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I weigh shall we say at least a 100kg and carry two loaded panniers so my rear tyre had certainly soaked up a lot of punishment. I guess you could say that my rear tyre was tested to destruction and on this occasion it was 6000km. If when they eventually fail they do so in the same way as mine...

Pride comes before a fall! The side wall on my Schalbe Marathon Plus failed at a mere 3800 miles on my off road route to work. It could have had a nick from something but I think it was just time and the punishing wear and tear I inflicted on it. I do check my tyres quite often but had...

I have now completed six days commuting and have done 234 miles since putting the 42 teeth chain ring with the Shimano Alivio HG400 MTB 12-36t: 12-14-16-18-21-24-28-32-36 cassette on. My first ride to work using this gearing was on the 28th of June and it is working really well. The gearing is...

Hi Tomtomato, I bought my Oxygen E-mate from 50 cycles old store in Richmond when they were selling Oxygen Bikes. It is some time ago now but I remember that when I contacted 50 cycles and spoke to their mechanic in Leicester about my noisy motor they had stopped selling Oxygen bikes and said I...

I have been a bit slow to pick up on this thread but thought I might comment as I bought my Haibike sDuro HardSeven SL 2015 Yamaha on the 20th of March 2015 from Martin. I did a lot of research before buying my bike and found Martin to be helpful and knowledgeable whenever I spoke to him on the...

I think they are expensive but mine allows me to commute to work and back carrying two heavy panniers and getting a good deal of exercise at the same time. I suppose you could think of us as early adopters of new technology. I have not replaced my car but now hardly ever use it to travel to...

A bit early to judge whether I now have a cassette/Chain ring combination that will allow the cassette to last longer but the gearing seems to give me the gear range I need for the hills I climb off road on the route I use and 20mph cruising on the road. I put on a 42 tooth chain ring with a...

Hi D8ve, I considered going hub geared but worried how the reliability would be effected by the power of a crank powered bike and not wanting to be stranded en route to work or indeed back again late at night. When a gear on my cassette plays up I can just change down a gear to get me to work or...

Sounds interesting. What did you fit.

Hi Mossie, I am commuttiing on a 2015 sDuro Hard Seven Yamaha and have found that I wear out the top gear (11 tooth cog) quickly as well. I do put on cheap steel Shimano Alivio HG400 MTB Cassettes when they start to play up but it is always top gear that plays up and I need to change it when it...

Hi all, Must be me then! I do ride my bike in a way that could lead to faster wear in my transmission and for me it is the top gear cog that starts to be troublesome rather than any of the others. I just use my bike to get me to work and back and this often involves a 13 mile predominantly...

It seems to me that the power of a crank drive bike puts much more stress on chains and sprockets than on an ordinary bike. I find that an electric mountain bike does not need the number of gears that have evolved for non powered mountain bikes. On my 9 speed I often need to change up a couple...

We have moved away from the point. The modern powerful crank drive bikes need stronger e-bike specific chain, chain ring and rear cassettes. These do not need to be overly expensive. 7 widely spaced gears would be enough for most applications, geared in a way that there are no less than 14...

Hi Kelly, I replaced the saddle on my bike with a Velo one sourced from amazon that has proved to be very comfortable, well made and good value. Indeed so comfortable that I have put them on my other bikes. I do a 23 mile commute and have covered over 3000 miles so the recommendation is based...

The thing that worries me about changing to a Nexus 8 speed which I admit to being tempted by is that if you do get a problem you could be stranded and although I am certainly getting through cheap 9 speed cassettes, they are simple to change and when I get a problem with top gear (The gear that...

Hi Steve UKLSRA, I recently did two days Green Laning in the Peak District that certainly included a lot of steep rocky tracks. The optimistic leader took us (All 55+ except him on old/very old twinshocks Pre 1960 to1978) up hollingsclough which was fun! Worth a look on youtube. We also did...

I take my charger to work in my Ortlieb Panniers that are very useful for carrying other stuff and can be removed, carried about, and re attached very easily. I have a Haibike sDuro and the yamaha battery can be removed very easily and either carried by its carry handle or slipped in a pannier...

With reference to anotherkiwi's suggestion of swapping motors and relacing them, it might be even easier to just swap rear wheels if all the connectors are the same.

Hi soundwave, I agree, It is not that big a deal, I just put a new cassette on when I need to. At worst I have to drop down a gear, so I am not stranded by the road side. But I don't think it is just me, I think crank drive bikes put a lot more stress through the transmission and I am sure that...

Hi RobF, I ride in Surrey and there is a lot of sand. I thought the same and do try to keep the chain and transmission as clean as possible by regularly hosing it down and re lubricating the chain. My off road route is on the way to work and that can get the bike covered in muc and I don't have...