Marty Backe Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Still lovin my 84v 1300wh ACM. I had a 25 mile beach ride today, enjoying Venice Beach and all of its oddities (including my wheel). My odometer crossed the 600 mile mark during the ride. It's been performing beautifully. No cut-outs, false starts, calibration issues, etc. It continues to be my perfect wheel. Everyone deserves to have at least one ACM in their life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 What's a false start? Also, this is 961km. Just a little bit and you're at 1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: What's a false start? Also, this is 961km. Just a little bit and you're at 1000. Where it throws you off the wheel (cutout) immediately when you hop on to move. I've experienced it a couple of times on previous wheels but have since attributed it to poor technique. I'm on a hill and I jump on the wheel and lean forward too hard - you end up on the ground. Now I no longer hop on the wheel and my starts are slow and graceful, and I never accelerate hard into an incline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 31 minutes ago, Marty Backe said: Where it throws you off the wheel (cutout) immediately when you hop on to move. I've experienced it a couple of times on previous wheels but have since attributed it to poor technique. I'm on a hill and I jump on the wheel and lean forward too hard - you end up on the ground. Now I no longer hop on the wheel and my starts are slow and graceful, and I never accelerate hard into an incline. WTF? I didn't even know a false start like that is even possible. Can you post a video of that? Does the wheel actually cut power entirely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, LanghamP said: WTF? I didn't even know a false start like that is even possible. Can you post a video of that? Does the wheel actually cut power entirely? I don't have any videos and I'm not inclined to reproduce it since both the wheel and I end up sprawled on the ground. Not very dignified and it's injury prone. It's a 0mph cutout - the wheel stops balancing. There are some old threads about it in the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve454 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 21 hours ago, Marty Backe said: Where it throws you off the wheel (cutout) immediately when you hop on to move. I've experienced it a couple of times on previous wheels but have since attributed it to poor technique. I'm on a hill and I jump on the wheel and lean forward too hard - you end up on the ground. Now I no longer hop on the wheel and my starts are slow and graceful, and I never accelerate hard into an incline. Good point, and good advice. That would explain those posts of cutouts on starting at low speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingfelder Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Marty, do you ever ride directly on the sand? Even from what you could pick up on the boardwalk, I wonder ... your machine doesn't get gunked up with sand? Or do you remove the shell after such rides and somehow clean the wheel out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Sand only stops mere mortals, not Marty Backe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Backe Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 49 minutes ago, Dingfelder said: Marty, do you ever ride directly on the sand? Even from what you could pick up on the boardwalk, I wonder ... your machine doesn't get gunked up with sand? Or do you remove the shell after such rides and somehow clean the wheel out? Only wet sand I rinse it with fresh water from my garden hose, nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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