Recent content by JamesC

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    Bike suitable for child seat and able to tackle a hill?

    I have a collection of good equipment in excellent condition for carrying children (front mounted Bobike Mini and OKBaby seats + Chariot Cougar Double trailer), mainly used with a 26v Panasonic Kalkhoff Agattu. All maintained in very good condition. The same type of seats were described in this...
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    Bike ordered: Kudos Arriba. Child seat required!

    I enjoyed the Bobike Mini front seat with my grandsons, usually fitted to a "step through" Kalkhoff with the seat mounted up on the quill stem and rotating with the handlebars (probably only suitable on the road). You may be interested in this old report that I wrote at the outset. Look...
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    Kalkhoff Batteries

    As Tilson says, I have been getting good results from the 26v 18Ah E-Bike vision battery over the past 18 months, with no issues to report. I had imagined that these German built batteries came from a different factory to the BMZ series that followed on from the original Japanese Panasonic...
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    Dynamo...

    As far as I can tell, the decision to fit a dynamo to an e-bike has (or maybe had) a lot to do with the classification of the e-bike under German law. E-bikes assisted up to 25 km/h had to comply with the laws for bicycles which required the lights to be powered from a dynamo. "Fast" E-bikes...
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    Changing headset on Kalkhoff Pro Connect

    Fitting the crown race to the new fork is likely to be the first job on the new fork, and takes only a couple of hammer blows with the correct fitting tool. Very likely your local bike shop would do this for you if you pop in with fork and crown race. I would not be happy with the saw cut...
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    Walk along mode 2012 kalkhoff agattu 8 panasonic

    As far as I know, all of the 26v Panasonic motors are equipped with the socket to take the "walk along" pushbutton throttle. It drives at walking pace when top gear is selected on a standard bike, or a little faster than walking pace with a faster "sports" bike. Useful to check that you have a...
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    Bad experience with Kalkhoff Agattu XXL

    I have successfully overcome wear on the early ProConnect frame with the stainless steel Surly Hurdy Gurdy chain tensioner. This works well with the forward facing drop out BUT sadly does not come with the necessary flat to act as the non-rotation washer on the chain side of a Nexus hub. In my...
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    E-Bike Vision batteries

    HarryB - good to hear from you. I am happy to keep you in touch with any problems that arise with the Vision 6A charger. I purchased an 18 Ah Vision battery and fast charger from Germany before Christmas, and have been using the fast charger when the battery requires a fairly full charge...
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    Changing headset on Kalkhoff Pro Connect

    Hi Mike d8veh has covered pretty much all you need, but I am adding a few pics from doing the work on a 2008 ProConnect diamond frame. I am assuming that Mrs O's stepthru uses the same headset. The ProConnect head tube The head tube is for a Semi-Integrated, Zero Stack, Cane Creek style 1...
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    Panasonic motor

    Apologies for the delay in replying - broke my elbow a week ago, so have been off typing. Good to know that the original set of wiring and controller are not too motor specific You mention the "3rd plug for the walk along throttle". I am one of the few enthusiasts of the "walk along throttle"...
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    Panasonic motor

    Agreed; very good that your 2008 ProConnect lives to fight another day. Just in case I ever need to replace the motor (Panasonic model # NUA009) on my similar bike, did the 2011 motor plug straight into the existing 2008 loom and handlebar control switch ? Having proven that the motor was the...
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    Replacement wheel / hub for original Kalkhoff Pro Connect

    I was also disappointed that rims and spokes were unavailable for the 24 spoke wheels fitted to the early ProConnect. In my case, I wanted to carry spares with me when travelling with bike and campervan as I was happy to do any neccessary jobs myself if I had the bits. Anyway, I opted to...
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    From 35T to 41T chainwheel on my Kalkhoff Agattu

    In one of your posts in the "Chainwheel" thread, you had said BTW, don't forget this is a single chainwheel and a 1/8" chain. You have just fitted the HG40 3/32" new chain, which is a better match for the narrow, 2mm, teeth of your chainwheels. Has the bike always been fitted with 3/32"...
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    From 35T to 41T chainwheel on my Kalkhoff Agattu

    Apologies - I had missed the fact that you had changed from 1/8" to 3/32" already.
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    From 35T to 41T chainwheel on my Kalkhoff Agattu

    I think that the Agattu remains a worthwhile consideration for hard work with trailers etc in hilly areas, but going back to your earlier question as to the expected life of the chainwheel, it may well be that wide teeth and 1/8" chain are significant for this type of work. If you go back to...