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Happy new year from unit pack power
Aight, just watching this Park Tool video on chains. Sounds like if the chain doesn't interfere on the smallest gear, I should be good. https://youtu.be/O0YibMDWBAw?t=60
Also gotta check for slack.
Park tools makes great guides
Just a follow up to my previous messages about the chain. Customer support says it's too short and to bring it back in. Frig. I really need to get a hitch mount for my vehicle. It's a 10km trip to the shop and it's been -30C since Christmas.
at this point might be better to become a bike mechanic
you dont even need that many tools to work on chains
bike wrenching is much cheaper compare to other kinds of vehicle anyways
and doesnt use harsh chemicals
yeah and fairly simple too, but you gotta do it way more often
for regular bikes it's like....every 200 miles or so a chain clean, 6 months wheel true and maaaaaaybe a hub rebuilt
replace pads as wear
what else
I grease my motor every thousand miles so it's not even that much work
cable adjustments, or once a year hydraulic flush
new cassette every couple thousand miles
fork rebuilds if you have a suspension every year or two
Yeah, working on vehicles I can do. Bikes seem to have their own set of specialized tools that are needed. Slowly building them up, but takes time.
15000 miles if u take care of it chain
https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/rws73x/how_do_i_remove_the_back_wheel_seems_like_its/
Reminder to use torque arms
Pinned a message.
saw that before I love how he didnt know how to literally use a wrench to twist it back and would resort to a hammer
seems like a good example to stick to the non-cheapo prebuilds too because that wasn't even a conversion
wow
Which one
it's one of those full suspension folding fat bikes
discord's mad at me because the image is too big
https://preview.redd.it/…c42afa582b0fcc54
from his user feed ~a month ago
wow
yeah that's kinda a shitty bike though
I wish he asked ppl which one to get
https://www.reddit.com/r/ebikes/comments/s79afl/dont_waste_your_money_on_cheap_batteries/
Saw. UPP back at it
`ANY bought battery, open it and check it, upgrade the nickel and wiring to 2x capacity specs.` LOLs
yes, just open up a battery, whip out your spot welder and go at it. Nooo danger theree.
Or yaknow, buy a battery from a reputable company that isn't shit, like EM3EV, and leave the spot welding to people who know how to use the damn things.
Yeah I didn't even know how to respond to that comment... so I didn't...
Bruh you shouldn't have to be an engineer/technician to trust your battery won't burn itself
https://cdn.discordapp.c…63484/image0.png
ooof someone had throttle issues after washing bike on a bafang lcd.
guy comes in and says hes burnt controller getting throttle wet (hes done it twice himself)
??
sure mate you shorted the throttle now it sends 4.2v to controller nonstop as opposed to sending 4.2v to controller until you pull throttle
Lol
bruh what the hell was this guy doing, 5m jumps with no tires???
Bet it was a kerb @Trenavix
Bad spoke tension there
poor lace
had a weak spot
hit the kerb at the exact angle
kek, I have that exact wheel too, voilamart 1500w in the middle and same rim
The way it's dented in looks exactly like a kerb damage
that edge hitting exactly on that spot
must have been going a decent speed to completely cave it in like that, steel spokes all bent lol
yeah
If anything I'm impressed by how efficient rolling threads is vs cutting them (for spoke threading)
Entire rim gets destroyed but nipples still holding
Liverpool smick with a stealth bomber
People need to stop climbing curbs lol.
Rolling threads basically makes all the metal grain 'follow' the thread profile
also you can see a spoke poped opposite of the damage
Or maybe it broke before the damage and was removed? I don't see it anywhere..
Gotta case them kerb
never!!!!
oh next time I'm in the garage, I will pop one of the chinese cells with my welder and record it
it's one of them with a vent cap on negative side
lol.
Please film it!
I want to see it BURN
a reminder to waterproof stuff correctly
whoever installed this clearly didn't :facepalm:
What is it
it's the remains of a car backup camera
it is on the other side and i was surprised the pcb was just exposed usually it's sealed
I put my torque arms back on after doing a repair but I forgot the 2 nut and bolts, luckily I didn't break my frame
Nice
Literally how I view front wheel kits, all sorts of stupid and worse if it's high wattage ones. Usually without a torque arm too. Front kits of any wattage are just a good way to get a concussion. They handle like junk too.
^^. Losing rear traction = weee
losing front traction = AHH CRAP
Leans bike against metal pole
Ah $4!T
clasp slides dont gives him a nice wakeup call
Ride it in the rain, extra challenge
When they stop putting them in the way, okay I will.
Bruh, they put ramps into em like every 30 feet.
Uber\Lime has littered the city with them, here in Denver.
With heavy AF front racks, presumably to weigh down the drive wheel so it slips less! ;D
Part of their licensing to have hundreds of rental foot scooters all over, was contingent on them having a certain percentage of their fleet be ebikes.
LOL no. Not around here at any rate. You're lucky if there's a crosswalk with a ramp; sometimes it just _ends_.
There's a sidewalk a few blocks from me, that ends precipitously with a 6-to-10 inch drop onto light rail tracks. There's an arm to stop traffic, but there's no sidewalk crossing. Every so often, I see someone in an electric wheelchair, merging with car & truck traffic, because that's the only way through.
hahah. yeaaa come to think of it, people walking across the tracks here nearly hit the arm posts or walk into traffic
Its just assumed you drive slowly behind them, or take the oncoming lane..
There's literally no sidewalk across though. It just ends with no warning, you have to get out in the middle of the street, & then about 30 or 50 feet later you can get over on the sidewalk again.
There are other places all around town where the light rail crosses walkways & bikeways almost flush with ground level; hardly a bump crossing it.
This is a drop of death onto bare tracks. Even on foot, I sometimes go out into the street to walk across it.
It's not a low traffic street, either. Traffic light, rail crossing, ~quarter mile of low grade, light rail, stop sign before the park, traffic light at the top of the hill. Cars coming up the hill are often doing about 30 MPH, until they come over the rise far enough to see someone in the road.
And someone in a wheelchair is _low._