What charging sockets are out there that work well with this frame ? The housing for the one I have from Aliexpresss is little small and I have used a couple washers to make it work. Also, a four pin would be useful to allow an extender battery to use the same port.
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Can confirm the bearing presses directly into the frame and the bearing sits directly on the crown race. No cups.
The bearing surfaces are angled to recess into the frame and match the crown race
I’m in New Plymouth, you are most welcome to check it out!!
I’m not a great mountain biker or “bike guy” but I have some good friends who I ride with who are. All very impressed with the frame look, geometry and quality.
My motor was supplied with a different set of cables. I have a 8pin next to the power supply which changes to a five pin into the handlebar display (I have no idea what happens to the other 3 pins?). The display then daisy chains to the switch.
On the back of the motor there is a 8 pin for the...
Sorry, not sure about the speed as I haven’t been able to get it running for more than a couple seconds before the speed sensor trip stops the motor. The speed sensor connectors don’t match. Should have it going in a few days though…
Overall very happy with the frame, the only issues I have with the frame is mounting the motor. The bolt nearest the battery has some bushings to go in which are practically impossible to install, anyone found an way?. It is a very tight fit with the motor housing and they won’t sit in without...
Some motor internal pics, thought I had a motor connection issues to resolve, but was my battery!
A lot of grease in the controller which is not ideal?
Yes the tires are relatively heavy. The areas where weight could be reduced are the tires, cranks, bafang chainring spider, dropper, and perhaps titanium bolts? probably another ~ 1kg
The standard bafang chainring, bolts and spider are very heavy (all steel) - a bit strange given the efforts to...