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I find I go out more on the bike since I did the conversion ...And don't use the truck to go for a shopping trip into the village ,..also I will go places via a different route not aways the shortest ...

They are to wedge open the door when you want to wheel your bike out ..

So 200 quidish for the work plus the conversion kit which was ?...sorry just being nosey ....

Oh thanks for clearing that up .... well I come from the ride it /drive it like I stole it school .. and only wash it when I sell it ... life is far too short IMHO...I do however hoover out the dog hair when I have taken our Pups out for a drive in me truck

What is "detailing" in the bike world ... I'm a retired scenic painter film and theatre and I know what I think it means ....

My conversion kit from China ..used to do what you are describing and it made the PAS very difficult to use the power cutting in and out with a very narrow power band in all 5 levels ...I have an 8 magnet disc I went into the settings on the controller and altered the setting so it thought I...

The ability to run two sets of tires winter or summer on road or off road is a good reason to up-grade to a bottom bracket mounted motor ...not really possible on my rear hub motor ....mmmm

Oh right thanks for the warning , do we know what the problem is ?

Thanks for the response ....I think batteries and inverter is the way to go ...up here in the mountains having an off grid 240 volt supply could also get used for other stuff ,in a not infrequent power outage ......

OK here's a thing ..this summer I fitted a conversion kit on y Specialized Rockhopper and it's great, had a few teething troubles but now it works great fast enough , powerful enough to get up the hills, feels safe and rock solid ...So as it is very sunny here ,I thought how about extending...

Why not give "Gordon "a turbo treat and convert him into a Gentlemen's ebike ?.....

I don't have horizontal dropouts on my Rockhopper .!.. I just looked up chain tensioner ...now I get it ...

Yeah that helps ...this ebike stuff took me a bit of getting the hang of , on hills if the pedal sensor cuts the power at the wrong moment...

Oh right , so if it's not plugged in to the control unit , there is no power to it, so I guess no problem doing what you are thinking ...Just a question what did you not like about it ? I just gently touch the brake lever to cut power when gear changing on my self build eMTB...

I don't know is the quick answer. more info needed, do you want to dis- able the sensor, is it not possible to remove the sensor from the cable ? ...I have been thinking of adding one to my set up ...Am I talking nonsense?

That is a bargain for someone....

Nice looking bike ....this is mine

Yeah, or tree fellers...

Yeah what I don't get is , it was clearly a rotten tree see the cloud of wood dust as it hit the deck , so very little useful timber , he went up the tree to de-limb it, so why not as you climb down take off a metre at a time until you are left with the stumpy trunk of three or four metres...

Some very nice looking bikes on here ...this is my conversion ...It's basic and very low cost 600 euros including the 2005 rockhopper ...only done 90k so far maybe upgrade next years to an off the peg eMTB.. .