Hello all,
My eZee Quando II is not happy at all at the moment. It all started on Monday when my journey to uni and back was in the pouring rain. The symptoms began on my way home on Monday and haven't improved since.
The motor now makes a horrible growling sound most of the time - imagine an old rickety 50cc scooter and that's probably what it sounds like when I cycle past you! It's clearly vibrating a lot as I can feel the vibrations through the saddle, and the power I'm getting from it is definitely reduced.
I brought my bike inside lastnight (it's normally left outside as I live in a flat), as I assumed the motor was waterlogged or something. I also gave it a bit of a clean up this morning as it was pretty grubby after going through all those muddy puddles! There has been very little, if any, improvement though. I struggled to uni and back today mainly without using the power (which with no gears isn't much fun!). I think tomorrow I'll have to resort to the bus...
I know it's difficult to tell from a written description, but does anyone have any idea what might be wrong? I've never had a major problem with my bike and as such am not sure where I could take it for repair - I know regular bike shops are reluctant to look at e-bikes and this is an electrical problem anyway. Does anyone know anywhere in the Southampton area that may be able to help?
The bike is now over 6 years old - I bought it from a friend a couple of years ago - and I'm starting to wonder whether this might be something terminal and I'll have to start looking for a new one. If that's the case I may come here for some advice as I'm a little out of date on what's available these days!
Thanks everyone for a great forum,
Cocoa
My eZee Quando II is not happy at all at the moment. It all started on Monday when my journey to uni and back was in the pouring rain. The symptoms began on my way home on Monday and haven't improved since.
The motor now makes a horrible growling sound most of the time - imagine an old rickety 50cc scooter and that's probably what it sounds like when I cycle past you! It's clearly vibrating a lot as I can feel the vibrations through the saddle, and the power I'm getting from it is definitely reduced.
I brought my bike inside lastnight (it's normally left outside as I live in a flat), as I assumed the motor was waterlogged or something. I also gave it a bit of a clean up this morning as it was pretty grubby after going through all those muddy puddles! There has been very little, if any, improvement though. I struggled to uni and back today mainly without using the power (which with no gears isn't much fun!). I think tomorrow I'll have to resort to the bus...
I know it's difficult to tell from a written description, but does anyone have any idea what might be wrong? I've never had a major problem with my bike and as such am not sure where I could take it for repair - I know regular bike shops are reluctant to look at e-bikes and this is an electrical problem anyway. Does anyone know anywhere in the Southampton area that may be able to help?
The bike is now over 6 years old - I bought it from a friend a couple of years ago - and I'm starting to wonder whether this might be something terminal and I'll have to start looking for a new one. If that's the case I may come here for some advice as I'm a little out of date on what's available these days!
Thanks everyone for a great forum,
Cocoa