Originally Posted by
SHUmeister
Thanks Duragrouch. I'm thinking of some bolt on cage holders, one on the steerer tube and another on the top tube or seat post, almost where one would be on a normal bike. I don't intend to fold that often, only when i travel.
Tried the bike out today and a couple of issues bothered me.
- The seatpost clamp was just loose enough that over a period of a few mins the seat height would drop by 6in or so. Easy fix which I couldn't do by the side of the road as the nut was a locknut and I didn't have any tools with me.
- I replaced the quick release Wellgo pedals with my own Garmin Powermeter pedals, unfortunately the axle protruded too far through the crank arm and just kisses the left hand roller every revolution.Need to add back a couple of the spacers that was installed with the Wellgo pedals.
- Last one I am not sure how to fix, the bike is quite rattly over rough surface. A metallic rattle which I managed to narrow down to the locking mechanism that sits inside the front hub. The metal bayonet fitting that locks onto the rear wheel axle. Its almost like its missing an o-ring or something and its constantly ratting against the ID of the front hub. Or its just loose. Anyone have any suggestions? I tried to look at the manual to see if there is a way of tighening it up and there isn't any reference on how to even remove the front wheel.
Kind Regards
You've finally got yours! Nice~
You shouldn't have any rattle. I suggest you send an email to Ana and get instructions on how to fix it.
Helix has such a small formfactor when folded, which is very nice, BUT you will find that due to this tiny fold, it will be very difficult to customize your build.
Took me a while and lots of frustration to get my bike fitted (lot of compromise).
Since Helix doesn't have any mounting points you will need mount adaptors. I have tried mounting the the water bottle cage to the handle post, top tube, seatpost etc.. and finally came to this.
Handlepost didn't work as it would get in the way of folds. Toptube, you can just about getaway with, but bottle would touch my bum when I'm standing.
I had this Strida Monkii cage that I was using for my Dahon, so attaching it to a mount adaptor worked out well.
I didn't like the seat clamp so I changed it with a cheap 34.9mm seat clamp. You need 34.9mm so the shaft is long enough. Haven't had any problem with seat post doing down during ride.
However, seat post will do a free fall when the clamp is open, so I ended up putting a lil' sticker on the post to mark the height.
I have a framebag that is attached permanantly for spare tube, CO2, patches, tools, etc. You will need one that is below 5cm in width or it will get in the way of folding.
I ended up getting one with 4cm width.
I have changed the 36t chainring to 0 degree offset 40t chainring. I have more flexible gear ratio now but I'm unable to use the 1st cog (42t) as chain will constantly touch the frame.
0 degree offset 38t chainring is also the same. FYI only.
Took me forever to get the fit right for my body but once set, it's been really nice.