Recent content by ChrisB NZ

Very nice! With that car, and a bit of a run on, you could almost ride it up there ?

Great photo. Looks like a beast up there! I don't think I could lift it up there anymore. Well my car roof is about 1.8m high as well ?

Nice. Any plans to do the same for Shimano motors?

Anyone got any idea how Shimano actually assesses/measures battery health? I presume the app is just reading a parameter stored in the BMS. But how is this calculated?

I use an Abus Bordo alarm. It's a decent quality heavy duty folding lock, without being outrageously heavy, and has the added deterrent of an alarm which goes off when anyone fiddles with the bike. Gives a warning beep when someone disturbs the bike even slightly. This is good when stopping at...

Sacre bleu!

We'll find out in a few months :-)

Welcome fellow Kiwi EMTB'er! Where are those shots taken?

Thanks. Interesting. No don’t know Scottish Paul.

Yeah, I'll wait until the warranty is expired (2 years I think). Our ancestors were probably running around together. My father was born in Paisley - but left when he was 3. Been to Scotland once way back in the 80's. What are you running tyre-wise now? Did you wear your first bike out?

Hi there. Come on - what did you get? Tell us.

3rd motor! Must be the Scottish Highlands. All covered under warranty I presume? It seems replacement motors are pretty common for Specialized/Brose bikes but not so much for Shimano. I've heard motors are quite hard to come by - maybe demand is outstripping supply. I'd have a go at fixing it...

5000km is impressive. Any motor problems? It seems that the Shimano Steps gear is pretty reliable. Yeah - maybe if you charged your battery 3 or 4 times per day, you'd get 1,000 charge cycles before it bit the dust - but it would have to last about 20 years for me to get that far!

Now that the Steps system has been around for about 3 years, I'm just wondering what your experiences are with battery life: How many Km's/miles (total) have you got out of your battery so far? How many charge cycles have you done? Have you had to replace a battery yet? Any issues with the...

Should be like new.