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I have been thinking about putting a sun race wide ratio 9 speed cassette on my bike. My bike is a nine speed set up now but I have been using cheap shimano alvio 12/36 cassettes with a 42 tooth chain ring. I do a lot of miles commuting to work and back and these cassettes cost less than £20...

Killing a new fully charged 500Wh battery in 16 miles is pretty impressive. That must have been the type of gluppy viscous sticky and treacherous mud that no one in their right mind would have attempted riding their bike through! Knowing how much you like bike maintenance and cleaning I am...

My above post was slightly misleading. I am undoubtedly more tired after work for my ride home. However I allow more time for for xc route to work and ride in a very different way. I ride in eco and for a few sections where gradients allow have the motor off. Off road I am enjoying my...

Lies Damned lies and statistics 16 miles off mostly off road route to work used 32% of my battery giving a theoretical range of 50 miles from my 400Wh battery. 10 miles home on the road used 40% giving a theoretical range of 25 miles

That looked fun argoose. Following my off, I did a 24 mile round trip to work including 14 off road miles yesterday with no ill effects so I must have pulled rather than torn my hamstring and it is improving very quickly. It is obviously a bit tight and painful on occasion but I notice this...

Thanks for your good wishes. I do some walking with my son but had also thought about YOGA to supplement my cycling but had not got further than the thinking bit. This might be the spur required.

Pride comes before!!! I had a bizarre slow speed slide ending in a fall to my left hand side on my ride to work on Sunday afternoon where I managed to trap my foot in my left hand pedal and in so doing over extend my left leg and damage the upper part of my ham string. I had fallen off at...

Wow guys fantastic pictures of spectacular countryside. Kieth Brown, Dig and as always EddiePJ.

My first electric bike had a battery behind the seat post and it was too much hassle to remove it so I charged it on the bike in the garage. My second bike with Yamaha system has its battery inside the triangle and is easy to remove and I always do bringing it into the house. There are some...

Lovely ride to work today. 16 miles of great tracks in bright sunshine. Field at Lower Eashing Shackleford Heath Bit of Surrey mud at Redhill Plantation that I skirted around the left hand side of but I am sure EddiePJ would have ploughed through the middle of. Also to show EddiePJ that my...

Looks quite slippery. I guess if I was out on my old Honda twin shock I would be running my tyres at anywhere around 8 to 12psi with security bolts. I suppose your tubeless oversize tyres can be run at pretty low pressures.

I commute a minimum return trip distance of 20 miles to work and back on a 2015 yamaha crank drive hardtail Haibike using a rack and panniers to carry stuff. I charge my battery before I set off to work and charge it at work before coming home. I timed my undulating B road 10 mile return from...

My own plug was broken when the bike was knocked over when left charging the battery on the bike at work. Whoever knocked the bike over never made themselves known to me although may not have realized that any damage had been done after righting the bike. Ironically it was probably the fact...

If you are running swalbe smart sam tyres and are happy with them why not get a pair of the swalbe smart sam plus puncture resistant tyres that are the same but don't get punctures.

I appreciate it might seem a slightly slap dash approach but you may well find that the chain will continue to work without slipping or jumping for more miles than you imagine. If the chain does not jump and you can push as hard as you want on the pedals then from my perspective the chain is...

Hi doomo, looks like you have set yourself up now in the same way I commute with a rack and panniers. I much prefer to ride without anything on my person. Are you swapping batteries half way? or have you been seduced by your new larger capacity battery to just use that and leave your old one at...

Look what I found on the way to work. Forget all this cold and wet weather, spring is on the way.

Looks very nice Sherman. What tyres do you find work best in those conditions?

Sunny day. First day back at work after three days off. Good excuse to take the camera on my ride to work. Field of sheep with trio of horse riders. Sounds like a posh main course. Crooksbury Common x3 above and below Great fun, great countryside away from roads, nice bit of exercise and...

Sounds rather annoying. My Yamaha display lets me know when it is time to change the battery by gently fading.