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Oh dear. I guess some people are overly sensitive aren’t they? I thought this was a discussion about the OP’s bike (choice of bike as much as anything). I obviously misunderstood. I thought I made it clear that I was simply expressing a personal opinion, and my opening gambit was to wish him...

They may look it, but that doesn't seem to be Dmitri's experience having had a few issues with his R&M Delite. Nice to see an objective review not blinded by the usual subjective hype. Mmmm. You didn't read that properly - the £2000 Carbon frame eMTB I referred to is made in Europe, just not...

There must be lot to like about Riese & Muller bikes generally judging by those on this forum that own variations of the one you've just bought, and I'm sure it's a great choice for you in your circumstances, and that you'll be very happy with it. But, to be controversial (don't hate me), what...

A bit like member "kevelec", who appears to be frantically cycling across St Georges Channel from Southern Ireland into Wales? Possibly a dash for freedom by escaping the EU?

There have been various similar cases reported.. in Bristol, thugs stringing wire across cycle-paths to demount you and steal your bike, and in Surrey/Sussex, both wire across cycle/walkways, logs across the paths, and glass/nails, all (it is suggested) in an attempt to stop cyclists speeding...

A couple of weeks back, I was cycling in a country park around a reservoir on an 8-mile cycle/walk path. Ahead of me was a guy and what I assumed was his girlfriend cycling side-by-side, but at a much slower pace than I. As I approached, and without dinging my bell, the girlfriend had heard my...

TBH, holding a bike on an incline by the pedal is perhaps a riding habit I've carried over from the old days. As Woosh also suggest, I think it's just me being twitchy, and as Nev suggests, maybe I was in too high a power/wrong gear setting too. It makes sense that a torque-sensing e-bike...

The 15.5mph assistance limit applies to all legal e-bikes in the UK. On some hub-driven e-bikes with an LCD display it's possible to over-ride that speed limit, but not yours unfortunately: The Carerra Vulcan and Crossfire both use the proprietary Suntour system, and, despite many trying, I...

Given the state of our roads today, I'd say many roads aren't much better than a trail or canal path in terms of pot-holes, drain covers, tree-roots, cracks, ridges and other "lumpy" hazards that often get hit at speed. Of the three "economy" forks I've had on bikes (Zoom, RST, Suntour), the...

Oddly, I've experienced a similar problem with my mid-drive torque sensing Bafang MaxDrive… Coming to a T-junction at the end of a road, on a slight incline upwards, with the bike totally stationary: One foot on the ground, and the other foot lightly held on the opposite pedal (just to hold the...

That member on Cycling UK with the low opinion of this Pedelecs forum - robgul - has posted here too. His very first post on this forum might have helped form his opinion... From his post it seems he sells Roux e-bikes, and d8veh gave a usefully full and frank opinion on those here...

There was a thread on this very topic on this forum about 6 months ago... But the essence is this: A 36-volt 2-amp e-bike charger draws about 90 watts of power. A 12-volt car cigarette/accessory socket is typically limited by it's wiring/fusing to supply around 150 watts of power... If your...

Glad to hear your battery is fixed. I didn’t have the foresight to measure temperatures before and after changing those caps, but with the further addition of sticking large rubber feet to the base of the charger (to raise it off the surface allowing air to circulate) I’d say my own charger...

There is at least some common tie between vaping and e-bikes: A life-expired e-bike battery may often still contain a useful amount of working 18650 cells that can be re-purposed for a lifetime of vaping!

Halfords Carrera Crossfire-e had lots of problems, mostly relating to ongoing power cut-out issues... and there’s been no shortage of cutting reviews published on Halfords own web-site damning that particular bike (although far less recently it seems). Here’re some current 1-3 star Crossfire-e...

AFAIK the Eco Expedition bikes are made by Shuangye. The same bike is offered in various OEM configurations, and Eco Expedition have changed/upgraded parts on theirs slightly since 2014/15. The earlier version of this Shuangye MTB had an 880 LED display and had a throttle fitted. Later versions...

According to my German engineer cousin Klaus (and it seems confirmed on a couple of German e-bike forums), LIQ bikes – or at least the LIQROCK the OP bought - is actually both made and assembled in Germany by FOCUS, so it can’t be all bad. At least the frame is genuine TIG*, rather than a TIT*...

I've never heard of LIQ bikes, but if this is the one you bought, and the battery is still good, it seems you got yourself a very good bargain: https://www.linkradquadrat.de/sonderangebote/1215/liqrock-e-mtb-29zoll-500wh-bosch-performance-line-cx-modell-2018?number=628205652&c=65

I'm no expert, but I'd agree with that. Continental say a recommended pressure of 50psi (maximum 65psi) for X-King 2.2's. I'd say a low pressure of just 20psi is going to distort that sidewall to the point of failure. Your rolling resistance will be unnecessarily high too - eating into the...

Bathroom shaver sockets are deliberately current limited to save you electrocuting yourself if you were to drop your electric shaver into a basin full of water. You can either cut the plug off and fit a standard UK one with a 3-amp fuse (B&Q), buy a European to UK plug adapter (B&Q or most...