Bought a new real wheel and gear cassette, new road tires to replace the knobbies, and now I'm left with the original Montague folding mountain-bike. It weighs about a third of what it did when the electric kit is on it which was _really_ nice when it came time to heave the thing onto the bike rack. It's not as fast as the single-speed, but it's about a thousand times more comfortable so I'm happy again with the whole bike-commute thing.
And, to put the cherry on the sundae, a guy who happened to wander into the bike shop and see my bike being worked on left his number in case I wanted to sell the electric kit.
DONE.
The bike itself is about $800 new. The guy gave me $400 for the kit (regularly $1500 so gets a deal on parts). I paid $1500 total for the bike on craigslist originally, so I'm only really out $400 in the end. Which, granted, is a lot of money, but in could have been much worse methinks.
Looking forward to LOTS of annoyance-free ride-to-work days this year, starting with today...
Total Ride:
13 miles
100 ft. climb
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Your perseverance totally impresses me. And Marie's patience with the frustrations and late arrivals must also be impressive. ;)
Cute title to your blog, btw. Is this a new thing, logging your bike commute?
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