What did you do to your EBike this week?

[Mik3F]

Degreased and lubed the drivetrain.

Not going to get out on it until the 15th now, so making sure its ready for Dyfi

Next things will be fitting the new bars and dropper post

 

[Anders]

Mounted a set of seconhand OneUp pedals, greased the front hub's ball bearings and replaced the front brake pads and washed the bike.
Then rode it

 

[VWsurfbum]

Greased my rear wheel's spoke nipples with linseed oil (no kidding) after those spokes repeatedly getting loose. After ~2.000 km some of the spokes seemingly got loose over night.
That led me to learn the basics on wheels, spokes, tension and truing etc., I bought some tools to measure and correct my wheel's tension, but it didn't seem to help. My rear wheel still emits noises when pedaling due to the torsional forces on the spokes, and some keep losing tension. This trick is my last resort before asking my LBS (who isn't that local) to deal with it.
Anyone else have some recommendations?

Are they alloy rims? do they have eyelets? maybe worth getting the little spring washers that go under the nipples?

 

[Semmelrocc]

Yes and yes. Spring washers are a good idea, but nothing that I'd want to install myself. Am already tempted to buy a new rear wheel altogether ...

 

[Timbo]

Installed the motor in my Levo after repair by @Bearing Man 's French associate, works perfectly.
One of the sprag clutches had fallen apart so went for the full upgrade service.
The belt was starting to crack as well but not bad for around 18,000 km.

 

[Semmelrocc]

Did another test ride to record and localize my back wheel sounds. Turns out it wasn't loose spokes any more, but a loose hub cap on the rear drive side. So hopefully this was the final fix.

 

[Mik3F]

Fitted Burgtec High Rise 50's to the bike, cut down to approx 775-780mm. A little shorter than the 800 I have been riding

Managed to snap a stem bolt so had to replace the entire stem too

 

[JStrube]

I washed mine!

 

[Mik3F]

On Saturday fitted a Magura Wireless dropper to my bike

Replaced my lads brake pads today

 

[Varaxis]

Tightened up the chainring bolts on my Remote 160 and re-experienced the creaking under torque I remember having when I first got the bike. The creaking went away when the bolts were worryingly loose. I didn't have any chainring bolt tool, and the only place I could access the rear slotted interface on the bolts with a flathead screwdriver was behind the motor.

 

[Semmelrocc]

Did a service on my DMR V12 pedals the other day. New bushings and bearings, cleaning and greasing. They had developed a clicking noise under load after ~4.300 km. Clicking is gone now, pedals are ready for another 4.000 . I really like them.

 

[steve_sordy]

I washed my bike. Afterwards, I bounced it on the ground to shake loose any water lurking in any crevices.
The battery fell out!! It landed on the grass, alongside the cover, no harm done. But ...bloody hell!.

The LBS recently (126 miles ago) had to remove the battery to replace the gear cable and I believe, but cannot prove, that they failed to ensure that it wasn't properly secured. (And I never checked it). When I refitted the battery, taking extra care, I checked it by bouncing it again (this time without the cover) and it fell out a second time!! So this time I took even more extra care. This time it worked. I am confident that it is properly secured, oh yes!

Maybe I should put some zip ties around the downtube? Hmm maybe not, have confidence!!

 

[irie]

Took the locks off our Trek Rails and bolted the batteries in with Chipolo ONE Points attached. Saved a lot of weight, won't fall out, and don't rattle.

 

[Stihldog]

Maybe I should put some zip ties around the downtube!

Noooooooooooo…
okay okay , I got triggered again.

Took the locks off our Trek Rails and bolted the batteries in with Chipolo ONE Points attached. Saved a lot of weight, won't fall out, and don't rattle.

Yup, soon. I like that idea.

 

[Amber Valley Guy]

I serviced the RS Yari and installed a Charger 2.1 and also serviced the rear shock. It rides much smoother front and rear. But saying that the 2.1 goes through the travel much quicker than the Yaris motion control, even with the sag set at 20% but it's so much smoother.
Don't get me wrong the 2023 Yari is pretty good and comes with the Lyriks updated airspring and rides nicely but stiffens up to much mid stroke so I hardly ever used much more than say 60% of the travel unless hitting serious chunk. Overall I'm impressed, and worth the £165 I paid from Bike Inn for it...but don't get me started on the price of service kits for a few seals and O rings.

 

[VWsurfbum]

I serviced the RS Yari and installed a Charger 2.1 and also serviced the rear shock. It rides much smoother front and rear. But saying that the 2.1 goes through the travel much quicker than the Yaris motion control, even with the sag set at 20% but it's so much smoother.
Don't get me wrong the 2023 Yari is pretty good and comes with the Lyriks updated airspring and rides nicely but stiffens up to much mid stroke so I hardly ever used much more than say 60% of the travel unless hitting serious chunk. Overall I'm impressed, and worth the £165 I paid from Bike Inn for it...but don't get me started on the price of service kits for a few seals and O rings.

Try the trueTune, thats exactly what it fixes.

 

[2WHLFUN]

Haven’t been able to ride for three weeks due to two sprained thumbs. I installed a Lauf lower headset bearing as a poor man’s steering damper. I ride a Heckler with ZEB fork.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

I connected my phone to it via the e-Tube app and diddled about with the assist settings.

Then I got diddler's remorse and reset it all.

Then I diddled some more and then decided to leave it as it is now and see what it's like on a ride.
I think 15 assist modes in profile 2 might be too many.

 

[p3eps]

Yesterday, I got a second Bike Yoke adapter in the post from Germany, which allows me to fit a SRAM AXS Pod to my Magura brakes matchmaker.

I now have a POD Rocker on the right for changing gear, and a POD Ultimate on the left for my AXS dropper. I have a LH POD Rocker adapter due in the next few days to convert the POD Ultimate to a Rocker type.

Last night, I had to link the XX Transmission derailleur, Reverb dropper post and 2 PODS into 1 system... so that I could re-assign my spare LH POD button to be a ANT+ button. After a bit of googling, and then finding a SRAM video, I got them all into a system. It drove me mad for about 30 mins that I couldn't add the dropper and derailleur onto the same bike on the SRAM app... but got there eventually.

I then set up the ANT+ button (up on the LH POD) to be 'next screen' on a single press, and 'back a screen' on a long press on my Garmin Edge 840. Seems to work well, but I think having the Rocker switch on the dropper will make it feel more like the Reverb controller I just removed.

 

[irie]

Removed Fillmore valves from wife and my bikes and replaced them with Presta valves which is what was there before.

Bye-bye Fillmore valves

As said here: What did you buy your ebike this week? Bought four new Presta valves. Why? Changed four tyres and at same time fitted Fillmore valves. Clogged up several times while injecting Muc-Off tubeless sealant, probably due to Muc-Off sealant particle size. After fitting Fillmore valves...

www.emtbforums.com

 

[glixerd]

Had my Decoy Core 3 just under 1 month

1st job fit my brakes (Hope Duo)
Installed the AXS GX derailleur and shifter from my old bike, rode it rode it and rode it

This week i went tubeless
Crank Bro's rims and Maxxis tyres FTW
No exaggeration i faffed about for 1 month with Schwalbe tyres and crappy Bontrager duster rims on my old bike.

Bought tape, but didn't even need it on the Crank Bro's rims, fantastic.

Cut my handlebars down, wayyyyyy too wide, then have just ridden it

Really really enjoying it
I'm about 150km in a month with around 3200 meters of elevation , so loving it

Ohhhhh and i washed it for the first time the other day



Cheers
Mark

 

[Binhill1]

This was bought a month ago at Mountain Warehouse for caving trips but i thought I would try it out on bike. Only used that since then , perfect just a wipe down if it get dirty and as it's wider it sits really comfortable on the back.. Only £14 .99 what else can I say

 

[irie]

Yesterday did 3 tyre changes on my Rail.

You may be asking why did I do 3 tyre changes when the bike has only two wheels?

Put the front tyre on the wrong way round, only noticed after inserting the axle.

Probably would have worked fine but I'd know and it would always have bugged me.

So after much <expletives deleted> took the tyre off and turned it round.

 

[Binhill1]

Yesterday did 3 tyre changes on my Rail.

You may be asking why did I do 3 tyre changes when the bike has only two wheels?

Put the front tyre on the wrong way round, only noticed after inserting the axle.

Probably would have worked fine but I'd know and it would always have bugged me.

So after much <expletives deleted> took the tyre off and turned it round.

I turn mine around sometimes when they wear off a bit .

 

[RustyMTB]

Then again, we may not be.

 

[cozzy]

Got my fox40 serviced now its the end of my riding season.
Looks like it picked up some grit since i did the lowers 3 months ago.
Fortunately most of the score is inside, so will get away with it for now, but I'll be needing a new bush and stanchion at some point.
Bugger.

 

[Semmelrocc]

Did this to my wife's ebike last weekend: new front tyre Conti Ruban (getting the original Veetyre off the 35 mm rim was a total PITA) and the notorious rear mud guard – in this case by Unleazhed, with coloured decals.

 

[Binhill1]

Did this to my wife's ebike last weekend: new front tyre Conti Ruban (getting the original Veetyre off the 35 mm rim was a total PITA) and the notorious rear mud guard – in this case by Unleazhed, with coloured decals.

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Pretty in pink. I have not had a set of tire levers yet that I haven't broken at least one except metal. Know and tried all the tricks but some are just a nightmare end of story.

 

[JStrube]

Did this to my wife's ebike last weekend: new front tyre Conti Ruban (getting the original Veetyre off the 35 mm rim was a total PITA) and the notorious rear mud guard – in this case by Unleazhed, with coloured decals.

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You guys run some wild mudguards!

 

[Semmelrocc]

Added some personal finish to my derailleur last week after slipping on a wet wooden bridge and doing an almost complete u-turn. I don't know how, but the mech survived despite sliding over rocks at ~10-15 mph. Just scratches and bruises (just like the scratches and phone imprint on my upper leg – I spare you of a pic ...)