Recent content by Sturmey

All my bikes have throttles as well as pedal assist but I generally pedal with pedal assist and use the throttle only as required when pulling away from stops, extra boost on hills, and when dogs chase me down the road. I suppose I might consider myself as a moderate user of the throttle...

Front hub motors have a little bit of an advantage here in that they dont appear to have that problem and can be a good choice. Of course, the non motor ordinary rear wheel can break spokes but its generally easier to deal with this and other rear wheel problems / get replacement/ local bike...

With bad knees, I would keep away from torque sensors. I think a throttle would be ideal. The bike below is designed for up to 25 stone weigh and I think would be ideal. Best of luck and ignore the negative comments. https://wooshbikes.co.uk/?bigbearplus

In a normal ebike setup there are a number of overcurrent protections that I can think of.. The battery BMS FETs should trip a little over the batteries nominal max current rating. The battery normally has a back up fuse of higher rating over that again. The controller normally has a shunt...

What you need is a good pannier rack. I have just come back from a hilly ride this morning. (76 Km). I was carrying a total of 32 Ah at 36V volt battery paralleled and weighing nearly 8 kilo. No problem with a good touring rack and keep the weight low. Also plenty of room for snacks, rain...

Sometimes you can keep a wheel going by a quick replacement of the broken spokes only. I have often got a pliers and bent 13g spokes into a tight circle to get around the disk. On my bike, the 32T freewheel cog was smaller than the motor hub. All my spoke breakages were at the j bend. To replace...

Both the older and newer versions of the instruction manuals (attached below) state "If the battery is not used for 24 hours or longer, it will automatically go into sleep mode. Press the power button on the battery for three seconds" This might explain although I have never seen it happen with...

The first of April is traditional chain cleaning day. Just follow Sheldon Brown's instructions below and your chain should last many years. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

Halford's (who supply and sell the Carrera) according to their website do Wheel build/spoke replacement https://www.halfords.com/bikes/services/halfords-bike-repairs.html

I had a similar problem caused by the dirt in the pedal assist sensor causing the magnet disk to seize and slip on the crank.

I I am just wondering Andy have you taken into account the extra height that will be added to the front of your bike ( and bottom bracket) due to the extra fork length (2 inches or more depending on travel) ?

You can sometimes get the best of both worlds by fitting a large front wheel and a smaller rear wheel. I always liked the more 'relaxed' or 'comfort' geometry that results from this.(Front higher, easier to put your feet on the ground, more stable etc). I am riding at the moment a Carrera...

I live close to an mtb trail center and the Bosch motor mtb are popular and are good climbers. I often wondered is it that the motors are good or is it that the gearing is good or perhaps both. These bikes have small front chainrings of 34T and large 51T on the back which would give about 50%...

Another thing to bear in mind is that the torque quoted for mid drive motors is often at the chainring whereas hub motors are quoted at the wheel. With a middrive you have to adjust the figure by the ratio of the largest working rear sprocket to the motor chainring and allow a few %.chain...

I think Halfords guarantee the battery for 2 years/500 full cycles so I think I would go back to the shop if its not a simple fix.