LeftCoastNurd
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- Oct 22, 2019
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I'm 66 now, and out of shape, but always liked bicycling...
8 years ago, I built up a 700x32 3x8 geared bike as a fast comfortable 'city bike'... It started as a very cheap NOS (Specialized) Globe Vienna, but I changed the bars, stem, cranks, cassette, and tires. and seat+post. and some nice phat BMX 'pin' pedals.
I've ordered a TSDZ2 kit from eco-bikes, this will be my 2nd build with one, but my first OWN ebike.
Getting a 48V 14AH samsung 3500E 13S4P 'shark' battery pack. Ordered the TSDZ2 with the 52-42 double, hoping I can make it work with just the 52T front hah hah, but I'll setup my front triple derailleur to be a double if need be. my current cassette is 13-26 8 speed (Shimano HG50 'V'), and my current crankset is a 48-38-28 triple.
I ordered the flat right crank (hated the "Q" of the stock tsdz2 I put on my bro's bike, but he does'nt know what that is)
gonna put the FOSS firmware on it, and the 860C display (my brother's trek got a XH18 but he's cool with that).
I'm hoping this ends up as a bike I can spin lightly at 30 MPH on the flats, and still crank up a 8% grade at 10-15 MPH without busting my lungs. I'll probably end up wishing it had disk brakes instead of V-brakes, hah! I would need new forks for disks, the frame has the lugs already.
some original pics of this bike from when I built it...
so.... my first question, if you're still with me, what tires should I run? Currently have some 8 year old Vittoria Rando Hyper Pro that are high thread count and give a magic carpet ride. currently x32 but frame looks like it handles x40, thinking x35 or 38...
8 years ago, I built up a 700x32 3x8 geared bike as a fast comfortable 'city bike'... It started as a very cheap NOS (Specialized) Globe Vienna, but I changed the bars, stem, cranks, cassette, and tires. and seat+post. and some nice phat BMX 'pin' pedals.
I've ordered a TSDZ2 kit from eco-bikes, this will be my 2nd build with one, but my first OWN ebike.
Getting a 48V 14AH samsung 3500E 13S4P 'shark' battery pack. Ordered the TSDZ2 with the 52-42 double, hoping I can make it work with just the 52T front hah hah, but I'll setup my front triple derailleur to be a double if need be. my current cassette is 13-26 8 speed (Shimano HG50 'V'), and my current crankset is a 48-38-28 triple.
I ordered the flat right crank (hated the "Q" of the stock tsdz2 I put on my bro's bike, but he does'nt know what that is)
gonna put the FOSS firmware on it, and the 860C display (my brother's trek got a XH18 but he's cool with that).
I'm hoping this ends up as a bike I can spin lightly at 30 MPH on the flats, and still crank up a 8% grade at 10-15 MPH without busting my lungs. I'll probably end up wishing it had disk brakes instead of V-brakes, hah! I would need new forks for disks, the frame has the lugs already.
some original pics of this bike from when I built it...
so.... my first question, if you're still with me, what tires should I run? Currently have some 8 year old Vittoria Rando Hyper Pro that are high thread count and give a magic carpet ride. currently x32 but frame looks like it handles x40, thinking x35 or 38...