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Hi Biscitt, I am afraid that I am no expert at diagnosing or mending these systems. chris_n above may be able to help. He would be able to give you access to an online manual for your bike that you might be able to use to diagnose what the fault codes actually mean. I would also start a...

I am not sure that soundwave would fit within this idealistic electric bike landscape! I also find it a little too saccharine sweet with more than a cynical dollop of sales pitch. Maybe I have become too much of the "grumpy old man".

They are cool looking bikes but as this thread illustrates definitely for a mechanically adept enthusiastic owner. Could see one parked in the corner of a yuppie (do they still exist?) flat as a display object but that would be a shame and much better to be owned by someone who wants to ride...

I used my £100 spars or repair Oxygen Emate City to commute to work today, 20 mile round trip and I can charge it at work. After mending the broken spoke and adding a £10 saddle from Lidl I have used it for a few local shopping/errand trips and been very impressed by how quiet the motor is and...

Back when I did my teacher training they talked about the hidden curriculum. That's all the stuff you learn from your teachers that they do not mean to teach you. All their little prejudices, any unfair treatment with no recourse you receive at their behest etc etc I always liked that term

I trained as a teacher but never went into the profession after being put off by smoke fog filled staff rooms filled with depressed teachers. It was a secondary modern in Basingstoke so they probably had due cause. Anyway it struck me at the time that a school is really a very autocratic set up...

That looks like the start of a side wall failure which will lead to a blow out puncture that will wreck your inner tube and due to the nature of how quickly your tyre will deflate be potentially very dangerous due to your almost instant loss of control. Time for a new tyre me thinks. At least...

In respect of out of warranty Yamaha parts/motor issues. Bearing in mind that I wore out my first motors main bearing after 6000 miles and had a new motor fitted by my dealer free of charge under warranty right on the two year point. Great customer service from my dealer. I thought I would...

Well I use two bikes, one a hub powered bike and one a crank drive bike. The transmission on the hub powered bike can be abused and lasts so long that if we all owned hub powered bikes there would be no discussion about chain, chain ring and cassette wear. My crank drive Haibike Yamaha is a...

A bit like that bit in Crocodile Dundee where he says "That's not a knife", I can hear Eddie saying "That's not a light"! What model of the lesser lights in the range is the one yo mean?

I know you were using my comment to make a point rather than single me out as the Evans nemesis. When the Evans super store appeared in Guildford I was more worried about my small independent cycle shop "Pedal Pushers" disappearing than Evans as their shop is probably a lot more like your own...

I do use them on occasion to buy odd parts off them online where I can choose which store to pick up from and find that facility can be useful. I bought the pair of Tyres that I have on my Haibike from them. I did in fact buy my first electric bike from them as my company ride to work scheme...

As a shift worker I either travel cross country to avoid cars or am on my 10 mile road ride at times when there are less cars about. I mostly get overtaken with reasonable care. However there are still some bad overtakes. The last one I had was the worst for quite some time. I was close to the...

I have a huge Evans local to me in Guildford but choose to use a small independent bike shop run by two grumpy old men like me called Pedal Pushers which I love for its old school charm. I will be sorry if the Evans store shuts though, but the floor area of their store is huge and must cost a...

I prefer the battery position on the Raleigh and that it is cheaper but if you have test ridden them then the one you liked best is probably the one to go for.

Blimey. My 14 mile off road route to work using mostly bridal paths with the odd byway and slightly naughty I know section of footpath that avoids a particularly nasty bit of B road almost never see a soul, but when occasionally I do, horse rider or walker, pleasantly pass the time of day and...

I replied before seeing the crank brothers response. Perhaps they can effect a repair for you.

Very lucky not to get a high speed blow out front puncture. Unless you really like the bling value I might be looking elsewhere for my next set of wheels

At least you use cheap wheels so it will not break the bank to get a replacement! If that is the rear, I would inspect the front as well to be on the safe side.

Well after putting the new chain and cassette on I have started getting a noise that could be from the transmission but could be from the motor that was not there before and has just started to happen coincidentally with the change of the rear cassette and chain. It is loudest when I am...