ampliflyer
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I finally got my staton/EH035 chain and gear drive this week.
Stopped by the bike shop on my way to work this morning and had a new tire and cog stack installed on the heavy duty rim 12 guage spokes and staton hub.
The bike is a Giant Sedona (had it for 8 years great bike) and the install was for the most part straight forward.
Overall it was about 3 hours from box to first ride but I did it over 2 evenings.
It was not at all easy but of course now that it's on and running it doesn't really feel that it was that bad in hindsight
I asked one of the guys in my shop to help out and dont really think I would want to tackle it alone but I'm sure plenty have.
So this evening we got it all in place ...I filled the case with fresh oil and rode it as a bicycle(not too heavy feels more stable actually) up to the automated gas station in my industrial park where my shop is.
I pulled up to the evil gas pump selected the best most expensive grade of gas and proceeded to pump about 2 seconds later the tank was full and when I looked up at the price it read .52 cents.YES!
4 pulls of the recoil starter had the little Robin purring and I hopped on my bike the vibration was a VERY strange situation I gave the thumb throttle a push and away I went.....slowly at first then faster as my confidence in the design and installation increased.
I rode around for about 30 minutes testing and inspecting for any potential problems.
So far so good.
I actually went "trail riding" out in a horse field behind my house.
Surprising power ....I am 6'2" 240lbs. and It was exhilarating ....accelerating up modest hills
It was an absolute blast just thought I would share my zeal!!!!!
Stopped by the bike shop on my way to work this morning and had a new tire and cog stack installed on the heavy duty rim 12 guage spokes and staton hub.
The bike is a Giant Sedona (had it for 8 years great bike) and the install was for the most part straight forward.
Overall it was about 3 hours from box to first ride but I did it over 2 evenings.
It was not at all easy but of course now that it's on and running it doesn't really feel that it was that bad in hindsight
I asked one of the guys in my shop to help out and dont really think I would want to tackle it alone but I'm sure plenty have.
So this evening we got it all in place ...I filled the case with fresh oil and rode it as a bicycle(not too heavy feels more stable actually) up to the automated gas station in my industrial park where my shop is.
I pulled up to the evil gas pump selected the best most expensive grade of gas and proceeded to pump about 2 seconds later the tank was full and when I looked up at the price it read .52 cents.YES!
4 pulls of the recoil starter had the little Robin purring and I hopped on my bike the vibration was a VERY strange situation I gave the thumb throttle a push and away I went.....slowly at first then faster as my confidence in the design and installation increased.
I rode around for about 30 minutes testing and inspecting for any potential problems.
So far so good.
I actually went "trail riding" out in a horse field behind my house.
Surprising power ....I am 6'2" 240lbs. and It was exhilarating ....accelerating up modest hills
It was an absolute blast just thought I would share my zeal!!!!!