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Thanks, tillson. But my bike has a derailleur fitted - along with hub gears. Wouldn't that keep the tension going? I don't want to fiddle with the chain myself - is it the sort of job that a local bike shop could do?

Thanks for your helpful comments. 50 cycles sent me a new sprocket which looked identical to the existing one, so I didn;t change it - as you said, it wasn't wear. I have hub gears, flecc. Would that make a difference? As I said, the gears are perfect when I'm not using the battery assist. I...

Please look at what I wrote somewhere else (not quite sure how the site works). I had precisely that problem - ie grinding & something that sounds as if the gears aren't connecting properly. And it's only when the power is being used; when it's just me pedalling, everything is fine. I have...

Motor drive sprocket on the Pro connect My lovely Pro connect was delivered just over two weeks ago and I have just returned from a 3 day cycling trip, complete with Bob Ibex trailer. The combination was quite brilliant; with the help of the electric assist, I powered up hills that I could...

Thank you very much for your advice, flecc and deadmonkey. I guess I will just have to bite the bullet, fight through the manual and change the tubes! x

I have just bought a beautiful pro Connect cycle and how I love it. Instead of wheezing up hills,,, well, I still wheeze but only a little. I have bought a Bob Ibex one-wheel trailer and plan to go cycle camping for a month to Land's End and back, if I last that long. I have no doubts about...