Professional Advice for Maintaining an Electric Bike
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Sam Townsend from Myron’s Extreme Machines in Fullerton California shared tips for how to maintain an electric bike. Some of the tips included regular maintenance, keeping the battery charged, keep your tires pumped up, bring a schrader adapter along in case you need to inflate your tire at a gas station, keep the chain lubricated, take brake pads off and use disc brake silencer to reduce squeek, adjust the derailleur using the thumb tighteners to keep shifting smooth and pedaling quiet, straighten the derailleur hanger (can sometimes be done by hand), make sure your bottom bracket and crankset are tight, if a square tapered bottom bracket comes loose it can ruin it (regular bike shops should be able to help replace this), keep cables lubricated to avoid fraying, extend the brake housing using the thumb screws near the brake levers to enhance braking as the cables stretch, keep the bicycle clean, patch flat tires vs. changing tubes if possible (this works for punctures not blowouts), adjust the brake caliper (so it floats) then pull the brake cable and it will center when you tighten them down again, keep the headset tight so your bars don’t twist, carry a patch kit, allen wrench set (sizes 3, 4, 5 and 6) sometimes an 8 and 10 will be necessary, tire irons, mini pump or CO2 air, carry around a cell phone for emergencies. If you have questions beyond this, call your local bike shop or ask Myron.
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Love your ebike, love yourself and friends? Ths information is extremely valuable to all of you. Keep the Love and Energy, watch and listen to the whole video. Simply as a an eBike builder this very important to all, even it only a refresher or confirmation of what you already know. Be Wise be Smart!
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If you leave lots of lube on the chain, it will pick up and collect dirt/dust/grit, which will grind into the whole drivetrain, wearing them out.
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Have you ever built a Electric bike with a gas tank for the battery compartment before
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If people are afraid to clean there e-bike there is a bike cleaning foam arisol on the market spray & wipe that's it
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I buy bike cleaning polish
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How can I hook up a USB CHARGING PORT FOR MY SMART PHONE?
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What do you think of Kevlar for bikes?
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I have a front electric bike hub kit coming I also wipe my bike down after riding
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I have a Fuji two piece frame what kind of battery rack should I get?
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What do you think of chain wax like white lightning
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This guy is for real, super good advice for any bike electric or not. Would take my bike to him any day.
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Damn, how many places does Sam work for? I just called him today at Electric Bicycle Center in Fullerton, CA with some questions he answered for me and the man is very professional and pleasant to talk with.
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Can I add electric kit to cyclocross?
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Thanks Court,
Sam sure knows his stuff.
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Can you share the experts info? E mail and where's his store?
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it's a good point about airing the tires, because once you go electric you won't feel empty tires that easily even if you pedaled (with pedal assist on). with any electric device were it to get wet don't bother with rice etc gimmicks, because what the problem is is the impurities in the water, which will remain behind no matter how fast you got rid of the h2o itself. don't bother waiting for it to dry either. instead you'll need to turn off the device immediately and open it all up to clean the circuitry with 70%+ alcohol and cotton buds etc. and watch not to leave behind any cotton. if you don't do this and simply wait for it to dry you're gambling with it. it may not fail immediately, but could anytime.
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Brilliant! Awesome advice.
Thanks!
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