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    CYC PHOTON

    I find mine to be smooth but over a very small initial range, after that it doesn't vary so much and is pretty much full on. It works fine, though - on mine I usually roll my thumb against it, rather than pulling on the blade directly. I don't ride much with throttle partially used, tend to use...
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    CYC PHOTON

    There was a recent firmware update, do you have it?
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    CYC PHOTON

    I'm almost certainly older - I often just put a ruler next to what I want to measure then take a photo with my phone then zoom in :)
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    CYC PHOTON

    Count 10 or 20 or more and measure that, then divide- most accurate way of doing it anyway. What is the outer diameter of the core?
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    CYC PHOTON

    It might take a while for that mod to travel down the supply chain, I guess buying direct from CYC gets you the latest version.
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    CYC PHOTON

    As a matter of interest, is your left bearing cup the same as the one Rikus describes in his recent video (a few posts back?). CYC added an O ring inboard of the threaded portion of the bearing cup to improve watertightness. The O ring seals between the bearing cup shaft and the corresponding...
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    CYC PHOTON

    Well, looks like they fixed it. I know I'm not the only one with the original detail. it causes all kinds of issues, including making it more difficult to set the right preload, wearing the shaft and shield bushing, and destroying the bearings. Thanks for update, that is really useful information.
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    CYC PHOTON

    That's it, it has a raised edge on the back that grinds away at the bearing cup and makes the bearing feel nasty. It has worn the face of the cup so much that there is a groove caused by the shield - the finish is supposed to be the same across the entire face of the bearing cup. I had hoped...
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    CYC PHOTON

    Mine was really tight, didn't move even when I was pressing the shield out.
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    CYC PHOTON

    Its the shield that covers the outer face of the left BB shaft bearing. The split ring that screws on the shaft and is then clamped in place with a hex socket head screw sits immediately against it.
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    CYC PHOTON

    While you have the shaft out, can you measure the outer diameter of the plastic bearing shield? I'm expecting it to be either 36.5mm or 39.7mm. I suspect that early motors were shipped with an incorrect shield and wondered if CYC had corrected this for later shipments. CYC would either have had...
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    CYC PHOTON

    Not a great way of doing this. The puller may not use the full depth of the thread in the crank and to be safe you need to use as much as possible - and being aluminium is easily stripped. Ask me how I know. Also some of the cheaper pullers may not have accurate threads anyway. That aluminium...
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    CYC PHOTON

    Not sure if any of those are electric.
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    CYC PHOTON

    Posted 5 minutes ago :) Edit...and already in the first 2 minutes the video addresses a whole heap of stuff that has concerned users. Like my assessment of the 34T chainring (in my post about it, I said it was prototype level rubbish) Edit...this is really good stuff.
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    CYC PHOTON

    You might need to get an UL sticker for that...
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