Andy Bluenoes

Well, another 6 months of trouble free cycling have flown past. The bike is really doing me proud, absolutely love it. With the rising costs of petrol, makes me even happier to cycle into work every day. Ive done almost 5000 miles on the bike now, had no major troubles at all. I have bought a new 17.5 ah battery to rotate with my regular 13ah, which will give me lots of extra miles when spring and summer come around. I can get around 45 miles between the two batteries, with one in my bag, and thats running everything on "super mad" mode ;-) Looking forward to some nice runs out this year. Ive decided to give the bike a complete refresh too, its going into the local bike shop next week. A bit more than the regular replacing of brake pads, chains etc, its having some real love :-) New front forks, brake rotors, derailleur, hangar, chain all that kind of thing. Would like to say a big thanks to Kris from Oxygen and everyone else there for the great service, even after 2 and a half years, the service offered excels. Ordered my spares ready for next week, and they are here on time every time, cant beat it.

I'm sure it will do you proud :-) Not updated the thread for ages again. Bike still going extremely well, had it for over two years now, no major faults to report, just the regular changing of wearing parts to keep it in best condition. Think I've done over 3000 miles on it now

Hi there Thanks' for the nice comments about the thread :-) Yes, both models I have had include the throttle. It might be an optional extra on both bikes, but can easily be added on if you were to buy a second hand one without. On both my old and new bikes, the throttle was setup to take you up to, shall we say a good speed, rather than the default walking pace. I do know that Oxygen have changed the LCD control panel on the newest models, which means the bike cannot be derestricted, probably (but i cant confirm) stopping you from increasing the throttle speed. The Mk1 and early Mk2 models had the original LCD screen which could easily be derestricted, including setting the throttle to take you past the walking speed. It might be having a word with Oxygen, Im sure they will be happy to clarify. Hope that helps Andy

Thanks, appreciate the info.

Seeing as the police cant manage to police the laws against the multitude of scallies zooming around on their powered scooters, I dont think I have anything to worry about.

I dont think they sell them to be honest, I believe it was one they got in as a demo with the view to stocking, but I dont think that happened. They are really helpful though, if you contact them, they make be able to point you in the direction of the source.

Ive now clocked up 3000 miles on the MTB 2, and going as strong as ever. I replaced the rear calliper the other day, for the cost of a new one it was easier than keep cleaning the old one out and teasing it back into working properly. Did the UK cycle for diabetes as part of a small team, Team Oxygen Bicycles, all of using Oxygen bikes for our mileage. Was really enjoyable, with plenty of motivation from within the team to hit our targets. We managed between us to rack up enough miles to be at the top of the overall distance leaderboards which was very satisfying, and testament to these bikes. https://cycle.diabetes.org.uk/teams/team-oxygen-bicycles Ive yet to come across anyone who has much wrong to say about Oxygen, and its good to see that they have gone from strength to strength, especially over the last year of complete weirdness.

Very late reply.....almost a year and what a year we have had! Yes, its a hope light, really really good, expensive but worth it. The bike is going as strong as ever still, just about to hit 2500 miles. Nowhere near as many miles this year, working from home still so thats knocked it down quite a bit, plus the horrible weather hasnt enticed me out as often. Hopefully that will change over the next few weeks. Did my first real major service on it at the weekend. First new chain being the only bought item, the rest just adjusting and cleaning up. Had a problem of late with the rear brake, just not biting very well, despite new pads. Turns out that the rear calliper had seized up on one side, problem due to less use. Soon sorted out with a good clean up and works as good as new again. Ive enrolled on a charity event in April to hopefully encourage me to get out on it more. The hardest thing of late is finding different places to go. Being stuck in, I seem to have covered every square mile within a reasonable radius.

Clocking up the miles rapidly now, go out most days to get a fix of fresh air, anything between 13 and 25 miles. I can just about do 25 miles or so on the 13ah battery, which is quite impressive, but i do have to give it a bit of welly to do that. Tempted to upgrade to the 17ah but not made my mind up yet. Probably depend how long I have to work from home for as Im sure when im back commuting the miles will drop and hardly worth the expense. Got myself a nice bag that fits under the frame for my phone, keys a carton of juice for the diabetic hypo fix, and the all important ecig :-) Couple of latest pics Amazing what you can fit in a small shed :-)

Just sent you a PM

Wow. Those are bright. Not seen anything like that before

A few pics after a bit of a clean and service this morning. Been using that muc off no water stuff...have to say I was really sceptical about it, but it works really well...and has that lovely bubble gum smell I remember as a kid :-)

The nut on the battery itself hasnt worked itself a bit loose has it? I would imagine that could make a difference

Hit 1300 miles now on the bike. Clocking them up quite quickly now as I'm feeling the need to get out of the working from home once a day. The last week has given me some time to test a loan battery from Oxygen, while they took at look at the problem with mine. The loan was a 17.5 ah battery, so quite a bit meatier than my 13ah. Have done a few runs on it, around the 26 mile mark, and the range has been a big bonus for me as Ive just not wanted to go home at the end of a ride! I do run the bike as high powered as it will go, and its looking like I could comfortably do 30 miles on the 17.5 battery, whereas the 13ah I would be looking around 20. A big difference. Oxygen have since replaced my battery, rather than return me the fixed old one. It turned out that there was a dead cell in it. Back to my 20 mile runs now :-( One day, I will upgrade the battery :-) No other issues with the bike at all, its been brilliant. Finally got my seating position right now, and it feels very comfortable. Cant remember if I mentioned before that I removed the front derailleur as I never changed the front gear, and it did rattle a bit. I couldn't be bothered to adjust it, and the extra space on the handlebars has been useful. I did put a chain stay on the front gears in place of the derailleur as the chain occasionally dropped onto the smaller cogs without it.

This is the one i got: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07X2523BL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Not available at the moment, but there are loads about very similar.