Hi there! Another member added to the Yuba family
I'm the proud new owner of a Yuba Mundo lux in Olive green.
I hope there's still some life here
My planned set-up:
Mid-drive motor Bafang BBSHD, paired with a Rohloff E14 speedhub, Magura MT7 Pro Brakes front and rear.
It will also be towing a Croozer Jokke (Dog-Trailer) With my dog Lady. (About 30kg)
The bike is already fitted with the BBSHD right now, the brakes will probably come next month, and the Rohloff I'm waiting for an estimation on price/delivery date.
I use my bike for pretty much everything, riding to work daily, bike touring, groceries. (I don't own a car and don't want one anymore) This bike is perfect for that,
yes it's pretty long, especially combined with the trailer I'm about 3,5m long.. But the ride is very comfortable, I use a suspension seat post (Parallelogram) and upgraded the tires to Schwalbe Big Ben Plus (instead of the standard normal Big Bens) I've been riding these tires for a while in combination with Air Plus inner tubes, and I can't remember the last time I ran a flat tire.
I do run into some problems with the chain line until I get the Rohloff, I gues I'll just have to deal with that. I used to run 52T front, 11spd cassette in the back 11-46, but because of the wheel skirts (which i don't want to take off) the chain can't get high enough to get to the 5th (or lower) gears, so I switched to 44T, which gives me back some low end gearing, and the overall chainline is lower, which makes it possible to get up to the 3rd gear. I will try the original cassette, which is 9speed, tomorrow and see how that goes with both the 44 and 52T. (I am running a lekkie bling ring in the front by the way and never ever did the chain come off, I never snapped a chain, this is a real lifesaver for the BBSHD!) With my current settings the highest assist level puts about 1300 watts through the chain so, yeah!xD
(I'm from the Netherlands so mostly flat over here, which is why I can get away with not being able to use my lowest gears for the time being, it's not ideal of course but hey.)
I had to tape the speed sensor magnet to the crank and put the sensor beside the crank, because I didn't stop to think that the bike is longer....xD The original wire is not long enough of course, extension will arrive Tuesday so then that'll be fixed
But this way I can at least just ride it for now.
If it turns out there are still people here and there's interest I can upload some more pictures with next post. Any tips, or questions are welcome!
See you on the road!🚲