Boardman electric bike

[Jet73]

Good after I would just like to point out that Boardman electric bike tyres are rubbish in wet conditions I came off my one this morning on the way to work has any else experienced this please comfrim thank you

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Sorry - do you mean actual Boardman branded tyres - or the tyres they put on the e-bikes?

if the tyres on the bikes - do you know what make they are??

And

Are you OK??

more importantly - is the bike OK!!!

 

[Jet73]

The tyres they put on it yeah I’m ok just bit worried right side of the grips was bent in so I pulled them out and when I’m sat on the bike the bar looks a bit off line I do land in a ditch would I have damaged my forks and frame

 

[wiggydiggy]

Oof!

Check your pressures, I nearly fell the other day as I'd let the rear tyre get low.

 

[Jet73]

My are at 60 psi

 

[Jet73]

My are at 60 psi

My tryes are at 60psi

 

[wiggydiggy]

My are at 60 psi

That's my minimum. Im 6ft and 16.5stone, any lower I can feel it slipping.

 

[Jet73]

I’m. 5 ft 8 and 10 half stone what you I have my ones at

 

[bikingdad90]

Good after I would just like to point out that Boardman electric bike tyres are rubbish in wet conditions I came off my one this morning on the way to work has any else experienced this please comfrim thank you

I hope you and your bike are ok.

Most manufacturers skimp on something to meet a price point. In this case it looks to be the tyres if they are something like the Schwalbe Citizen K-Guard which retail for around £15-20?

Before you can blame the tyres - When you say come off, how did it happen? Was there a pot hole in the road, were you turning and the bike slipped, was there excessive mud or perhaps diesel/fuel on the road? My last off was a tack that I rode over and the bike fell straight over as the wheel blew out, nothing could have stopped it apart from not riding!

I’d had other instances where I’ve over cooked a bend by coming in too fast and when I’ve braked during the corner I’ve felt the bike slide but as I knew I’d made a mistake I was ready for the bike to potentially slide and could correct it; the tyres weren’t at fault, it was me!

 

[Jet73]

Thinking about I did what u did I think my sending you a picture of my bike tell me if anything lookes bent

 

[Jet73]

Thinking about I did what u did I think my sending you a picture of my bike tell me if anything lookes bent

 

[cyberknight]

As said above there are many factors especially in the wet , diesel can be slippy as can white lines .Tyres even the best can be less grippy in poor conditions and its a learning curve about how much you can push it on bends.
Sure cheap tyres can be a bit pants and i hope you and the bike are ok .

 

[cyberknight]

Hard to tell from the pictures do you mean the bars are not in line with the tyre?
if so its a fairly easy job to straighten them by loosening the bolts that hold the stem to the fork and twisting the bars till they are in line with the fork , dont forget to re-tighten !
bolt "d"

 

[Jet73]

Yeah that’s what I mean and the front wheel was tiny buckle does that matter

 

[fossyant]

Diesel spils are the main issue, not tyres. You have to slow down on wet tarmac, as you have no idea of the contamination on the surface - it cn be like ice.