Osho

What went wrong?

Mine has started to become noisy again thought not clunking as before. Sadly it's now out of warrenty.

I dropped into the 50 Cycles store in Shoreham by Sea to ask the ever affable Charles Martin why my second chain should have stretched significantly after a couple of hundred miles. I mentioned that the first chain was replaced under guarantee at their Bristol branch after three hundred miles as it had worn to its limits. He suggested that I might have been over lubricating the chain as this could attract dust and grit which would account for excessive wear. I had a larger sprocket fitted from new, on his advice, to give me a slightly higher gearing and I am wondering if this could be cutting into the chain and causing the excessive wear. Please don't laugh, too much, at my ignorance but it does seem odd that two chains have 'malfunctioned'. Any comments would be very welcome.

80+ miles in eco. Problems of clacking motor resolved after software fix but I still have nagging doubts about the motor as sometimes it becomes relatively noisy but on other ocassions it reverts to 'normal'.

I saw so many different makes of bikes in France this summer that I started to photograph them.

They delivered it to my home. I watched their videos on setting up your bike but there were so many niggling adjustments that were beyond my level of competence. Thanks to member oriteroom whom I met through this site and who lives near me, most of these were fixed with his help and advice . However it was only after I took the bike to Bristol (twice) that the spokes were rebalanced (?) chain replaced and software updated that I am now happy with my bike. Had this been a car I would have rejected it as not being fit for purpose.

[ Yes just a nut and a washer but you have to remove the light in order to reattach a new one which was just another one of those frustrating experiences I could have done without.

Correct: lots of small niggling things like a missing nut from the rear mudguard which I only realised when out on a ride and heard a rubbing sound.Somehow my bike had slipped through its pre-delivery inspection and I suspect , no evidence of course, that having asked for a larger sprocket to give me slightly higher gear, that was carried out but in doing so the normal preparation was missed.My cousin and wife who live in Germany both have the same model and not experienced any problems at all. I am about to buy my wife an eb but will do so from a local dealer because living so far from 50Cycles has been the cause of much of my frustration.

I've not noticed lower power, everything seems to be a lot smoother than before. Harry also fitted a new chain as mine had stretched after just 500 miles but I don't know if this played a part in the clanking noise I was experiencing. Altogether the bike is now fine but it certainly had not received a pre delivery service and I feel this reflects badly on the company.

My motor problems seem to have stopped after I took it to Bristol and had the software updated. There is a very knowledgeable electronic's student who works there at weekends called Harry Gyurgyak who knows his stuff and is very helpful.

I was surprised how many ebs I saw in France over the summer and noticed that French postmen are now supplied with an electric bike on which to do their rounds

I suffered a similar fault which was only corrected when the software was updated. Now after a year of clicking and clacking all seems well. Hope this helps.

Very impressive.

For what it's worth I wish I had a bike with much higher gearing or better still a wider range of gears.

50Cycles fitted a 19 sprocket for me before delivery but failed to shorten the chain so I had to have that done (wish I'd known about chain tensioners) Motor cuts out at 17MPH -could that be because I have 28 as compared to your wife's 26 wheel oriteroom?)