Espresso vecchio
Guru
- Location
- South Norfolk
This is a good news story....
Although a happy road biker, I have been very impressed by my wife's electric bike. She complains that I ride it more than her (true, even though it is too small for me). I have just bought an immaculate crossbar version of the same bike for myself, a Raleigh Motus Tour, on Gumtree which has done less than 1000 miles, and cost less than 40% of the new price. My OCD nature thought it odd that the Schrader valve stem on the rear wheel was half the length of the one on the front, so I decided to fix it. In any case I was removing the wheel to fit a smaller rear sprocket just as I did for my wife's bike. As an aside the model is very under-geared and the top gear's gear inches were almost the same as 5th gear on the derailleur version. The seller happened to tell me that the LBS had just fitted new tyres, nice new Contis, as he didn't like the factory Mitas ones.
The valve stem problem was caused by it not going cleanly though the rim tape, and easily fixed. The surprise good news was a Gaadi inner tube, also badly fitted by the LBS who had made the ends overlap by 10cm. All easily fixed.
So, no dramas or problem if I get a rear puncture!
It's a lovely ride too....
Although a happy road biker, I have been very impressed by my wife's electric bike. She complains that I ride it more than her (true, even though it is too small for me). I have just bought an immaculate crossbar version of the same bike for myself, a Raleigh Motus Tour, on Gumtree which has done less than 1000 miles, and cost less than 40% of the new price. My OCD nature thought it odd that the Schrader valve stem on the rear wheel was half the length of the one on the front, so I decided to fix it. In any case I was removing the wheel to fit a smaller rear sprocket just as I did for my wife's bike. As an aside the model is very under-geared and the top gear's gear inches were almost the same as 5th gear on the derailleur version. The seller happened to tell me that the LBS had just fitted new tyres, nice new Contis, as he didn't like the factory Mitas ones.
The valve stem problem was caused by it not going cleanly though the rim tape, and easily fixed. The surprise good news was a Gaadi inner tube, also badly fitted by the LBS who had made the ends overlap by 10cm. All easily fixed.
So, no dramas or problem if I get a rear puncture!
It's a lovely ride too....