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I could not find the 52 tooth chain ring I wanted for my old Oxygen Emate during lock down and bought a cheap narrow wide one off ebay, just to have one if I needed to change it. You can run a rear hub bike many miles and in my case sometimes years beyond when you should have changed the...

Be cautious, the really cheap narrow wide chain rings are not that good.

Good to hear you have got it sorted. If you add a good quality narrow wide chain ring to what you have already done, I would be surprised if the chain ever came off. My 2015 Haibike sduro Yamaha came with a small chain guide, but I don't know if your Habikes have that. It was not that...

Mostly true I'm afraid Bonzo Banana. Unless you want off road performance where crank drives excel. It is a shame as my entry level hard tail Haibike Yamaha is a well built machine that has worked very well. I did however have a charger plug/connector problem that stopped me being able to...

Enjoy your bike. Use it regularly and keep riding through the Winter. Make the most of the warranty period! Take stock towards the end of the warranty period and if there is anything you are worried about especially in respect of the electric system raise it verbally and in writing with the...

When I look at my 2015 crank drive Haibike Yamaha electric mountain bike, there are three main components, the bike, the motor, and the battery. Mine has a 400Wh battery. At the time and still now my bike shop were/are able to sell me a spare battery or replacement battery for £650. They could...

Dormant but not completely forgotten The main job of my £100 Ebike was to take me to my early shift jobs at work, and a splendid job it made of it. Since retiring in October 2021 it has done nothing. Actually I did put a new chain on as the old one had reached its wear limit. I have two other...

Motorbikes are more dangerous than cars but they are very good fun. Choices, choices. I still like riding mine.

15,298 mile, 7 Year Update Well at this point, I am just pleased that the bike keeps working. This was the last year of commuting to work, that finished in October 2021 when I retired. When I worked out how many miles I had ridden it was more than I expected at 2,154 for the year. In truth...

Trail and error may be the best. Use a tyre pressure gauge. You should be able to feel how compromised you handling is, especially cornering on the road, and get a good understand of the lowest pressure you can run on the road without compromising your cornering. With those types of bike you...

Not completely prompted by this thread as I have been contemplating it for a while, but I have just put an order in for a new narrow wide 38 tooth chain ring. This will lower my gearing by 10% and it will be interesting to see what effect this has in the steeper more difficult routes I have...

I am my own dis-charger The cost of replacing the 400Wh Yamaha battery on my 2015 Haibike incentives me to look after it as well as possible. On those reasonably rare occasions that I have fully charged the battery and something happens to prevent me riding, I will at the earliest opportunity...

I still have a 3 chain ring set up on my acoustic hard tail mountain bike. With such a set up I was taught to keep the chain in the middle area of the cassette where ever possible to reduce wear on the chain and use the three front chain rings to accomplish this. My hard tail electric mountain...

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Alternative Lidl I had charged my battery with a view to riding cross country to Farnham Lidl and then get the train back yesterday. When I checked the train service they were all cancelled due to trees down, and as I had a full battery I needed an alternative destination. I headed to...

Cycle,Walk,Cycle Sandwich I was definitely an active 60 year old on Thursday. I had made plans to go to a friends house that according to google maps is 16.1 miles away by road. I took a mostly cross country route via Witley and Thursely commons to the village of Thursely and then through...

Depends. Purpose built cycle lanes completely separate to the adjacent road and with a barrier/ raised curb structure so that the cycle lane is entirely separate from the road is one thing and I would happily cycle on. A white line painted on the road where the camber of the road dips into the...

Of course not as much as on an ordinary bike but you are still exercising out in the fresh air and able to cycle longer and cover far greater distances so its stupid to say they are for lazy people who cheat. Th only problem I have had is the abuse from the lycra clad fanatics when you sail...

Reply to Bill My 23 mph fall from my ebike would have been fatal without a good helmet. Instead mild concussion, CT scan and broken shoulder. Helmet was smashed to bits instead of my brain box. Bill 9 DAYS AGO Reply to Paul Then you clearly misunderstand the way that these helmets...

I've had an ebike for 8 years or so, and upgraded during that time. They are an amazing addition to my mobility choices especially in the better months of the year. Without doubt they are a positive addition to my life and exercise regime and recommend them to any open minded person. If we had...