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The Oxydrive kits have the Higo connector. You'll be lucky to find another throttle with it. If you want a different throttle, you'll probably have to cut off the connectors and splice the the three wires together, which is easy enough if you have a soldering iron.
 
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The Oxydrive kits have the Higo connector. You'll be lucky to find another throttle with it. If you want a different throttle, you'll probably have to cut off the connectors and splice the the three wires together, which is easy enough if you have a soldering iron.
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Thanks for that. I will probably give it a go as it will make it a lot easier to mount my normal shifters and brakes.
 
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Dear all, I have a curious nonelectric problem - the rim tape/rubber on the oxydrive rim is not designed for the 10 atmospheres pressure of the 700c 23 tyres - it causes punctures around the inner spoke holes - I replaced it with another rubber rim tape with more punctures. Does anyone know what else I could try? Many thanks
 
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It's the same tape on all the other kits and Oxygen MTBs. AFAIK, you're the only one with punctures. Are you sure that you don't have a crappy tube. I bought one from Ebay that kept puncturing on the inside. I thought it was the rim tape that was doing it, but when I replaced the tube, I had no more punctures.
 
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d8veh said:
It's the same tape on all the other kits and Oxygen MTBs. AFAIK, you're the only one with punctures. Are you sure that you don't have a crappy tube. I bought one from Ebay that kept puncturing on the inside. I thought it was the rim tape that was doing it, but when I replaced the tube, I had no more punctures.
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it may well be crappy tubes (i did the usual thing of buying the cheapest tubes i could find on ebay), but to be fair, they work on the front wheel and before it was electrified on both - i think others may not have problems because they run at lower pressure - I'm not complaining about the rim - i have another bike with similar rims (similar internal spoke holes, similar rim tape) but fat 28 tyres operating at lower pressure (6 atmospheres) and there isnt a problem - so i supect im running tubes that are simply too high pressure for this kind of set up (if i could fit fatter tyres on a racer it would have been good, but its not an option either with spacing), many thanks
 
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As it was a nice day today, I took my oxydriven giant out on a cross country jaunt sticking to trails and tracks and all was going really well until...
I got my first puncture in many years today, on my rear tyre (smart Sam with schwalbe innnertube) on the CST wheel.
It happened as I was riding over some very rough and muddy tracks and a long way from home. As I had tightened up the axle with a long handled socket wrench I could not for the life of me undo the nuts with my compact tool kit. I still (habitually) carry a spare tube rather than a puncture kit so had to try and remove the rear wheel.
I ended up muddied and bloodied and very frustrated so had to phone in a favour from a neighbour to come and pick me and the bike up.
I guess this is one of the main limitations of a hub drive and as I had not had a puncture for such a long time I didn't think I would today... Typical!
I am considering slime tubes, does anyone have any experience with these apart from they're heavy?
 
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Slime experience appears to vary, although it seems to work better on large volume tyres, such as yours.

A snake tube is another option, although if the existing tube is a traditional one, you will need to carry a craft knife to slit it to remove it.

Smart Sam tyres are quite light, there is now a Smart Sam Plus which has a stronger puncture prevention belt.

I have a snake tube for my Rose - hub gear so similar wheel removal aggro.

Not had to deploy it yet, but others on here have reported they work well enough.

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/gaadi-butyl-atb-inner-tube-schrader-valve-40-mm-for-622635-x-37-42--700-x-35-40-c/aid:717380
 
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A puncture kit costs £1 in the pound shop and 99p in the...errr...99p shop. You don't have to take the wheel off to fix a puncture. Just slip the tyre off one side and pull the tube out to fix it. It normally takes about 10 minutes and you're on your way again.
 
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d8veh said:
A puncture kit costs £1 in the pound shop and 99p in the...errr...99p shop. You don't have to take the wheel off to fix a puncture. Just slip the tyre off one side and pull the tube out to fix it. It normally takes about 10 minutes and you're on your way again.
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Yes... and at a quid for potential mobility, I should have known better. I guess that as I've always had qr hubs on both road and off road bikes so I just forgot that the inevitable was long overdue... Fixed now though and a bottle of vino to my neighbour.
 
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Yes, the mobile phone is the most useful tool when you have a puncture. I was about 10 miles from home when my tyre blew off. I fixed the puncture and put it back on, but it blew off again after about 100 meters without a puncture. That was a Marathon Plus BTW. Luckily, my good friend Steve was sble to rescue me.
 
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Some pictures of my Oxydrive front wheel conversion. Great first ride today, just 7 miles, but almost 900 ft climbed, and very pleasantly surprised at not being out of breath at all!image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg
 
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That was a bargain. You even got the pedal sensor to fit. You just need some mudguards to finish it off. I can recommend SKS Beavertails at about £14 a pair. They're dead easy to fit because they don't have stays.
 
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Yeah, see my previous entries a few pages back. You'll see a link to where I bought them from. I found that several worked, as long as they weren't Shimano!
 
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d8veh said:
That was a bargain. You even got the pedal sensor to fit. You just need some mudguards to finish it off. I can recommend SKS Beavertails at about £14 a pair. They're dead easy to fit because they don't have stays.
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Thanks, I've been looking at mudguards and at SKS in particular, haven't seen the Beavertails, so I'll look them up
 
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selrahc1992 said:
Dear all, I have a curious nonelectric problem - the rim tape/rubber on the oxydrive rim is not designed for the 10 atmospheres pressure of the 700c 23 tyres - it causes punctures around the inner spoke holes - I replaced it with another rubber rim tape with more punctures. Does anyone know what else I could try? Many thanks
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dear all, a quick follow up, wiggle sells velox tape (very good IMHO) on sale at the moment
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/velox-rim-tape/
it cured the problem of 10 bar inner tubes and large internal spoke holes, and as any fellow virgo will know, it's deeply satisfying to fix stuff properly
 
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Are you seriously running 146psi?

I know you've converted a road bike and have narrow tyres, but that seems an awful lot.

Is there a pressure range stamped on the tyre sidewall?
 
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