Hi folks, first time on, but have been following much of the discussions. It helped me decide to go ahead and buy a couple of the rear carrier kits during the New Year sale. I'm now well into the first build. First bike is my ridgeback velocity hybrid. Learning points so far - bottom bracket is a standard 68-123 shimano. New style pedelec sensor wouldn't fit over a shoulder on the non drive taper, and also wouldn't fit into the non drive side splined shell. On the drive side there is not enough clearance for the older style magnet. Spoke with Andrew at Oxy who suggested longer BB, which I got yesterday (made by ETC) now the non drive slide over sensor fits their design cup - result. But being longer, the drive side deraileur won't extend far enough. So I've got a new ETC bb on the way, original 123 length.
Motor went in ok ish - very little clearance, so fitted a couple of 14mm washers to help. Also waiting on a torque arm as I think the motor could easily spin out. Single brake switch no good as all my bikes have combi fittings - Andrew seemed surprised, but the separate brake/ gear lever fittings are only on the cheapest of bikes nowadays, so still thinking on this one. The instructions for the LCD controller are a joke guys! I've managed by trial and error to get the max speed/ mode sorted just need to set the throttle speed - thanks for previous postings. So hopefully by end of the week it's tidy up the wiring time and take it out - first trial run in the garden yesterday was a hoot, so should be great when I've done all the things above. Please note that Andrew did offer a full refund if I wasn't happy when I was battling through the above stuff, but I really want to make this work as we live in the hills of Cumbria and neeeeed the leccy!
Motor went in ok ish - very little clearance, so fitted a couple of 14mm washers to help. Also waiting on a torque arm as I think the motor could easily spin out. Single brake switch no good as all my bikes have combi fittings - Andrew seemed surprised, but the separate brake/ gear lever fittings are only on the cheapest of bikes nowadays, so still thinking on this one. The instructions for the LCD controller are a joke guys! I've managed by trial and error to get the max speed/ mode sorted just need to set the throttle speed - thanks for previous postings. So hopefully by end of the week it's tidy up the wiring time and take it out - first trial run in the garden yesterday was a hoot, so should be great when I've done all the things above. Please note that Andrew did offer a full refund if I wasn't happy when I was battling through the above stuff, but I really want to make this work as we live in the hills of Cumbria and neeeeed the leccy!