söndag 30 september 2018

180930 STEERING BAR MODIFIED TO FIT TALL PERSONS 1700 km

During the last weeks the bike has been wonderful.
It has been running without any problems. Nice :-)
I have been a little bit irritated over the steering bar. It is too low......
After some searching on the internet i found an extender for the steering bar :-)

10 dollar, Easy to fit and now the bike fits me perfect!!


Price 15 000 Sek-Refund from the swedish gouvernment 3500kr= 11500kr

Mudguard 100 Sek
Lock 50 Sek
Saddle 100Sek
Tyre 80 Sek¨
Hose 40 Sek
Break pads 120 Sek
Extender steering bar 100sek
Parts total: 590Sek

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tisdag 4 september 2018

180904 BREAKDOWN NR3, 1048km

Yesterday I finally got my thumb throttle from the dealer. It "only" took 3 months.........
Luckily I put it on when I got it!

Today when going to work the pedal+arm fell off......
UNBELIVABLE......again. How the h-ll have they mounted this bike?


I managed to go with throttle the last 10km to work.
I then tightened it at work but before coming home it was loose again?!?!?
It is clear that it has been loose for a while :-( Look at the contact surfaces....
I have now tightened it like h-ll and added Loctite as well.
Hopefully it will not break again.......


I also had a look at the front brake. This one stopped to work at around 900km.
I ordered new pads and changed them today. When I did that I noticed that the old was ones were good?
Strange!! There was zero breakingforce....

Lets see tomorrow if its working ok now with new pads.....

Price 15 000 Sek-Refund from the swedish gouvernment 3500kr= 11500kr

Mudguard 100 Sek
Lock 50 Sek
Saddle 100Sek
Tyre 80 Sek¨
Hose 40 Sek
Break pads 120 Sek
Parts total: 490Sek

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180817 BREAKDOWN NR2, 726km

Today the chain and sprockets started to behave "strange".
100m from my work I got a flat tyre on top of that...........

After work I filled up the tire and managed to go to Biltema.
Outside Biltema I started to work........

The nut for the rear sprockets had loosened.....
UNBELIVABLE!!!!!
Unfortunately Biltema didnt have the right tool so I had to tight it with a screwdriver. I will contact Cyclotricity to get the to send me the right tool!!
Luckily it was quite easy to put back!!
After that I changed the hose and the tyre.





I managed to get home without asking for assistance :-)
The question is how it could happen? Very bad quality!!!


Price 15 000 Sek-Refund from the swedish gouvernment 3500kr= 11500kr

Mudguard 100 Sek
Lock 50 Sek
Saddle 100Sek
Tyre 80 Sek¨
Hose 40 Sek
Parts total: 370Sek

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180815 BREAKDOWN NR1, 468km

Today when going to work the saddle "fell" of......
I heard a strange sound when the bolt for the saddle "exploded".
Luckily I was holding my hands on the steering bar.
I bought a new saddle and a new stainless bolt.....

Total cost so far:

Price 15 000 Sek-Refund from the swedish gouvernment 3500kr= 11500kr

Mudguard 100 Sek
Lock 50 Sek
Saddle 100Sek
Parts total: 250Sek

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180531 ORDERING A STEALTH 1000W

After some thoughts about using my car when going to work I came to the conclusion that I wanted to make a try to travel to work with an E-bike.
When I looked at the prices I was shocked!!!!
A "nice" E-bike costs more than a good used car.........

I searched around on the net and I found something very interesting :-)
The Stealth 1000w from Cyclotricity.
I searched for comments from users and found some negative and some positive feedback about this bike.

+ Sold as a legal 250W E-bike and can be restricted to 1000w in a simple way.
+ Value for money. A lot of bike for small money.
+Powerful battery

- Shitty brakes.
- Shitty pedals.
- Low quality

I got stuck on the 1000w :-)

It took me some days and then I ordered one from Cykel och Skidexperten in Malmö. The price was 15 000 Swedish kronor.

Then it started...........

I was promised 7-10 days delivery time.
To make a long story short............... It took 1 month and a lot of calls to get the bike.
The good thing was that I was promised to get a thumb throttle for free later on :-)





I looked at the wiring and cable ties. It looked bad :-(



Thats not how you cut cable ties!!!
I also had to rewire some cables to avoid wear on them.
But...... the bike looks cool!!!
The first thing I did was to put on mudguards. 100 Sek at Biltema :-)

After this I started to use it to work. I have 24km to work. I just used it for a couple of days before going on summer vacation.

It is niiiice!!! The motor makes a nasty noice between 20-23km/h but this is "normal" according to what I found on the net..... I will investigate it further later on.......

It is so nice to avoid the cars, cues and stress :-)



Total cost so far:

Price 15 000 Sek-Refund from the swedish gouvernment 3500kr= 11500kr

Mudguard 100 Sek
Lock 50 Sek
Parts total: 150Sek

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220626 - 10 000km!!!!

 My bike has now worked for 10 000km. This is  a big milestone!! I now look at the bike as "paid of". From now on I ride very chea...