Set off to work with battery still in charger ?

[hivez]

I suppose it was inevitable now I am charging the battery on my Pro-connect every day. Got up to go to work in a bit of a daze and left the battery on the charger. Trouble is I've been cycling with the battery off till I get to my first hill about 2 miles from my house. I wimped out and went back for it, anyone else done it? Doh!

Dave

 

[flecc]

Yes Dave, on the Lafree I used to own.

Like you I always cycled without power until the first hill, on one route only a few hundred yards away, on another almost three miles away.

Yes, you've guessed it, it was the three mile one where I found out.

That was too far to return, so I walked the very steep hill and completed the round trip under my own steam.

I never did that again though, but have recently made a similar though different mistake which resulted in four miles of hardship without power. What that mistake was is too complicated to explain.
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[keithhazel]

I never did that again though, but have recently made a similar though different mistake which resulted in four miles of hardship without power. What that mistake was is too complicated to explain.
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i hope for your legs it wasnt the Quando involved...

 

[john]

When I read the title I had a vision of you riding down the road with the charger trailing behind you!

 

[rsscott]

With my first electric bike I forgot to switch the charger on at work. When I realised it was already too late so I decided to peddle home anyway. By mile ten I had had enough and phoned 'er indoors to bring out another battery. Unfortunately she missed me in the traffic so I ended up cycling the rest of the journey home.

I never forgot to switch the charger on again, it was like cycling home through treacle! I could barely walk for two days

 

[flecc]

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i hope for your legs it wasnt the Quando involved...

No it was the Lafree, hence my saying I always rode without power until the nearest hill. That's something only a Broadmoor escapee would do with a Quando.
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[RobNYC]

No it was the Lafree, hence my saying I always rode without power until the nearest hill. That's something only a Broadmoor escapee would do with a Quando.
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I LOVE my Quando but THAT is funny Flecc!