Cargo Bikes

Fully Charged? They've put Urban Arrows on charge for me in the past when I've asked them to.

Bueno, thanks.

How much is a service?

I've just hit 2oookm on my load 75 and haven't bothered getting it serviced yet....

my 2nd ‘service’ sign has started appearing that i am also avoiding.

£195. Would do the mechanicals myself but I want the motor and battery diagnostics while it's under warranty.

No it's not cheeky.

Found out the bafang passcode for my unit.

Just dropped it off. They can stick it on charge once they're done with the service so it just depends how quickly you get to them after they tell you it's ready.

doesn't charging it form part of the battery service?

So assuming r&m is a similar price then it's 10p a mile servicing. I know bike shops aren't raking it in but but this 'feels' wrong. Esp since I have done 2k since the end of may.

Kinda fucks with my already fudged calcs Vs a car too. I'll just increase the depreciation and wheel spinning assumption. Every 10miles on the bike I'll assume I would have done a burnout in the car.

Oooo, I broke even after only a month.

Bafang c695 code and manual
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/download/file.php?id=151749&sid=f8015a26e4cd2817f2060245b003d991

I wouldn't have assumed so. I just thought they plugged it in, ran whatever tests they needed to do and that was it. Charging it from empty can take 5 hours, I wouldn't expect that to be factored in by default. They were more than happy to plug it in once the service was done though.

£195 is their e-cargo price, it didn't differentiate on make. More than regular as they strip off all accessories, have their own lifts for cargo bikes etc. So it's whatever their top service is plus the extra for it being a big fuck off unit.

Again, I don't "like" paying it as most of it I would be happy to do myself (given the time). It's the E stuff that would be expensive to remedy if I didn't stay on top of it. And seeing as I don't think I can just get the motor and battery done, even if I could it would probably not cost much less as it would still need stripped down, may as well get the full service.

Saw a second hand Urban Arrow on sale in Edinburgh
https://twitter.com/kim_harding/status/1621466698439168005?s=46&t=rmFdWiyeDCTtxK9csrBHcw

£195 in LDN terms is £120 in rest of UK terms so honestly for a proper blow it apart, do all the things with a reasonable quality cherry on top and reassemble its the cost of that level of work these days. Should get you a half day on a lift, then plus parts.
If its only got 2000 km on it, likely doesn't need that much work, but depends what you ask for.

I routinely get bikes in that need a basic service, or even less, £30-45 worth, but customer asks for the works £120-150, I suggest its overkill and it doesn't need it, they insist. So I do the whole bike anyway, literally every bolt apart, clean, grease, loctite etc, and instead of it taking 4-5 hours of stand time, it only takes 2, because guess what, it didn't need it, so I charge way less. Would say HALF the time, customer insists they pay for the 5 hours that I didn't need to it* the other half they are glad of the honesty**

*I have nice customers.
**I never have to pay for beer, or this week, champagne 'simpsons canterybury rose' will help wash down the infinite biscuit pile I have on the go.

@BrickMan- where do you work?

If there was a lower tier I would have taken it as I don't there's that much "needs" doing. But there isn't, so I'm not grumbling at all about paying.

Wanted to stop my omnium’s head tube getting scratched up by cargo, bought a bit of copper pipe and chopped it in half, snaps on nicely. Might put some double sided tape on it to secure, might be alright as is. A bit of PVC pipe would also work but in 25 years this will have aged nicely :D

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Just got the message to say the bike is ready. So well within the 48 hours they stated.

Love this idea. I've just allowed the front rack and anything close to it get battered but think I might start looking after it. I'll grab some plastic pipe for now but might steal this idea in the future

They've performed more bespoke services for us in the past. Just fixing stuff we can't take care of in house. We have spent a shitload of money with them though so I don't know if that's a factor.

^straight to the golf club thread

Should be arriving Monday evening.

Gonna switch out the 26” fatties to 29” x 3”, dynamo on front. Bafang order being put together now. Kid corral, foot boards and kickstand to sort out. Excited for the summer, reckon there will be some adventures to be had.

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