Hello all,
The third throttle on my Powacycle Windsor bit the dust this morning .... I hadn't even gotten around to taking the cellophane off of it. It's only survived a couple of hundred miles. I wasn't even using it at the time - I had just cycled up one of the steepest hills on my morning commute and stopped at the junction at the top, when I took my hands off the brakes to pull away, the motor started even though I hadn't even pressed on the pedals or turned the throttle. This is exactly the same as the second throttle that failed -the motor runs non-stop, but when you pedal, the motor cuts out. Switch the throttle off on the bars and the pedal sensor works fine.
Is there anything serviceable inside it - do you think I might be able to fix it - or is it a sealed unit? Alternatively, I'm wondering how hard it would be to fit a different throttle on it (maybe a thumb throttle)? Presumably I could just change the throttle that's on there for a normal handgrip.
I don't even use the throttle that often - does anyone have any idea why I could be going through them so quickly? Is it a weak design - maybe I could be exerting too much force on the bars when I'm going uphill or something?
If it comes to it, I might just live without it completely - but I do miss it for taxi-ing around tight corners on some cycle routes and for the occasional racing start off the mark combined with all the pedal power I can muster at the traffic lights. I just hate having to lose the bike for a few days everytime the LBS fits a new one.
Any suggestions please would be gratefully received!
The third throttle on my Powacycle Windsor bit the dust this morning .... I hadn't even gotten around to taking the cellophane off of it. It's only survived a couple of hundred miles. I wasn't even using it at the time - I had just cycled up one of the steepest hills on my morning commute and stopped at the junction at the top, when I took my hands off the brakes to pull away, the motor started even though I hadn't even pressed on the pedals or turned the throttle. This is exactly the same as the second throttle that failed -the motor runs non-stop, but when you pedal, the motor cuts out. Switch the throttle off on the bars and the pedal sensor works fine.
Is there anything serviceable inside it - do you think I might be able to fix it - or is it a sealed unit? Alternatively, I'm wondering how hard it would be to fit a different throttle on it (maybe a thumb throttle)? Presumably I could just change the throttle that's on there for a normal handgrip.
I don't even use the throttle that often - does anyone have any idea why I could be going through them so quickly? Is it a weak design - maybe I could be exerting too much force on the bars when I'm going uphill or something?
If it comes to it, I might just live without it completely - but I do miss it for taxi-ing around tight corners on some cycle routes and for the occasional racing start off the mark combined with all the pedal power I can muster at the traffic lights. I just hate having to lose the bike for a few days everytime the LBS fits a new one.
Any suggestions please would be gratefully received!