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  1. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Pretty much anywhere. Be prepared for hills! Ordnance survey map OL28 covers most of it. There are two main routes across the moor, crossing at Two Bridges, but many many smaller lanes and tracks both on the high moor and around the edges.
  2. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Well, 25 hilly miles round the lanes of Devon today has given the gear sensor a decent trial run. A real difference in gear shifting, smooth and quiet. The over long delay in resuming motor power is really only an issue, as expected, on long inclines. There is a frustrating loss of momentum, but...
  3. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    I have yet to give the sensor a serious trial. I installed it yesterday and just cycled a few flat miles to test it. I'll take the bike out today for a long ride with hills, which will give me a better idea of whether or not it will be useful. I bought it as a bit of a knee jerk reaction to...
  4. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    The gears are set up to perfection, something I'm actually pretty good at, and shift faultlessly. The issue lies in my careless down-shifting when going up long steep hills, not wanting to lose momentum. I'm working on it now that I have a better feel for how motor & cadence work together. As I...
  5. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Many thanks. All is now clear. It's a learning curve.. :)
  6. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Thanks for your help. As you can tell, I'm new to all this :rolleyes: It's not that it's slow to cut the power, but that it cuts the power for a little too long
  7. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Pardon my confusion. When you said the later BBS01 has the connector by the motor, then that Woosh do supply the latest version motor, I assumed I therefore had the connector. So do I understand this right - the latest motor from Bafang as supplied by Woosh does NOT have the gear sensor plug as...
  8. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    I bought the sensor without any extra cables. So are you saying I can connect the gear shift sensor to the same connector as the speed sensor? I didn't know that was an option! But if that's the case, and it reduces the lag, I'll buy the extra cable and do that. Re riding style, yes, I'm...
  9. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Mine's just got connectors for battery, LCD display, brakes, throttle & speed sensor. Nothing else. I'll have a decent ride tomorrow and see how it goes on the hills with the gear sensor connected to the brake connector. If the lag's too much I guess I'll abandon the idea and work on...
  10. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    Thanks. When you say by the motor - do you mean a cable coming from the motor? I can't find anything on or near the motor. I only bought it last month, from Woosh. I'd have thought they'd be sending out the newer motor..? Ah - thanks for vid. I guess I've been sent an older motor. Thanks Woosh..
  11. WillW

    Gear shift sensor - hmmm..

    I've just fitted a gear shift sensor (the generic one) after damaging my chain and a couple of cogs on the cassette after 300 miles with my Bafang BBS01B conversion. I live in Devon and cycle on Dartmoor, a lot of long steep hills, and apparently my gear shifting is none too subtle... I've so...
  12. WillW

    Whoosh Crank-Drive Tongsheng Kit review.

    Thank you for the insight & advice. It pretty much confirms that I've made the best choice for my requirements & available funds. (I really did do an awful lot of research - I must have found EVERY online resource.) I was never going to buy a cheap, or any, kit from God knows who on Ebay, with...
  13. WillW

    Whoosh Crank-Drive Tongsheng Kit review.

    Why should this kit " offers very little for a hybrid type bike" ? Speed isn't an issue. My sole requirement is relaxed leisure cycling around the lanes and byways where I live. I want to carry on pedalling as usual, but with some help kicking in up the hills. Installation isn't an issue as long...
  14. WillW

    Whoosh Crank-Drive Tongsheng Kit review.

    Ah, ok, thanks for the tip. The O.P. seemed to suggest that if it could be got down to 3mm it should be ok.I doubt it's 3mm proud of the bracket now, but if I change the round headed screw for a flat one & sand down the plastic a bit it'll certainly be less than 3mm. But if it really has to go...
  15. WillW

    Whoosh Crank-Drive Tongsheng Kit review.

    Many thanks for posting this detailed and very positive review of the Woosh Tongsheng kit. After endless research online, I'd more or less decided on this kit (the torque sensor was the deciding factor). My only hesitancy was the warning on the Woosh webpage for this kit, that "the space between...