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    Knocking while pedaling

    Try tightening the crank arm if it is loose it will do that
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    Cooked my brakes

    that top disc is exactly the type i cooked so am waiting on delivery of the new disc and bits, what model is the bracket you used to move the caliper out?
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    Cooked my brakes

    i was a bit surprised tbh but at around 15mph half way down a 3/4 mile steep hill the rears were smoking and the front disc thoroughly blued the discs are around 140mm and were standard stock on an old Giant roam electric bike which i have fitted a bafang mid drive to. the bike has been in...
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    Cooked my brakes

    Thanks for the advice that is what i will do then!
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    Cooked my brakes

    LOL that is what both my discs look like :( so just a better quality rotor will help? that is good news. Any recommendation on pads resin or steel? sorry i am out of my depth with disc brakes if you want your sturmey archer rebuilding then i am your man :) At the same time as i smelled...
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    Cooked my brakes

    Being a confirmed luddite i have always had old school drum brakes on my non electric bikes. I have recently bafanged up an old giant bike equipped with shimano MT50 hydraulic disc brakes. Where i live is properly hilly so a lot of long steep descents, so to cut a long story short my discs...
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    Can you fit an after market battery to a bosch equipped bike

    Thanks for the response with my level of electrical ability that is a no then that has saved me a few quid!
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    Can you fit an after market battery to a bosch equipped bike

    I am after a cargo type electric bike, i like the bosch motor and i am a bit of a Gazelle fan. but all of the heavy duty gazelles have the battery under the rear rack, this uses up the space i normally fit my crate to so i wondered if i could get a down tube mount battery and hook it up to...
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    cornish hill avoider

    Hi after 45 odd years fixing up old clunkers i have decided it is time to join in the electric fun. I was just on the point of parting with the best part of 3k on a lovely gazelle gents grenoble bike, when i stumbled upon this forum, predictably i am now thinking of adding one of these...