Grrr. I've snapped the axle inside my Bafang BPM rear hub. It's a bri...

Julian Bond - 2014-01-23 20:00:13+0000 - Updated: 2014-01-23 20:00:13+0000

Grrr. I've snapped the axle inside my Bafang BPM rear hub. It's a brittle fracture of the hollow axle right where the cable comes out into the windings. 4 years old, but still, not good.

So now I've disappeared down the rabbit hole of trying to find a replacement motor-hub-wheel. The company I bought the bike from no longer sells that model, but maybe they've got a spare wheel. Otherwise it's going to involve trying to navigate the Hong Kong outlets like bmsbattery and greenbikekit.

Dunken K Bliths - 2014-01-23 21:24:29+0000

Oh dear !!!!.........fingers crossed for a speed repair !!!

David Kemp - 2014-01-23 21:55:03+0000

you could try Bafang themselves bf@szbaf.com

Julian Bond - 2014-01-24 14:32:52+0000

Looks like I may be ok. Alien have come through with a motor and I can swap the guts without re-lacing the wheel. Which gets me a new clutch as well since that was on the way out. Should be with me on Monday.

Julian Bond - 2014-01-27 14:30:31+0000

Hub arrived, guts swapped, seems to be sorted. Nice fresh, smooth, quiet internal freewheel. The only slight weirdness is the spacers all seemed different, but I've ended up with everything in the same place.