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    latest version of homemade recumbent

    Thanks Wolfeman, This bike runs a similar set up to yours, at least before you went power mad. lol You must fly with the multistars, and 60a. I have to get more power!
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    latest version of homemade recumbent

    Hi guys, just a pic of my big bikes new clothes. The, admittedly, unsightly box on back is for my little dog. New tubus rack, drum front brake, battery enclosure, and dog house. The bike normally runs a 3540 in a 26" alex dx32 rim, but is sporting a mac 8t in a 19" moped rim in this pic, as I...
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    15000 miles today

    Wow, I feel lucky. I have only half as many miles in the same time frame, but nowhere near the amount of injury or expense. 2 chains and freewheels, 2 hookworms( due for 1 more), 2 sets of pads, couple hall repairs on an abused Mac, 2 tubes. Scuffed my shin a bit once. Hey, it really stung!
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    Newbie looking for diy rear rack build ideas.

    I gave up on aluminum racks years ago, after too many failures. I built my own from steel tubing, brazed together with a small torch, and never had problems again. Now I have a brain injury, and have been trying to do the same this winter. I had to give up after weeks of frustration, and decided...
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    spoke and erd question

    Well the spokes are were definetly replaced, they are not the tapered sapims I got from Justin. He put some in the bag from Grin thinking I wouldn,t look further I guess. I don,t know what brand they are, but they aren,t sapim. The butted end is short and not tapered, probably cheap ones. Might...
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    spoke and erd question

    They used the same spokes 167mm sapim, 14/13 butted from Justin. I ordered 40, and got back 6, another mystery, unless Grin threw in 2 extra. The spokes are not even close to being flush but are well down in the nipple. The new rim requires 158mm spokes. I guess I better take one out and see for...
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    spoke and erd question

    So I got the wheel back, and it is an entirely different style. It is disc only rather than rim brake style I had. It has garish graphics, and sticks out like a stripper in church. It has a 20mm smaller erd, so spokes are 10mm longer than recommended. I don,t know if that is a problem, but I...
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    spoke and erd question

    I have gotten a wheel back from being laced and since they wrecked the rim I gave them, it was replaced with an entirely different style of rim. The new rim has an erd that is 20mm smaller than the old, meaning the recommended spokes for it are around 10mm shorter than the old. does it matter...
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    beware The bicycle tailor

    chalo, they eventually got the wheel built with, supposedly, equal quality bits, but I don,t think they "came through". This wheel was supposed to be done 2 weeks ago, and has allready cost me my holidays, and alot of unecessary stress. Sure it cost them, but only because of their own mistakes...
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    beware The bicycle tailor

    Hi Chalo, when I informed them the lacing was wrong, they said they would redo it "right now". Four days later, they dropped the wheel and destroyed the rim. They have replaced the rim with one that doesn,t match my other wheels, added another week to the wait and still want me to pay through...
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    beware The bicycle tailor

    the spoke flanges are offset so no dishing required, on my bike. The wheel is centered when built so.
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    beware The bicycle tailor

    I wanted to lace up an alex dx32 rim to my 3540. The Lbs said no trouble, they have done others. I ordered spokes from Grin, disassembled my wheel, and took it in on a friday. After explaining that spokes were to be outside the flange, and no dishing was needed. I was told they would have it...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    I have a new battery! Woo Hoo! It,s a beautiful thing, and 2/3 the size of my 36v ping of 25% less capacity. Gotta love it. Not that my ping has been anything but excellent, just heavy. I got the last of the parts I need yesterday from grin, and am finally actually enjoying working on my bike. I...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Thanks again, I have it figured out. Tie battery and controller grounds, and put diodes in the throttle signal wires to the controllers. Thanks to Robbie at Grin. Also I got an email this morn, telling me that Paul has shipped my battery Fed ex. It should arrive Mon, or Tues. Thank you so much...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Thanks amberwolf, do you mean the throttle grounds are connected, so the signal wire and ground from the throttle source are paralled to each controller?
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Thanks Paul, you and your staff, have been great. I am a pain in the butt. One of the advantages? Of my disability, is that nothing sticks around for long. I get today, not so much yesterday, or tomorrow. I just need to get moving, and everything will improve. On my bike, I only have to stay...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Satisfactory? Really? 5 months later, i,m waiting for a refund. I had to borrow $500 to order another battery. I may be mobile by August, if I,m lucky. All my plans are ruined, I have missed everything. I,m in the same place as I was in Feb, only in debt, with 2/3 as much battery, and nowhere to...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    So paypal is refunding my money, AT NO COST TO THE SELLER. Unbelievable. I get frocked and he makes money.
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    I escalated to a conflict on about the 16th of june. I got an email from paypal today asking if I have received the battery yet, so they are still reviewing. A refund is certainly coming eventually, but that is no consolation, it does nothing to compensate me in any way. I think the guy should...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Thank you for the very kind offer, but I have ordered a new battery from cell man, and have a 36v pack till it arrives. I have had no response from either Sun-thing, or PayPal, so I think I,ll go with the customs refund. I hate letting this guy off the hook, but I need this to be over. I hope my...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Yeah I did.
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Customs just told me that the battery was leaking fluid. Upon opening it they saw it was heavily damaged. Big suprise.
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Oh I get it. He just joined to send that nonsense. Shoulda guessed.
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    This is the same reply I have repeatedly received. Canada post didn,t even get the battery till June 3, or 15 weeks after I bought it. You were going to resolve this in early may, so you said, and since then, all I get is this email, or ones like it. Now your saying it will be resolved soon...
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    Sun-thing battery, waiting 17 weeks!

    Thanks guys, my sister will front me the money for a battery, till/if I get a refund. I don,t know where I,m going to buy one. Either, I pay double or triple, in Canada, or I wait for one from china.Either way, I have to go into large debt, and won,t get anything like enough battery. Right now...
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