Quote from: Rosie Arzate on April 03, 2024, 12:42:27 PM
I can not reach the road with both feet at the same time.  =(

This concerns me because of your passenger.

To be honest I also consider myself a height challenged person. When I see motorcyclist waiting for a green light. I see them with both their feet on the ground. I have always thought of this as bad form. You only need your right leg to balance yourself in your bike. In my novice days I bought myself a a motorcycle too tall for me. When I am in a stop light I had to lean the bike so much so the I can touch the ground. The accelerator would always right myself up.

Have you considered asking someone to adjust your seat and handlebars to suit your height? That?s what I did for my City5+. It made a difference. It?s still feel tall even though it?s already in the lowest settings but since I haven?t even ridden mine in the street?s yet. I still have to make final adjustments.

Lastly, have you seen the caboose? Might be a good accessory for riders with small passenger.

The way I would approach this is what John said more practice. Ride more alone until you are comfortable riding in low speed. Balance is nothing when you are going fast because your momentum/inertia are doing all the work for you. I remember taking my motorcycle license exam. I had to perform figure 8 and riding in straight line as slow as possible. I found that making myself tall on the bike made it easier to complete the test. I may not be explaining it well but in my opinion the key is finding your centre of gravity. Having passenger screws that up too.

Again as John Rose said, try riding with a bag filled with heavy objects and place it where your kid would be sitting and practice riding slow to a point where you are almost losing your balance then apply a little speed to correct yourself. 

By the way there are 3 wheeled e-bikes and trikes out there but I don?t think that?s the answer. https://riderungu.com/

I agree with the last poster. It looked pretty straightforward. The only thing I question is how easy it is to remove and reinstall the grips.

Secondly, it?s interesting you brought up standup pedalling. Is that possible on pedal assist? I thought one of the reasons people get an e-bike is to eliminate hard pedalling.

would this work?
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07M7SV83G/ref=twister_B07SBGH9H1?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

Quote from: Pugsly85 on January 29, 2024, 04:18:00 PM
Spoke broke.

You used the word singular. Can't you just go to any bike shop and ask them to repair the damaged spoke? Probably the cheapest solution.

But to be fair to you, you're other post mentioned a wreck so is that why you are looking for a replacement rim/tire?
You also did not mention if you have reached out to RAD customer service? I'm sure they are the best one to give you the answers to your inquiries.
They are slow as snail mail but they do reply back.

Something is causing that resistance. Find a way to lift the wheel and spin it slowly to locate the odd sound/resistance.

Ever since I took a spill riding on wet leaves. I am now a fair weather rider. I am not taking the bike out until I see asphalt on the road.
I wish I was back in Vancouver. I would like to do the Vancouver Island / Sunshine Coast loop on an e-bike.
So many places in BC that I have taken for granted. Now I missed them all.

You did not mention what kind of preparations you did prior to riding out. So at the risk of sounding like Mr. Obvious. Did you check that all the connections did not accidentally came loose over the winter?

Good luck

It just surprises me. I expected or assumed to see somewhere above 50% charged. To see less than one LED lit up gave me a little panic attack. Maybe this is their way of safely shipping the battery.

The good thing though is that it charged fully.

I received my new bike a few weeks ago. I put aside the battery aside since I have no use of it due to weather outside.
Now it?s time to start setting it up therefore I begin looking at charging the battery. I took the battery out of the bike and placed it at my work table. When I pressed the button for 3 to 5 secs to take it out of shipping mode, Nothing happened, no light at all.

So I decided to put the battery back in the bike and turn it on. On the LCD display there was a single flashing LED on the battery level indicator. Therefore I assumed since it has so low power was the reason that the shipping mode was not functioning.

I took a picture and proceeded to charge it anyways.

I was thinking why it was not in Shipping Mode? And has anyone received a new bike in such a low voltage state?

Quote from: John Rose on February 23, 2024, 07:52:40 PM
All the cool kids are doing it.

Fast forward to 2024

Quote from: John Rose on February 18, 2024, 06:52:19 PM
What I meant was "what kind of charger?"

I?m sorry for misunderstanding. I have a Nitecore 4port charger but I am thinking of upgrading to a newer more up to date chargers.
My thought is that a 18650 battery without a USB charging input probably has an output of 3.7v-4.2v whereas a single 18650 with charging unit most likely output 5.0v due to the nature of it being a powerbank charger.

Therefore I am using a single 18650 the needs to be recharged from time to time as well but not as often as 3-AAA batteries.

As I mentioned in the beginning, I may be overthinking this. Maybe a half a volt difference is not going to make a difference to ruin the Fosmon alarm.

It?s still winter where I am and my mind comes up with these kind of silly things while cooped up indoors.

Looking at the pictures, the first thing I was thinking was poor housekeeping. It may have been started by lithium batteries but the combustibles surrounding it attributed to the scale of damages (my opinion only).

I think everyone has to apply some situational awareness of where you are charging your e-bike. Watching a video of lithium batteries on fire on YouTube will give you an idea how much space you need. Leaning your bike beside a wall full of cardboard boxes may not be a good idea.

Quote from: John Rose on February 17, 2024, 06:30:04 PM
What plan do you have for recharging the single 18650 battery?

Both alarm unit and battery case are totally hidden but the battery case is magnetic therefore it can easily attached /reattached for charging.

Of course once the alarm is triggered. It?s a dead giveaway of its location.

In my opinion alarms are not theft deterrent. It just buys you time to get your?s or someone else?s attentions.

First of all, it doesn?t escape me that I am most likely overthinking this issue.
Having said that. Since the bike alarm is going to be hidden. I don?t want the inconvenience of having to pull out the AAA batteries inside the case of the alarm often therefore I want to convert it to a USB.

my concern is the type of battery I should be using. This is my thinking.
A single 18650 battery is safer because the max output is 4.2v. As compared to using a powerbank which I assumed output 5v.

The Fosmon bike alarm is not a sensitive piece of electronic therefore I think either way is fine but I will go ahead and use just a single 18650 battery.

The new battery will no longer inside the bike alarm.

Your thoughts?