Had a terrific trip on the Salisbury today, arriving at my destination to attend to business, (successfully on this occasion, should have a bit more coming in), but the battery had a hissy fit, three-quarters of the way back home. The bike has been off the road all week while I made adjustments to the handlebars, hacksawed my way through stubborn bolts, and fitted a pair of beautiful Transz X mini bar ends - so light, whilst waiting to be fitted I had to tie them down with string to stop them floating away. 
- At a stroke they solve two problems for straight handlebar e-bike owners.
a) They provide a multitude of additional positions for your hands, why don't e-bike retailers fit them as standard?
And
b) Most importantly for me, they allow you to stretch out a little when the need arises.
Had to hacksaw off the ends of the throttle grip and the other grip too, just to allow the bar ends to fit; wrapped old inner-tube round the hard plastic grips - bootiful now, if I can wean myself off inner-tube comfort I'll cover them with proper cork handlebar tape at some point.
Anyway, and maybe because I was enjoying 'stretching out' on the bike at long last, I found that when I set out I was storming away, zooming up steep slopes, belting along ordinary roads. The wind direction must have been in the right direction or something because I was on the smallest sprocket the whole way! Never done that before! Unbelievable ride! 10 or 12 miles or so at between 15 mph and 20mph I'd guess, (still no replacement c/computer). And it felt assisted also - I know, I know, it cuts out at 15 mph - but it didn't FEEL like it had.
Then on the way back with two lights still showing all power evaporated and I was returned to earth a mere mortal; like chugging through cement - what a difference! Crossed a busy pelican-controlled intersection and slowed up to let some pedestrians pass by; the 'rest period' for the battery seemed to do the trick because immediately I felt the power returning and it helped assist me the rest of the way home without any further cause for concern.
Later this evening I popped out to the late night shopping centre (2 miles or so), and again it behaved faultlessly as I luxuriated in my thick and cushy home made inner-tube handlebar tape.
Have I been exhausting the battery to nil too often? (habit of long rides that exceed the batteries full charge ie., more than 27 miles per ride on average).
Tonight I've slapped it on charge whilst there's still two lights showing. (The Salisbury only sports three lights in total).
- At a stroke they solve two problems for straight handlebar e-bike owners.
a) They provide a multitude of additional positions for your hands, why don't e-bike retailers fit them as standard?
And
b) Most importantly for me, they allow you to stretch out a little when the need arises.
Had to hacksaw off the ends of the throttle grip and the other grip too, just to allow the bar ends to fit; wrapped old inner-tube round the hard plastic grips - bootiful now, if I can wean myself off inner-tube comfort I'll cover them with proper cork handlebar tape at some point.
Anyway, and maybe because I was enjoying 'stretching out' on the bike at long last, I found that when I set out I was storming away, zooming up steep slopes, belting along ordinary roads. The wind direction must have been in the right direction or something because I was on the smallest sprocket the whole way! Never done that before! Unbelievable ride! 10 or 12 miles or so at between 15 mph and 20mph I'd guess, (still no replacement c/computer). And it felt assisted also - I know, I know, it cuts out at 15 mph - but it didn't FEEL like it had.
Then on the way back with two lights still showing all power evaporated and I was returned to earth a mere mortal; like chugging through cement - what a difference! Crossed a busy pelican-controlled intersection and slowed up to let some pedestrians pass by; the 'rest period' for the battery seemed to do the trick because immediately I felt the power returning and it helped assist me the rest of the way home without any further cause for concern.
Later this evening I popped out to the late night shopping centre (2 miles or so), and again it behaved faultlessly as I luxuriated in my thick and cushy home made inner-tube handlebar tape.
Have I been exhausting the battery to nil too often? (habit of long rides that exceed the batteries full charge ie., more than 27 miles per ride on average).
Tonight I've slapped it on charge whilst there's still two lights showing. (The Salisbury only sports three lights in total).
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