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Just found out - there is a new UK company called "Beyond Components" now selling these headsets under the name of Windspeed which I think are a bike shop in China. http://www.beyondcomponents.co.uk/ Can't fault their headsets - at £20 they are genuine good value. Just remember to put some...

I honestly thought I was on to a good one with Xipi but it soon turned out to be a big disappointment. The back end is much too heavy with the battery, controller and the motor. When you go over a bump in the road - even a small one - you certainly feel it. This must have aggravated the...

Re: Suntour forks - yes - there is a definite problem with lower end models which are below the Suntour Epicon model. Essentially, they are poorly made. The seals are very poor and the parts inside soon wear out. Even the Epicon which is a fairly reasonable fork retailing at about £170-200 has...

Hi d8veh, When I had the problems with the spokes I did speak to Frank who said that they could do a rebuild for me at an additional cost. The spokes had Chinese characters stamped on them. To me it certainly looked like the wheel was pre built at a factory - maybe it wasn't but the quality of...

What I can say is that the spokes on my old e bike I got from Xipi were awful - routinely snapping, resulting in me having to say goodbye to a rim and then rebuild said wheel myself using Sapim spokes and then no more problems with snapping spokes. I think Xipi use Crystalyte copy motors - the...

I'm going on my own past experiences and from others. The spokes on many pre built factory e bike motor wheels arriving from the Far East are often made of a poor quality stainless steel resulting in them snapping. Perhaps this one isn't and it is handbuilt - I don't think so though. As to...

Yeah - definitely put a decent headset in there. This is a common part which is downgraded on many high end e bikes. My Scott e 29er had a terrible Ritchey headset (a big shame as they used to be pretty good quality) on it which kept coming loose no matter what I did. Then 4 weeks in, the...

I can see all kinds of problems arising with this bike - breaking spokes, dodgy electrics etc etc. In short, I am quite sure it would be a nightmare to own.

These are damn good forks. There is no comparison between these and Suntour ones. Good work Eddie!

Hello Bosch e bike owners: Not sure if you have come across this. If you are a regular user of your bike with a frame mounted battery, I advise you to take some time to check the battery doesn't wobble sideways in the holder where the key lock is. After about 12 months, my battery started...

Just had another look at the photos. It might be possible to attach the socket part (where the clamp is broken) to say, an aftermarket light handlebar clamp. I know that Cateye sell aftermarket front light clamps so perhaps this might be a viable option using some creative engineering.

It looks like a bespoke connector specially made for the device. I don't know what the generic name for these type of ball connector things is. The Bosch system uses these little ball things in a circular configuration for the speedo display connector. I guess you could take the connector and...

I have 40 x Genuine Samsung high discharge ICR18560 22P cells for sale. These have been removed from a Bosch e bike battery which had about 18 months regular use. I am upgrading the cells myself for higher capacity 2.9aH cells. Note that these cells have about 80% of their capacity left in...

You will also see IDS often makes statements with the words "I believe that....(x policy will do y)". Errrr...shouldn't policies be based on evidence not on your beliefs! He is an intellectual pygmy at best.

Goes a long way to explain why most politicians are held in lower regard than estate agents. Though I would put them at number 1, mortgage co surveyors at number 2, Bad estate agents (some are good, though not many!) at number 3.

source for 0.7% figure Here is the official govt source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/203097/nsfr-final-090513.pdf

I don't think our benefits system is being pressured by immigrants to the extent that certain individuals would have you believe: Bloody immigrants, coming over here and paying our bills | Adam Smith Institute On another point, the benefit system works reasonably well considering the scale of...

And also, I would most certainly recommend that you respoke the entire wheel with Sapim spokes. Don't just replace the ones which are broken. This then ensures your wheel is as strong as it can be. Mixing old and new spokes isn't recommended. This supplier is very good as he can cut spokes to...

Definitely go for branded spokes. I only ever use Sapim spokes and they have never broken on me unlike the cheap no-name brands which had a tendency to snap with depressing frequency.

The whole immigration thing needs to be discussed sensibly and be totally evidence based. Then and only then can people make true sense of what it happening. Making stupid comments about being flooded by Romanians is just utterly stupid and insensitive. Where is the research based on evidence...