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    question about 20 inch (451) tyres - any tyre experts on here?

    As I said in a previous post I had seen that site but I don't want whitewalls and the 7.99 Raleighs are not what I'd consider a quality tyre. thanks anyway
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    question about 20 inch (451) tyres - any tyre experts on here?

    thanks - I had found that site but they don't have any 37-451 in a decent make - the Schwalbe ones are 28-451 so without an answer to my question I'm stuck
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    question about 20 inch (451) tyres - any tyre experts on here?

    So I have a Tern Verge D9 that has 451 wheels. The actual size of the tyre on the bike says 37-451 Now looking for replacement tyres, it's actually proving impossible to find a decent make in that exact size. I can find other 451 tyres (e.g 28-451 or 25-451). Will these fit? Is the first number...
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    Well it's been almost a year so far and fingers crossed. I can't see why the torque of the motor would put any stress on where the part of the frame that's failed fails given the motor and drivetrain are all attached to the rear section of the bike. As others have said the frame issues affected...
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    sure - I'm not sure anyone is a fan of folding bikes. For me having one was a necessity as I need to regularly stick it in the back of a taxi. I'd have much preferred a bigger bike.
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    sorry if the anology went over your head. I'm just saying a little hysteria goes a long way sometimes
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    Sorry you originally said 300+ posts and it sounded like they were from Tern owners whose bikes had failed. But now I see it's gone from 300+ posts to 300+ pages in a day! :) But seriously - tern obviously had some issues on bikes made perhaps 5 years ago or more - I can' see any reports of...
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    lol. that link doesn't work for me. The part where the frame folds on my bike is pretty chunky compared to older Terns from a few years ago. Hopefully the fails and subsequent recalls have resulted in better design
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    BBSHD with em3ev battery

    it's difficult to say - I use the 9.8ah battery the most and full throttle all the time (literally don't pedal) After my 2.5 mile commute to work it's used about 18% usually.
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    bbshd cadence is 160rpm I believe. Though I had a BBS02 750 on it previously and that wasn't much slower
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    I doubt 300+ people have put a bbshd on a tern let alone had one fail doing it. Mine is a Verge D9 model and brand new - it seems to be older Link models that had the frame fail - tern had a recall on them - I'll keep monitoring the frame though!! Loving the conversion so far - fingers crossed...
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    BBSHD with em3ev battery

    52 x 25 = about 1300 watts
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    BBSHD with em3ev battery

    the 52v BBSHD is 28amps max from the factory. according to the eclipse website the battery has max continuous of 25amps but a burst rating of 34amps. . unless you're planning on being at max throttle all the time it will be fine. I have the 52v BBSHD and 2 batteries from eclipse - the 9.8ah one...
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    28 is what they come with on the 52v BBSHD and 30 is what the 48v ones come with The guy in the video you posted isn't using the stock controller and I don't want to change the stock controller
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    the amps are set to 28amps which is the max the controller allows (its the 52v version) The bike feels very stable at that speed
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    HI - yes I get the general principle but was wondering if the BBSHD's max cadence was being held back by my current set up. The bike can get to about 32mph flat out - it only has 20 inch wheels. I think max speed for a BBShd on a full size wheel bike is about 40 - 45mph ish so maybe I am at the...
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    Best front chain ring for top speed on 20inch bike

    So I have a Tern Verge D9 that I've put a BBSHD on. Currently I have a 52T chainring on the front. The smallest rear cog is 11T but currently the bike gets max speed in a higher rear cog. Would I get any increase in max speed by going for a smaller front chain ring (say 44T or 46T) and utilising...