General Ebike discussion
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I hope it wasn't someone from the FBU who told you that!!!
The cycle store near Exeter is Partridges and for anyone venturing into Cornwall I can recommend Clive Mitchell Cycles at Summercourt.
It is right on a junction, if heading West, the next proper junction is to the village of Mitchell where the Plume of Feathers pub is to be highly recommended.........................must be forgetting myself talking about visiting Cornwall and pubs!
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We also leave our bikes in villages/towns etc both here and abroad. As long as they are insured and locked it is the risk you have to take. I often take a photo when we leave them showing the locks in position just in case the insurance tried to wriggle out if we needed to claim.
Life is too short to worry about "what may happen".
Nothing nicer than cycling to a town and then exploring on foot.
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And if you fancy a ride over to Newquay the Lewinnick Lodge is same ownership and the food to same high standard.
It does get rammed very often but you can book a table in the restaurant and eat the same food, at the same price, while enjoying the views towards Trevose Head.
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On ours if the battery hasn't been used in over 24 hours it goes into 'deep sleep' mode (bit like me really) and there is a set way of bringing them out of it (again bit like me) by pressing the battery button for a few seconds.
Probably just a full recharge might help, although ours says not to store them with less than 40% showing.
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Yes we went there for Mrs M's birthday a couple of years ago. They gave us a great table in the restaurant overlooking the beach. Very busy that night (I think it was a "steak special" night) and they gave us free desserts and coffee because we'd had to wait so long between courses. A good place for lunch sat outside overlooking Fistral!
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do folk always stay with their cars or MHs when they visit places?
No, but I do with the bike!
Can see that if you are using a bike as your transport to somewhere, and intend leaving it, then a decent lock is vital but that's not how I use the bike.
The ride is for pure enjoyment and not as a means of getting somewhere.If I do stop, and I am on my own it will be somewhere the bike can stay with me or is within sight at all times.
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but often if you want good insurance then you have to get a certain standard of lock for use outside the house, so sometimes no choice really.
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“its just that some days we get off and do further things, sometimes we dont.”
Hi BB, As you say it’s just me, or me and Grandson, and I don’t do further things, other than maybe get a drink, and could not lock the bike as I don’t carry a lock.
Its not restrictive as I don’t want, or intend, to leave the bike.
In your circumstances I would be investing in a decent lock.
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When we are on site and not in use the bikes are on the Thule tow bar rack locked, plus two coil combination locks, and the the bike cover. If the thieves want them then they will have them but at least it will take more time then if just left with a lock round a tree or fencing post, and of course plenty of members about. At night if the pond life try to have them l am sure l would here them
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Hi heethers, my thoughts as well!
Our house is a no shoes zone and even bringing in my battery to charge can trigger a frown if not placed correctly!
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Thank you, that’s the one. We used to stop off in Mitchell and do the PYO before heading to Fowey!
Floor was well protected. He has previous, came home from work one lunch time to find him stripping carburettors off MG down in kitchen😡
Kit from FBU is very nice, half usual Endura prices. I got told off yesterday as well. His Genesis is a “gravel bike” not a hybrid🙄 “Get it right, woman”🤣
We are tempted to head off down canal paths today, but cases are still rising here, and we think they will be too busy to cycle. It sounds as if some cities are doing what they can to help folks cycle a bit safer, Sheffield included. They can’t flatten our hills though, or rid the roads of those with F1 pretensions........
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We got Two Electric Bikes last August to go on the bike rack of our motorhome. We have a 4 bike rack and use the one rail closest to the back of the van plus the third rail from the van to keep them from touching while driving. We do well normally do about 9000 miles a year in the van mainly over 6 months a year in Europe and the electric bikes have been a mega plus for us getting out and about. We mainly go Geocaching and the bikes gives us a much bigger range of places to go to.. Do not go on many sites so a big battery was a must for us and so far it has worked out charging the batteries on the few sites we do use about 1 or 2 nights a week max.
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Further to my post of 18th, I have succeeded in recovering the charge in my batteries which were reading 0.023v, i.e. flatter than a pancake. Initially when connecting the charger LED showed green, so was obviously not accepting a charge. I connected my batteries up to the charger via the output contacts and initially the LED flickered red for a few minutes and then settled to steady red. After about 5 hours, they were up to 42V and 36 hours later holding charge at 41.5v. The procedure doesn't seem to have damaged the circuitry as a quick lap of my cul-de-sac demonstrated. Very pleased to have saved about £700.
Can't guarantee it will work for all battery types, but it might be worth trying to charge via the output contacts.
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