So after a bit over a thousand miles one of my
pedals has developed a bit of a click its bearings are a bit on the wobbly side
shouldn't wobble like that so I shall take it off and replace it or attempt to
Its the right-hand one so it's a right-hand thread
Yeah, oh - it's a bit... catches occasionally that bearing.
So I've got a pair of cheap Chinese replacements, that's the right-hand one it's a slightly
different action this one, the other ones you pulled out to flip them over these ones you
push them in to flip them out
but should work just as well and you just thread it in
So hopefully this one won't click as i go around
Yes, that's certainly a lot better. I might as well replace the other one while I am at it.
It should be a left-hand thread so I will need to turn it that way.
So, not too bad for less than GBP £8 for the pair
Great! - That should do it. Shortly after that you know I felt was a bit more noise coming from the
from the steering and just now it developed quite a lot of rock in the headstock bearing
should be fairly easy to dismantle there's a
there's a bolt down through the top of the the headstock which is accessible with the flip over
handlebars and these cables won't get in the road because I can remove the whole
handlebar assembly just unclamp it.
so ....
Just got a clamp that pulls up - tightens it up.
Threaded on ring - the question is .....
Can we just tighten up that lock ring?
That could just be it. Just needed that ring tightened up. Yep! - That seems okay
Don't want to tighten it too much.
That seems okay. That's it.
Drop that back in and tighten it up.
Actually need to align the steering
Well, that was an easy fix. Just needed the bearing ring at the top tightened up.
So it's uh - just another maintenance item on the bike obviously.
The only maintenance I tend to do is clean and oil the chain on a fairly regular basis.
If it's out in the wet, give it a spray down with some gt85 and it just gives it a clean and a bit of protection
uh - The only other bits I've adjusted - I've adjusted the brakes uh when I got it they were
rubbing very slightly so just a case of backing the pads out slightly and adjusting the cable
and I've also adjusted the rear derailleur gear on the rear, the engagement of that,
so that it would get all the gears. It was kind of reluctant to go into fifth gear on the way up
Keeps a good charge in the battery. It never takes long to recharge because
I tend not to run the battery down. When I come back in,
it's probably still in all five bars on the gauge. So you get all five bars here
If I'm going up a steep hill, you know, after about 20 kilometers or so
it'll drop a couple of bars usually down to about three bars if it's really toiling up a hill
but then you get back on the flat, it recovers to five bars again
Most of the riding I'm doing, I have the assist turned off, just using the pedals
If I want the lights on and the horn operatable - operative that's a word
I need to have the thing switched on usually on the lowest setting
and if I'm feeling a bit tired I can always put it on to the medium setting and cruise along
at 15 kilometres an hour, pedalling away and if I'm in a real hurry, if the rain's coming, i can go into the
third setting and i can pedal quite easily 20 kilometers an hour
i haven't got the power assist switched on at the moment
started off in sixth gear there
So, zip along at 20 kilometres an hour.
Switch on the power assist using the centre button, hold it in and it starts off in its lowest assist mode
and just cycle along without any effort there and it's 10 kilometres an hour on that level.
So we can bump it up to the second one and now it's seeing 15 kilometres an hour and if we go for the third one
It's sitting at 20 kilometres an hour. If we want to go any faster on the motor use the hand throttle
It's seeing 23 to 24 kilometers an hour
switch the assist off again
and get some exercise
A bit of a steep climb up here. Drop a couple of gears.
This is part of the cycle network here. This road runs along from Clackmannan to Dunfermline.
An 11-mile route, part of the national cycle network route 764. It's an old railway line
This is as far as the railway line part of the track goes.
The railway line continued straight on into Alloa but
we have to take a bit of a detour
Alloa Tower - very nice
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