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    Swytch rims

    Being hopelessly inept and unconfident I entrusted the fitting of my Swytch kit to a professional but the first rim burst 5x inner tubes and although Swytch were good enough to supply a replacement, the second is giving the same trouble. My bike tech says the rim is too narrow. Has anyone else...
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    Help! Recalcitrant Oxygen eBike

    Thanks for this very plausible suggestion: I will give it a go.
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    Help! Recalcitrant Oxygen eBike

    Yes I have and no joy, I'm afraid. I have also tried removing and replacing the battery but it only seems to come back to life after a few hours rather than a few minutes. And as I said, the oddest thing to me is that it only does it once during the battery's cycle; once it has had its 'tantrum'...
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    Help! Recalcitrant Oxygen eBike

    Don't really know ho I can put it more succinctly; when the battery is full charged it will give me 7 or 8 miles (my commute is only 2 miles so I will have switched it on and off 3-4 times) and the then the next time I switch on the battery will indicate that is empty. However, after I have...
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    Help! Recalcitrant Oxygen eBike

    Everyone baffled? Not just me then. Oh well...
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    Help! Recalcitrant Oxygen eBike

    Good afternoon. Recently I was delighted with all your sage advice concerning the battery problem on my newly-recelled Oxygen battery in that, when fully charged it would deliver for 7-8 miles but after switching off and on would indicate battery empty. Then if I removed the battery for a few...
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    Help! Odd battery problem

    Many thanks for this vfr400, I am not at all ept (opposite of inept) in matters electronic, but during lockdown I changed the pickups on my guitar, just to see if I could do it really, so I do have some practical experience of using a soldering iron. Diagnosis is always the key in these...
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    Help! Odd battery problem

    Hello everyone - hope some of you knowledgeable people can shed some light on this; - I had the battery of my 2014 Oxygen eMate re-celled by the near-legendary Jimmy back last October and until recently the performance has been better than ever. But now after I have done 6 or 7 miles, the next...
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    I'm back!

    Good to make your acquaintance! My name derives from the books of Robert Rankin, specifically his Brentford Trilogies, in which John Omally has a bicycle which is quasi-magical and has a half-life of its own. As a lifelong cyclist of 'normal' bikes, this just puts me in mind of ebikes.
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    I'm back!

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    I'm back!

    What happened was...(in the voice of Jethro)...was that 5 years ago I was made redundant from a job which necessitated a 9 mile each way commute. My next and current job is a mere 2 miles each way so I reverted to my road bike. However, importantly and foolishly, I neglected to charge the...
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    Charger problem Oxygen eMate

    Ah. Best try and lay hands on one then... Many thanks.
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    Charger problem Oxygen eMate

    Yeah, it cycles on/off with a clicking sound like a dripping tap. Haven't charged the battery for some time and have used it on quite a few short runs. Haven't tried using it yet...
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    Charger problem Oxygen eMate

    As of last night my charger just continually clicks on and off when plugged in. Never had this occur with my previous model. Can't tell if the fault is with charger or battery; any ideas, anyone?
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    Gear change on my new Oxygen

    Kind of you Richard, but I spoke to the excellent John Camm at Oxygen yesterday and he already has one on the way to me. Thanks anyway.
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    Gear change on my new Oxygen

    Cheers Dave, after a good-ish bit of fiddling I figured that must be the case so I'm grateful for your confirmation and have contacted John accordingly. The bike is an absolute belter, by the way.
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    Gear change on my new Oxygen

    The twist grip changer failed changing down on a hill this morning. The gears all move as they should, but the index changer won't shift 'em. Any ideas?
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    Bristol Show

    It was my first time there and I really enjoyed it, but I thought the spectators were a bit thin on the ground for what should have been an established event...
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    Bristol Show

    Absolutely cracking day out! I would strongly recommend it to anyone with an interest in ebikes. I had a go on the Oxygen mtb and it was amazing, no surprise at all that it won the race.
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    why are non cyclists not interested?

    Flecc makes a good point regarding hills. Here in Bath, cycling east-west is a doddle, while north-south is a challenge. Typically, the company I work for moved south; I didn't want to shower & change every day so I sold my Moulton and bought an ebike. But the fact remains that cycling has...