alcatraz Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Sorry if this has been asked before. I feel like I'm slipping forward on the pedals while riding. This even though I place my feet far back. Is there a way to adjust the angle? I don't see the setting in the app. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 You need to calibrate your wheel with the pedals slightly angled back. This will be its new normal then. There is no separate setting to adjust the pedal angle a few degrees back or forth independent of a calibration, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcatraz Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Thanks! If the wheel is laid on its side for the calibration how is the pedal angle chosen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, alcatraz said: If the wheel is laid on its side for the calibration how is the pedal angle chosen? You can't do that. However the wheel is oriented during calibration, that is what is considered level in all directions (in certain limitations, laying the wheel on its side will likely not work at all). Additionally, it is very important to have no sideways lean during calibration. Otherwise you will get pedal dipping or raising in curves. If you get that after the calibration, you must recalibrate with the wheel being upright (no left/right lean). Make sure the wheel is not leaning left or right, with the pedal angle as you want it, and the wheel being still during the entire calibration process. (Just lean it against a wall as upright as possible and adjust the desired pedal angle, then calibrate, and don't touch it before the calibration is 110% over.) Edited January 23, 2020 by meepmeepmayer spelling 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcatraz Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Aha so calibration is done with it upright. Didn't know that. I managed to get it level. Now when I lean the wheel the pedal hits the ground evenly. Not one corner before the other. That's probably good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcatraz Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 I'll try calibrating the machine yet again. The angle seems to change a bit from time to time. I find that odd. I wonder if something is not right. It looks good when it's stationary. When I ride I sometimes get the feeling it's not level, only to be fine a few minutes later. Almost like it's adjusting depending on I accelerate or deccelerate. Like if I go down a longer descent it feels like I'm slipping off the pedal. Most annoying is when I go over cobblestones or any kind of longer section of vibrations. Every bump just moves my feet forward. I'm afraid what would happen if I have to brake while going over some pumps. Maybe it'll just let me slide off the pedals. It's an odd feeling. I hope it's simply due to me not performing a proper calibration. But I don't understand why the angle would change midride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcatraz Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Sorry for writing a lot. If anyone has the same problem I can now say it's just about calibrating the wheel properly. Calibrating a gotway is not the same as calibrating an inmotion. It does different things. On inmotion you calibrate to establish 0 degrees from which to fine tune the pedal angle with the setting in the app. On gotway it's to actually set the final pedal angle and has nothing to do with storing the 0 degree plane in the control board. It's a simpler way to achieve what you want. The challenge is to eyeball the pedal angle. It requires a lot of trial and error before it's set perfectly. I put my V8 and tesla side by side and simply set the pedal on the tesla to be identical to the V8. I'm confident I will have solved my sliding issues. Sorry for appearing thick in the posts above. It's embarrassing. I come from Inmotion where calibration means something else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 No need to be embarrassed. You're a victim here of Gotway's cryptic processes (it's not like there's a manual anywhere). Your posts will help others in the future. The pedals slowly dipping forward if you go over a constantly rattling surface like a cow grate (or cobblestones I guess) is a known thing. I believe all Gotways (all wheels?) do this. It happens extremely rarely though (does it?), so not a real problem. I believe it is another limitation of the tilt sensor used (next to the pedal dipping if the calibration is a bit bad). The manufacturers should use something better than this basic smartphone stuff they supposedly put on their boards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Riding in the medium or hard mode makes the cobblestone issue smaller, it’s worst when in the soft mode. When the calibration starts, I switch to a level app in my mobile and set the wheel angle based on that. Even if you don’t have a perfectly flat surface for the phone, just put it in the same spot every time and calibrate accordingly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trampoline_matt Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 How long does the calibration process take. Mine beeps a few times then goes limp. But after two minutes it’s still limp. Then if I lay it down or try to turn it off it sounds alarm continuously till I hold power button in. I’m using the gotway app. But it seams to not pedal dip when I turn now. Just short test in the driveway. How did your cal process proceed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 The calibration process hadn’t started when the wheel first went limb. It calibrated the next time you turn it on. I suggest searching for “GotWay calibration” in YouTube in order to get the best guidance for the calibration process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trampoline_matt Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Oh I see. Thanks. That will help a lot. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMA Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 dip on bump is an old gotway thing, on hard mode it should be minimal. find your preferred mode and calibrate the wheel according to it hard mode should be flat, even less on the front. if you like medium or soft maybe some degree up in front is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcatraz Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) In the play store there's an app called "saddle adjust". It basically shows you the angle when you put the phone on the pedal. No more guesswork. I found that I prefer a pedal angle of around 5.5-6 deg high in front. That way, if it dips I won't slip off the pedals even with worn griptape. With new griptape it's like a dream. Super safe. In my gotway app I haven't found any setting for soft/hard etc. Maybe the Tesla v1 doesn't support it. Edited March 15, 2021 by alcatraz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.