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Originally Posted by flecc
I thought so. That's the very earliest Quando which had an 18 tooth freewheel with the 48 tooth chainwheel, giving a 54" gear. That was very low geared, making it difficult to pedal with the motor except at very low speeds.
Later models were changed to have a 14 tooth BMX freewheel, raising the gear to nearly 70" and making it possible to pedal the bike to much higher speeds, though still not easy to spin to it's maximum motor driven speed.
I don't know if the early one also had a BMX freewheel thread, but if it does you could have yours changed to the 14 tooth. It's not an easy job though since it means disconnecting the 8 motor cables and rejoining them, few cycles dealers prepared to do that, though a few of the Powabyke approved service centre dealers might.
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That's very helpful, I'm in North Derbyshire, so that's either Rotherham or Derby. I'll let you know how I get on.