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9 Year Update After popping out to the bike to check the mileage, the reading makes no sense and may have reset at some point at some time. Now that I am not using the bike to commute on I have not been keeping an eye on the accumulated miles as frequently. Looking back in a dairy I use to note...

Occasionally I have to leave one of my bikes at my local railway station. Unfortunately I think all railway stations are high risk for bike theft. At my local station there is a place to lock bikes outside the station and other places on each of the two platforms. I always lock mine on the...

Hi StuJo3, rather frustratingly from your point of view is the fact that after a few unsatisfactory racks that broke I transferred a rack from an old analogue mountain bike I had that had proved rock solid. I had bought it from a local bike shop and do not know the brand. When I fitted it to my...

Sorry I posted and then got busy and did not reply. Only after I posted did I notice there was a thread already discussing the story which had also appeared in The Guardian. I agree that the story from The Telegraph is click bait, similar to much that appears in that paper, and of very poor quality.

E-bike power may double despite deadly threat from battery fires Government proposal aimed at boosting uptake despite widespread concerns over ‘huge safety risk’ Gareth Corfield29 February 2024 • 6:09pm 3 Sofia Duarte died in her flat when the lithium-ion batteries on her e-bike (pictured)...

When I commuted to work and back on my 2015 Haibike Yamaha it could assist above the legal speed cut off. I only used this ability to ride with assistance at a higher speed riding home from work late at night after my shift on an undulating 10 mile B road route. At the time I was riding there...

Pub Sunday Lunch Ride I had been for a Christmas lunch with some mates at a pub that had been very good. Before we left we were all given an envelope with a hidden discount inside for a meal in January. A weekend arrived where I fancied a good pub Sunday roast, so a plan was made. Google maps...

A primitive but effective method of stopping lock rings coming undone on old British motorbikes was to use lock wire so it physically could not come undone.

I'm in my 63rd year and climbing the hill of dis-satisfaction.....

On my Haibike Yamaha crank drive hard tail I run a Schwalbe Hans Dampf gravity 2.35 tyre on the back. I run it tubeless but the carcass is so tough I cannot see it puncturing if you used a tube. It is a brilliant tyre off road and much better than I thought it would be on the road. My £100...

Fixing the speed sensor. Today was the day to attempt to fix my speed sensor, which in a good way turned out slightly anti-climatically. As they were so cheap I had just gone ahead and bought a wired cycle computer. I took the bike to my friend's house, who has a well lit work area and various...

There have been motorcycles that had two wheels at the front and one at the rear that could be lent over into a turn that I believe worked very well.

I wonder if there are any trikes with the two wheels at the front which makes them much more stable.

Thanks saneagle for your comprehensive reply. I am very grateful. There will be a delay to study what you have said and make the time to go through the tests you suggest. At least I can still use the bike. It is predominantly an errand bike where my journeys are short enough for the motor...

Hi, this is a bike I bought second hand from the classified pedelec ads. Its a Oxygen Emate bike from around 2011 vintage. It had 500 miles on it when I bought it and had reached 3536 when the speedometer stopped working as well as the odometer. The electrical components are generic Chinese I...

Noises on bikes can be infuriatingly difficult to pin down.

Sunny Cold Day Cross Country Leisure Ride Just about managed to fit in a bike ride around my chores. I set off in the afternoon very aware that the sun was due to set at 16:03 and I wanted to get back in time to bring in the bed sheets that I hoped might dry on a rare sunny winter day. It...

Likewise, I am sorry to hear of you being knocked off your bike by a car, and hope you are feeling better soon.

I own two old rear hub bikes of 2011 vintage, and a 2015 Yamaha crank drive Haibike. I love them all! I have in real terms had less failures on my Haibike, but when I have an issue to fix on the rear hub bikes you can usually easily find generic Chinese spare parts you can buy without breaking...

Water ingress, even a little bit will eventually kill the bearings in your crank drive motor. I am sure this was the cause of the bearing failure on my first Yamaha motor on my 2015 Haibike. I only ever used a hose, but when the bike was new washed it a lot including the motor using a finger...