robwalley1963 said:Had the software all along, cannot get smooth no torque settings yet, but sure I will get there. It's long winded unplugging the green cable plugging in the USB, trying a few config settings in the app, plugging back in, test ride, doesn't work, repeat!!
A little disappointed with Frey appearing to supply old versions of the DPC18 display, so I am stuck with 5 levels and the ECO/SPORT mode. I did a bit of experimenting by setting levels 1,3,5,7 and 9 at 20% increments. This matches up to the 5 levels on the display and then I set levels 2,4,6 and 8 to zero assist. Lo and behold, when I changed to sport mode (long press on plus symbol) in each level I got no assist which explains (nearly) how the eco/sport works. Only oddity was that I was expecting sport in level 5 to have no effect being no level 10, but it nearly threw me off the bike, some sort of turbo maybe. Anyway, this was clearly not liked by retailers/customers and the version seems to have been short lived, but maybe there was still lots in stock at the bicycle builders like Frey who needed to get rid of them. Not the version I wanted anyway. Anyone know 100% which displays work with the G510/M620/Ultra. I have 500c mini display on my other BBS02 Bike, I might try that.
Everything else seems spot on, I ordered the SRAM 10-42 11 speed cassette to replace my 11-46 as I don't do loads of off-road hill climbing and this is cheaper and simpler than upping the chainring and chain length for an extra 10% gearing. Even the Tektro brakes I didn't upgrade are pretty good and they have built in cutouts.
Richard N said:entropic said:Map Paddy said:My bike arrived safely and am loving it ,just at higher speeds not much input from cycling want to fit larger front chainring anyone know what's the largest that will fit or can I get offset any ideas
Map Paddy,
I did a bunch of eyeballing and some haphazard measuring and then ordered a Stone 48T narrow-wide 130BCD chainring from "Sports goods stores" on AliExpress. It was about $50 and arrived to my door in 3 weeks.
I mounted it this morning and it fits great. You miiiiiigght be able to fit a 50T but I wouldn't take the gamble; it wouldn't surprise me if 48T is as big as it gets on this bike. A couple pics:
I will probably plan to length the chain at some point but for now I can shift into all gears but the granny rear gear is a tight fit. It's aluminum, and the 40T that came on my HT1000 must be steel, the Stone is noticeably lighter.
I took it on a quick ride and I think it will be a good improvement for me. With the 40T, the bike had 2 gears: 10th gear was for climbing, 11th was for cruising. :lol: It didn't really have a gear for going fast fast, my masher self was cadenced-out around 25mph. But was able to pedal comfortably into the low 30s on the downhill part of my ride this morning. I should say I only use the bike on the road, mostly for commuting, so the gearing range is somewhat wasted on me. I think I'll still be using the bottom half of the cassette almost exclusively.
Well after being sidelined for about 5 months I'm back and finalizing my order.
I'm curious about which groupset you went with for your bike and the cassette ratio you're using?
robwalley1963 said:I got a Wolftooth 50t off ebay for a bargain, which is good, because it doesn't fit the HT1000 by a hairs breath, the odd wide tooth with muck on it gently brushes the chainstay. Used a spacer on BBS02 but that is no good either. After removing bafang lockring and inner chainwheel, the ultra has a recess meaing the spacer/washer difference between ID and OD would be small, making it delicate unless custom made from titanium or something. 48t really is max on this model, which is OK and now we know.
entropic said:robwalley1963 said:I got a Wolftooth 50t off ebay for a bargain, which is good, because it doesn't fit the HT1000 by a hairs breath, the odd wide tooth with muck on it gently brushes the chainstay. Used a spacer on BBS02 but that is no good either. After removing bafang lockring and inner chainwheel, the ultra has a recess meaing the spacer/washer difference between ID and OD would be small, making it delicate unless custom made from titanium or something. 48t really is max on this model, which is OK and now we know.
Thanks for doing your part for science and confirming that the 50T is a no-go. I imagine it'd be really close.
brake034 said:
eggbert said:The first posts in this thread are now over a year old, so if there are any early adopters still out there, how how has that year treated your bike?
Are there any major or minor gripes that you have or had the bike surpassed your every expectation? How much have you had to spend on the upkeep of your bike. Any upgrades you wished you had thought of when you bought it?
I'm seriously considering buying one, but it would cost over 3.5 times the amount this old man has every spent on a bike.