Screwed up the battery holder hold down bolt so moved the battery to here

[ndwgolf]

Well everything was going along nicely until I managed to cross thread the bottle holder bolt while installing the battery holder......... the rivet below broke loose and because the frame is so bloody thin there I decided to mount the battery on the upright.
To be honest the battery fits in there really really snug like it was meant to go in there. Today I bought some bungee cords to wrap around the battery and frame as a secondary retention system....... it’s turned out nicely
Tomorrow I will pop over to the local bike shop to see if they have any of those handlebar and seat bags as I think that would be a great place to hide all the Bafang cable connections and also keep them out of the weather.
Neil





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[philg]

That does look neat.

I use these rather than bungees as secondary retention and they work well (so far!)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfatex-by-V ... 2749.l2649

If you did want to move back to the downtube, then you can fit rivnuts (also ebay) to add more cage mounts.

[Phil Fouracre]

Having carried out a few conversions, that looks like a good compromise! Surely bigger zips would be tidier than bungee, and plenty strong enough! As philg says, you could replace the rivnut if you wanted to reposition.

[ndwgolf]

That does look neat.

I use these rather than bungees as secondary retention and they work well (so far!)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfatex-by-V ... 2749.l2649

If you did want to move back to the downtube, then you can fit rivnuts (also ebay) to add more cage mounts.

That’s exactly what I need
Did you get the 2.5 x 50cm straps?


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[philg]

I have 25 & 50mm widths, I prefer the wider ones they are really strong.

Length obviously chosen for the location, IIRC mine are 600mm
Ebay is a pain for multiple choice items in that when you have a look at your order it doesn't tell you which option you ordered (well not for me anyway)

[ndwgolf]

I have 25 & 50mm widths, I prefer the wider ones they are really strong.

Length obviously chosen for the location, IIRC mine are 600mm
Ebay is a pain for multiple choice items in that when you have a look at your order it doesn't tell you which option you ordered (well not for me anyway)

I also couldn’t understand what I was buying on eBay so bought them off Amazon instead


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