Quick ride this afternoon

[poppy]

Had a quick ride this afternoon with paul sonofwilliam after work. Really enjoying the bike, it's had it's teething issues but they seem to be sorted and its a cracker.

Ride was in our local Nerang State Forest where we were lucky enough to have the Comm games in Aus this year.

This is one part of the games track, nice rock berm.

 

[dan3344]

Had a quick ride this afternoon paul sonofwilliam after work. Really enjoying the bike, it's had it's teething issues but they seem to be sorted and its a cracker.

Ride was in our local Nerang State Forest where we were lucky enough to have the Comm games in Aus this year.
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This is one part of the games track, nice rock berm.

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Nice..Keep sharing !!

 

[DaveMatthews]

That's pretty damn cool!

 

[DarkBlueSheep]

Looks great Poppy!

Out of interest what were the teething problems you experienced with the bike? I pick mine up on Saturday so interested to know what issues you have had so I can look out for them.

 

[Shane]

Looks great Poppy!

Out of interest what were the teething problems you experienced with the bike? I pick mine up on Saturday so interested to know what issues you have had so I can look out for them.

Ditto!

 

[Shane]

Cheers for posting the pics @poppy. Liking the blue pedals. Was planning on that for mine when it gets here, but it’s good to see what it’ll look like. Looks great by the way.

 

[Deleted member 1478]

Whoa no knee pads! Cool boardies but.

 

[poppy]

Looks great Poppy!

Out of interest what were the teething problems you experienced with the bike? I pick mine up on Saturday so interested to know what issues you have had so I can look out for them.

G'day mate, nothing major, on my 1st ride bike was great for about 15klms, then started turning itself off. I rode another 9klms and it did this 8 times. Would alway's switch back on no worries, more frustrating. Then when i got home i thought i would read the manual and whislt reading, throw it on charge. The charger went pop and that was that. Bike shop has looked after me well and have been helpful the whole time, gave me another charger and sent the other one back to Giant. They got onto Giant about the bike turning off and they kept insisting it was the battery lock. Second ride same things happening at about a similar distance. Back to the shop only this time i took a video of it happening so i could so the shop. Only this time Paul's bike dis the same thing, so they both went back. The boy's at the shop were back onto Giant again. Same thing, battery lock. Anyway, long story short, they re-adjusted everything and we went riding again and have no more issues at the moment.

 

[poppy]

Whoa no knee pads! Cool boardies but.

Paul is a bit of a trend setter ?, nah we don't wear guards, pretty casual mate. I was only saying to a mate the other day, with our motorbikes, we wear helmets, body armour, boots etc, we jump on these strap a foam esky to our heads and off we go, pretty funny.

 

[DarkBlueSheep]

Glad the shop is looking after you, still a bit of a pain in the arse im sure, hopefully it's not a reoccurring issue.

 

[Noddy]

What sort of range are you getting out of the battery?

 

[poppy]

Glad the shop is looking after you, still a bit of a pain in the arse im sure, hopefully it's not a reoccurring issue.

Yeah i hope so as well. I really enjoy the bike. Will go for a peddle tomorrow arvo and see how it goes again. New charger works, that's a bonus.

 

[poppy]

What sort of range are you getting out of the battery?

To early to tell mate, i only use it on the 1st power setting and so far on 4 seperate rides approx 24-25klms with about 420mtr elevation on the tracks in the same area as the above pics it has used 1 light out of 5. So a theoretical 100 klms, but terrain, harder climbing all sorts of variables would vary battery usage. Would imagine on boost it would dissappear pretty quickly, they have heaps of torque and motor pretty well in 5.

 

[Noddy]

Yeah, i was surprised did 15km on monday morning with 340m of elevation, using high on all the climbs and 3 on the flat and only used 2 lights in the hour ride.

 

[poppy]

Cheers for posting the pics @poppy. Liking the blue pedals. Was planning on that for mine when it gets here, but it’s good to see what it’ll look like. Looks great by the way.

Yeah, trying to make it look a bit different to all the others is gunna be costly.?

 

[Henry#40]

I've also had mine turn itself off on several rides. It has behaved itself the last 10 rides without turning off though. Do you know what adjustment they made on the battery lock?

 

[StevenM]

Great pics mate.

Do t know how I missed the post

Re the battery lock, so basically they believe that th beater was coming or jarring loose due to the lock and hence shutting down?

So they adjusted how?

Have had no dramas with mine as yet .

 

[poppy]

Yeah, apparently the lock adjustment has to be just right or the movement will shut it down. My battery is locked in a lot firmer now, which is noticeable when removing and installing the the battery. I had another issue the other day with the switch powering up after i washed the bike. I washed it with some soapy water in a spray bottle and rinced it off with a bucket of fresh water and a sponge, then chamois dryed it. The bike actaully switched itself on and would not turn off without battery removal. Then all the lights on the switch came on. I actually pressed the buttons with the battery removed and had the switch light up as well, so seems like a capacitor held charge. They have a new switch on order for me.

I went for another ride on Thursday afternoon and did 21klms with 451mtrs of climbing and the bike went awesome, not a single issue.

Paul is a pretty happy camper

 

[poppy]

Good stuff guys, I'm lovin that there is a great aussie contingency here. I just ordered my E+1
Digging the blue accents @poppy

Thanks mate. Hope you enjoy your new bike, there certainly plenty of fun.

 

[Mambat]

Yeah, apparently the lock adjustment has to be just right or the movement will shut it down. My battery is locked in a lot firmer now, which is noticeable when removing and installing the the battery. I had another issue the other day with the switch powering up after i washed the bike. I washed it with some soapy water in a spray bottle and rinced it off with a bucket of fresh water and a sponge, then chamois dryed it. The bike actaully switched itself on and would not turn off without battery removal. Then all the lights on the switch came on. I actually pressed the buttons with the battery removed and had the switch light up as well, so seems like a capacitor held charge. They have a new switch on order for me.

The same thing has happened with my sons Stance!
Dropping off at LBS on Monday.................

I had the same issue with my Levo after its first wash!
Best to just leave them dirty

 

[dan3344]

G'day mate, nothing major, on my 1st ride bike was great for about 15klms, then started turning itself off. I rode another 9klms and it did this 8 times. Would alway's switch back on no worries, more frustrating. Then when i got home i thought i would read the manual and whislt reading, throw it on charge. The charger went pop and that was that. Bike shop has looked after me well and have been helpful the whole time, gave me another charger and sent the other one back to Giant. They got onto Giant about the bike turning off and they kept insisting it was the battery lock. Second ride same things happening at about a similar distance. Back to the shop only this time i took a video of it happening so i could so the shop. Only this time Paul's bike dis the same thing, so they both went back. The boy's at the shop were back onto Giant again. Same thing, battery lock. Anyway, long story short, they re-adjusted everything and we went riding again and have no more issues at the moment.

do u have any idea how they adjust the battery lock? mine having the same issue. appreciated if u can help.

 

[dan3344]

Yeah, apparently the lock adjustment has to be just right or the movement will shut it down. My battery is locked in a lot firmer now, which is noticeable when removing and installing the the battery. I had another issue the other day with the switch powering up after i washed the bike. I washed it with some soapy water in a spray bottle and rinced it off with a bucket of fresh water and a sponge, then chamois dryed it. The bike actaully switched itself on and would not turn off without battery removal. Then all the lights on the switch came on. I actually pressed the buttons with the battery removed and had the switch light up as well, so seems like a capacitor held charge. They have a new switch on order for me.

I went for another ride on Thursday afternoon and did 21klms with 451mtrs of climbing and the bike went awesome, not a single issue.

they actually adjust the lock on the battery side or the bike side?