Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle

Posted by fortran77 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:57AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc67cIRHDmg

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by teddyh on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:05PM (#28578074)

This 19-minute video consists of 12 minutes of showing how old and dirty this particular C5 is, followed by the rest of the video showing the unscrewing of a few bolts and screws. No restoration is done.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by _1a on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:18PM (#28578180)

Can you give me a synopsis of the 35 minute part 1 video as well?

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by teddyh on Saturday September 18, 2021 @03:58PM (#28578801)

I’d have to watch it to do that.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by Tepix on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:04AM (#28582294)

I preordered a Sinclair X-1 bike (i didn't pay anything), but it unfortunately never got built. I believe Sinclair's son is still promoting it on Instagram.

The idea of an electric bicycle with weather protection is obvious, unfortunately it seems they are too expensive to manufacture to ever leave their tiny market niche. Most new models never make it to production (and there are lots of them - look through this forum thread: https://www.pedelecforum.de/forum/index.php?threads/ein-rege... ).

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by dijit on Sunday September 19, 2021 @07:14AM (#28583413)

This is especially ironic given that Sinclair himself is iconic because he did things cheaper than most people thought possible.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by timonoko on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:34PM (#28578264)

Dave does not know much about bicycles. Does not use proper extractor on pedals. Does not know how the "long screw" at the handlebars work.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by timonoko on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:42PM (#28578311)

One should not ever totally remove the "long screw". It can be difficult to get it back.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by timonoko on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:55PM (#28578387)

Ok. You should release the "long screw" justabout 5 millimeters and hit with hammer. This will release the expanding block which allows handlebar height adjustment and also removal of the handlebar. Incredibly few people know about this astounding fact.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by timonoko on Saturday September 18, 2021 @03:04PM (#28578425)

Prediction: Dave will totally destroy the handlebar assembly with brute force and invent some explanation. The expanding block is still stuck there and the only way to release it is described above.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by timonoko on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:11PM (#28578905)

Did I mention that if you remove the pedals with hammer and chisel, the precise surfaces become mangled and twisted and the pedals become "clickety". Very annoying, and you cannot really fix this except with new axle.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by craigr1972 on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:28AM (#28582923)

There's a chap who can sometimes be seen driving/riding his C5 around the cycle paths here in Edinburgh. Big thumbs up.

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Re:Sinclair C5 Restoration – Clive Sinclair's Electric Vehicle by the-dude on Saturday September 18, 2021 @03:08PM (#28578450)

Actually, Sinclair was a bit of a Musk. A bit rushed perhaps.

My physics teacher in NL had a C5, but he could not get it 'road legal'.

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