dancliff
10 mW
Current situation: I have a hard-tail mountain bike equiped with Mac 10t motor and a 52v (14s) battery that I have been riding as a commuter bike since 2014. I ride around 20-25 miles per day at a pace around 15-20 mph with this setup, and it has mostly worked well for me.
The once exception is the experience of fixing a tire on the road when I get a flat. It always happens in the dark when it's raining, and it's quite an ordeal due to my glasses fogging up, the need to hold a flashlight, the weight of the rear wheel, and the tight clearance of the rear disk and the need for spacers needed to get the correct alignment. In general, I struggle to get it back together so that is is aligned properly.
I think that this would be easier to handled with rim brakes on the rear, but I haven't been able to find a solution to convert a bike with disc brakes back to rim brakes. Note: my frame doesn't have braze-ons for the calipers, so it seems my only option is to get a new frame, but I'm open to other suggestions. The other option that I've considered is keeping the disc brakes and doing a mid-drive conversion.
Thanks,
dancliff
The once exception is the experience of fixing a tire on the road when I get a flat. It always happens in the dark when it's raining, and it's quite an ordeal due to my glasses fogging up, the need to hold a flashlight, the weight of the rear wheel, and the tight clearance of the rear disk and the need for spacers needed to get the correct alignment. In general, I struggle to get it back together so that is is aligned properly.
I think that this would be easier to handled with rim brakes on the rear, but I haven't been able to find a solution to convert a bike with disc brakes back to rim brakes. Note: my frame doesn't have braze-ons for the calipers, so it seems my only option is to get a new frame, but I'm open to other suggestions. The other option that I've considered is keeping the disc brakes and doing a mid-drive conversion.
Thanks,
dancliff