Gavin

Are you turning the crank by hand with the back wheel off the floor, expecting to feel the motor "kick in"? If so, don't forget it's a torque-sensing motor. It detects the twist in the crank to sense torque, then multiplies it. If there's no resistance on the back wheel you won't twist the crank enough to activate the torque sensor. Depending on your display, you can activate "walk assist" to test the motor. Or just use the throttle if you've got one...

If you like every other aspect of your MTB then an alternative to two bikes would be two wheelsets. Set 1- fat rims/ knobblies/ lower-geared cassette for off-road. Set 2- thinner rims/ road tyres/ raised gearing for road work. Less clutter in the garage and it gives you a spare set of wheels if you ever get a puncture/ broken spoke and need a quick turnaround...

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Posts like this surface quite regularly Geoff and it seems that a lot of bike shops are scared of trying to fix ebikes. In my opinion that's a poor business model because it's an emerging market for them. I also think there's a degree of prejudice towards Chinese products in the market. I'm not familiar with your particular bike so I'm just going to give general advice. Firstly, be aware that ebikes always break in some way (even if it's just a puncture). Once you accept that fact, you need to decide what you'll do every time it breaks because costs can soon mount up if you pay someone else to fix it every time. Personally, I believe that knowledge is far more powerful than money. In this situation I'd recommend the following. If you've got a bad back, buy a bike stand (approx 30 quid) so you're comfortable. If you haven't got tools, buy some basic ones (20-40 quid will cover everything you'll ever need for a bike). NOTE-This initial outlay shouldn't be viewed as a COST but as an INVESTMENT because it will genuinely save you money over the course of bike ownership (use that line to justify the spend to your missus!). Finally- have faith in your skills. You say you're a good cook/ baker. In my experience, fixing a problem on a bike is a damn sight easier than cooking a roast dinner!

Welcome Dan It would be worth doing a brief "build report" (in the conversion kit section of the forum) letting people know the kit you used, the bike you fitted it to, any challenges you faced and learns from the experience. It would also be worth mentioning your own knowledge/ experience level and how hard you found the installation. A lot of people seem to think that the kits can only be fitted by engineers (not true) and that puts them off buying them.

Welcome to the forum Bowser. Just a bit of info that will (hopefully) save you some aggro- you don't need to remove the wheel to fix a puncture. Break the tyre bead over the outside of the rim, pull the tube outside, find/ fix the puncture. Reassembly is the reversal of removal. Obviously this won't work if you need to replace the tube for any reason, although you can use gaadi tubes instead.

This is useful to know. If VFR's glued up spoke fails on a steep downhill, he'll be able to repair his teeth with this stuff

Let us know if it holds up. Sounds like useful stuff for my motorbike emergency bodge kit. Did you key the metal first or just slap the glue straight on the smooth spoke?

The added bonus is that (now you've fixed your glasses) you can use the UV torch to check for forged bank notes

Interesting. I know everyone's working from home nowadays but this guy is taking it a bit far- working from his car. Poor fella

The golden rule with fault-finding is to eliminate as many variables as possible. It sounds like your brother is a variable. You therefore need to eliminate him

If you don't mind a bit of tinkering, go to a big council-run tip and look in their metal recycling. You'll be amazed (or deeply depressed) by the bikes that people throw away, some of them completely functional. You might have to chuck a fiver at one of the staff for their beer fund... If you re not quite that desperate, check out freecycle or local charity bike-fix projects...

Are you dead set on a Bafang? If not there's also the Tongsheng TSDZ2 available for a mid-drive conversion. It's a very different proposition to the Bafang as it uses torque sensing rather than cadence sensing but it might be what you're after...

When you say you cannot yet ride a bike, do you mean that literally? If so I would recommend you get a cheap/ free (non electric) bike from freecycle/ gumtree/ ebay and try one out in various environments. I say that because new electric bikes rapidly depreciate in value. If you buy one and decide you don't like cycling then you'll lose money trying to sell it. Another possibility is that you'll enjoy riding, but might be nervous/ scared in traffic meaning that you want to only ride off road. This would then influence your choice of electric bike i.e. a folding bike MAY not be suitable.

Very impressive [mention=6303]Woosh[/mention]- you've earned a cup of tea for that one!