RobertBurton

Thanks that's brilliant

Hi, where did you buy the 15ah battery from? Did it fit in the original rack ok with the current connection etc? Cheers Rob

Hi, I've got the aurora. I'm 31, 6' and 96kg. I ride 18.5 miles to work recharge the battery when I'm there and then ride home. I'm pretty fit and can do my commute in about 50 minutes. My average speed is around 22mph with moderate effort from me. Quite happy with it just having a few issues with loose spokes but everything else has be solid! Hope this helps Regards, Rob

I'm with Plusnet fibre optic. I was quoted a download of 53Mbps but I in fact get 70Mbps + and 17-18Mbps upload. Well happy with customer care too http://www.speedtest.net/result/2423957908.png

Hello Gents, I'll try and give them a little tighten up tonight and see what happens I do put quite a bit of my own force into the crank plus the power of the hub motor. Maybe I'll have to make the wheel/spokes a thing I do frequently with my maintenance schedule. Thanks again, this forum is great!! Cheers, Rob

Hi, Had a look at the spokes today. Where they cross, none of them touch so I'm sure it's not that making the pinging noise. Some feel quite loose compared to others. Should I tighten all the spokes by half a turn and see what happens? Cheers

I tried registering on here 3 times - then I finally sent the admin an email and 2 weeks later I got activated. A bit Slooooooow :-/

Excellent, I'll give that a go Cheers

Hello everyone, I've just had my account activated so I wanted to say "Hi" and give you a little review of my eBike etc. Well, I'm Rob, 30 (6' 96kg) and I ride a full carbon road bike for fitness and fun and wanted to commute to work 2-3 times a week on a bike. However, it's approximately 19 miles there and 19 miles back. When I'm relatively fit I can average 17-18mph on my road bike but I didn't want to be on my bike any longer than a hour getting to work and I didn't want to be hot and sweaty either. I actually stumbled across Ebikes on youtube and thought this could be my answer. I eventually decided on an Alien Aurora as it had a little more kick than the others as I needed to get to work in under an hour and feel fresh for work too! The pictures on their website of the Aurora put me off a little as it looked a bit weird with the upright handlebars and MASSIVE saddle etc. I knew I could change that and tweak it to look like a mountain bike with panniers. When it got delivered I quickly removed the saddle and stem and purchased mountain bike components to replace them (also removed stand too). I then removed the inner tubes and tyres and fitted Schwalbe marathon Plus tyres and Continental inner tubes. I removed the front light (and the weird spring thingy attached to the frame) also cut the power cable to the motor about 10" from the hub, then put bullet connectors on the wires and liquid electrical tape on the connections...... I then fitted a Lizard Skin chainstay Protector to not only protect the frame from chain slapping but hide the wire from the hub. I also lowered the rack as low as possible to disguise the rear hub The reason I went to all that effort with hub cable was to minimise the time it would take to change the rear tube 'IF' I ever got a puncture as I can't afford to be late for work. I think Alien Ocean should fit this as standard otherwise you'll need to remove the cable from the controller and cut all the cable ties etc - I can't be doing with this!! I started cycling to work around 2 months ago and have had a blast!! With moderate effort I average 22-23mph on high setting, it takes me about 47-50 mins to get there with 2 lights remaining on the battery gauge. I recharge the battery at work so I have plenty of juice on the way home. I did make the mistake about a month ago of believing the battery gauge when it showed 2 bars! I had just finished a night shift and decided to ride home........Well, I got about 8 miles in and the bike started to slow down and then shut off completely!! I had to ride the beast home with no power at 6am and feeling tired from work anyway. I was only doing about 12-13mph and felt like crying - LOL!! You live you learn I suppose :-) Had a real quick question for you guys...... My rear wheel had a very slight buckle from new and the spokes made pinging sound at low speed. My local bike shop had a look and trued it but reckon the spokes were tight enough. They cured the pinging noise and buckle but after 80 odd miles later the pinging sound has return (wheel is still true though). Do the spokes need quite a bit of tension? Any help would be great as my rear wheel sounds a bit like the spoke thingys you got in Kellogg’s Frosties years back :-P Cheers Guys Rob