G'evening folks
I thought i'd share my lastest project with you all.
I've been looking for a suitable folding bike for a while, most have been outside my price range, but i found this on ebay with a suspect battery.
It was made by CEPV and is about 5years old. It was taken around in a motorhome(as a lot of them are) but from what i can make out, didn't get much use, about 100miles. It certainly looks good condition, unfortunatley the battery isn't.
First thing to do is clean it.
I got rid of the silly bar ends and lubricated the brake cables (i don't think they have ever been done). Gave it an all round service while the battery was charging up.
Today i gave her a test ride. Expecting to get no further than the end of the road i was pleasently surprised to make it across town and the battery didn't cut out once.
Mmmm.
Time to really test it, i decided to take the hilliest roads home and sure enough, once i had committed myself to that route the battery cuts out. By switching it off and restarting i managed to limp home. I wouldn't have wanted to pedal it much further tbh.
I thought i'd share my lastest project with you all.
I've been looking for a suitable folding bike for a while, most have been outside my price range, but i found this on ebay with a suspect battery.
It was made by CEPV and is about 5years old. It was taken around in a motorhome(as a lot of them are) but from what i can make out, didn't get much use, about 100miles. It certainly looks good condition, unfortunatley the battery isn't.
First thing to do is clean it.
I got rid of the silly bar ends and lubricated the brake cables (i don't think they have ever been done). Gave it an all round service while the battery was charging up.
Today i gave her a test ride. Expecting to get no further than the end of the road i was pleasently surprised to make it across town and the battery didn't cut out once.
Mmmm.
Time to really test it, i decided to take the hilliest roads home and sure enough, once i had committed myself to that route the battery cuts out. By switching it off and restarting i managed to limp home. I wouldn't have wanted to pedal it much further tbh.