure the controller, two 35mm exhaust clamps
The point is, not having to do a thing but take in the scenery 
First mile on the clock, that thumb throttle has to go, the power can not be fed in progressively
This was my Ford Fiesta RS Turbo bought new on August 1st 1990 for £12,000.00
I am taking steps to track this car down, its still in existence but has been off the road (not MOT’d ) for a good few years. There are four for sale online with varying histories ranging from £15,000.00 to £28,000.00.
I believe there are a couple of agents who charge a fee for reveling ownership histories.
