Rix
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Thanks Offroader, the fact that it helps with any deflection is good enough for me. Will be getting one myself.
Rick
Rick
Rix said:Snellemin, great pic, your wife really bring out the seat on your bike. So how does she ride? Clarifying, talking about the bike.
Offroader said:What I notice is that doing jumps at even 3 feet and landing on flat ground seems to be hard on my body, feels like whiplash in the neck when you hit. I wonder if this is normal and if most professionals, when doing jumps, land on a sloped down surface so that your momentum is carried downhill rather than a hard hit on flat ground. Possibly I may have my suspension set up too soft, I just don't know.
Offroader said:Couple things, I measured the rise of the steps are they are about 6", so 6" * 8 steps is 48" so around 4 feet. when you take a ruler and see exactly how high 4 feet is it is pretty high.
One surprising thing about the shinko 241 which I didn't expect is that I notice a bit of wear after 200 miles. Only noticeable wear is on the center tread. I don't know if this is good or bad but I figured the shinko would have little wear do to it being on a lightweight low powered ebike. It is not a lot of wear and the knobbies are really deep but I expect the tire to last maybe around 2000 miles. The increased wear could be do to the fact that I ride stairs a lot and I notice that the tire will sometimes leave black tread on the steps as the tire slips a lot when climbing. Maybe this is a good thing as if it is able to wear it is soft enough to offer grip or if the tire didn't wear at all it would be too hard rubber compound for good grip.
I do know some reviews from gas motor bikes using the tire said they wore away super fast at maybe 500 miles even. Either way, this tire will last longer than any knobby bicycle tire by far and actually may be the perfect ebike tire as its compound is soft enough to offer grip and still last 2000 or more miles. Shinko also highlights the fact that it was made to be light weight.
Rix said:Offroader said:Couple things, I measured the rise of the steps are they are about 6", so 6" * 8 steps is 48" so around 4 feet. when you take a ruler and see exactly how high 4 feet is it is pretty high.
One surprising thing about the shinko 241 which I didn't expect is that I notice a bit of wear after 200 miles. Only noticeable wear is on the center tread. I don't know if this is good or bad but I figured the shinko would have little wear do to it being on a lightweight low powered ebike. It is not a lot of wear and the knobbies are really deep but I expect the tire to last maybe around 2000 miles. The increased wear could be do to the fact that I ride stairs a lot and I notice that the tire will sometimes leave black tread on the steps as the tire slips a lot when climbing. Maybe this is a good thing as if it is able to wear it is soft enough to offer grip or if the tire didn't wear at all it would be too hard rubber compound for good grip.
I do know some reviews from gas motor bikes using the tire said they wore away super fast at maybe 500 miles even. Either way, this tire will last longer than any knobby bicycle tire by far and actually may be the perfect ebike tire as its compound is soft enough to offer grip and still last 2000 or more miles. Shinko also highlights the fact that it was made to be light weight.
I guestamated the SR241 would last 4000 miles on my Ebike. I based this on how much the 3.00x17SR241 was worn after 1000 miles, which was barely at all. Pinching the knobbs on my 17x3 and 2.75x19, the 19 feels just slightly "softer". I wonder if its because the individual sqaure knobs on the 3.00x17 and my 2.75x18 are smaller squares than the 2.75x19 and possibly the compound is harder. Either that, or the steps you have been riding are just that brutal on tires. I don't ride alot of steps so I don't know how much they accelerate tire wear. One things for sure, I was only getting about 300-370 miles, with the 24x3.00 Duro Razorback and averaging about 5-6 tubes because of pinched flats per tire. Wont ever go that route again.
E-Fuel said:Hi Guys,
I had a problem with the controller and sent to Lyen to be repaired.
Was returned after repairing on 10 January but never arrived here in Portugal. I bought another controller but still not arrived!
I'm desperate to start testing the machine. :x
E-Fuel said:Hi Guys,
I had a problem with the controller and sent to Lyen to be repaired.
Was returned after repairing on 10 January but never arrived here in Portugal. I bought another controller but still not arrived!
I'm desperate to start testing the machine. :x
Rix said:QuestionMan said:I have heard about everybody complaining when using triple crown forks that the turn radius sucks. Some say that if you are going over 7 MPH it doesn't matter. I just don't know until I try it but I like an agile bike so it would probably annoy me.
I always wonder if triple crown forks are really a necessary and if they really make that much of a difference? Especially when most of you will never even off-road the bike, why use a tripe crown fork if your only driving in the street?
Qman, it all boils down to how much flex you are willing to put up with. If you don't mind your bike feeling spongy when braking and turning at the same time, a super heavy duty Single crown free ride fork can be an option such as the Fox 36 VAN 180 FIT RC2. I wouldn't even consider any other single crown fork out there for an ebike. Besides stiffness, the one thing I really like about Dual Crown Forks over single crown is the fork can turn pas the frame. This automatically protects the wiring and brake lines from getting pinched from over steering movement in a crash. My 2 cents for what its worth.
Rick