Joe, That Cheviot is looking beautiful and as if it were made to fit that motor! Erl
On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 7:50:02 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote: > > Whelp, I wasn't going to do it then I did it. The first chink in the armor > was I bought Deacon Patrick's Bike Friday Haul-a-Day and put a kit on it. > It's a great grocery hauler and a good platform for the juice, but as an > unloaded "just ride" bike it's a bit quirky. Every time I rode it I > couldn't help thinking "Man, this kit on my Cheviot would be great!" > > Then I got to thinking about my Pashley Clubman road bike with Paul Racer > brakes. It's a great bike, but with the Chev as my "regular bike" I just > wasn't using the Pashley. So I ordered another mid-drive kit and got to > parts swapping. Now the Chev - with it's long wheelbase and excellent, > predictable handling - is my non-quirky "just ride" ebike, and the Pashley > got the Paul Melvin tensioner to match its brakes for a nice, light British > 2-speed with Albastache Bars, one Suntour bar-end and an old Mavic > derailer. > > I did my first shakedown ride on eChev today (it's been raining, sorry for > the low-light pics) and hoo boy is it fun! Realistically it's overpowered > on full boost (the no warranty frame warranty is now definitely a no), but > I wouldn't ride something like this that way. With the Pedal Assist System > on a low setting it cruises along very nicely, like a Riv with a really > good tailwind. > > This wasn't the original plan when I bought the frame, but I'm really > happy with how all three bikes have turned out now. Pics! > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/e3xXX701DfqcRihA3 > > Joe Bernard > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
