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Hi Julian Is the tour 'organised' in the sense you are travelling with others (guided) or is it a matter of following directions? Sounds great I must say - will look at how often it runs - late September would be nice. Mike

Hi flecc Thanks for that - I was wondering how I was going to cope with the withdrawal symptoms next week after the Tour de France finishes. Come on Bradley! Mike

Yep - it's a couple of kids bells, couple of bike 'dumbell spanners' and a odd puncture outfit if my memory serves me correct. Going back to Lidl - my wife and I rate their cycling jackets at 8 on the Barnowl scale and I agree the Aldi cycling gloves were only 5 at the start (VERY tight even...

Lidl Bike Stuff as well Lidl are in on the cycling stuff act as well on Thursday 23rd July. We found their cycling jackets and jerseys great value last year (along with the under saddle toolkit). Will be going for gloves this time I think. The items aren't up on their website yet but are in the...

Any ideas of the route yet? Will it include the Cat 1 climb out of Dulverton? Phew!! Mike

Hi flecc Thanks for your replies and reassurances. The burrs are on the pedal crank chain sprocket not the motor one - I'll remove them and see if the elusive tick disappears. thanks again Mike

Thanks for all the advice and suggestions. I've tried tightening the pedal crank bolts but the tick persists - one tick per revolution, from the drive sprocket side I think. Will look at pedals next as flecc suggests. The only other thing I've noticed when giving the drive sproket and chain a...

Hi flecc It's one click each revolution on the crank drive sprocket - I can 'kid' myself that it's at the same point of the revolution. It's when there is no pedal assist at all - it's just my effort on the pedal crank. Funny the things you notice when gently cycling along quiet car free...

My Pro Connect has developed a ticking noise on each revolution on the drive sprocket when I pedal. I've checked pivot on jockey wheel and tightness of motor mounting bolts (had to tighten these previously). Anyone have any ideas what might be cause? It's more annoying than anything, there's no...

SOLD Just listed a Powabyke 5 speed Euro on ebay - looking to lose a few cycle Kgs now I've lost a lot of Kgs got fitter and got a Kalkoff! Electric POWABYKE Euro 5 Speed V.good condition on eBay (end time 11-Jul-09 17:57:24 BST)

Hi Tom Fitted two Marathon Plus 700 x 38c tyres to my Pro Connect last night (got them from stokepa on ebay). Fit perfectly. Two tips I picked up on this forum which I found very useful were : 1. Marthon+ tyres are quite stiff when new so I used the tip of a couple of cable ties to hold...

Has anyone else on the forum purchased a throttle control for Kalkoff bikes to allow assistance whilst pushing (up particularly STEEP hills etc). I've bought and fitted two, one to my Pro Connect and one to my wife's step thru' Po Connect. Assistance seems to be more like 2.5 to 3 mph (in top...

"Do Bournemouth use spike strips to stop any errant cyclist who fails to stop for his/her lecture?" No - they just rely on all the broken beer bottles/glass on the prom to do it for them!! Mike

Erik Where did you get your solid stand? Mike

Hi Did you order schrader inner tubes and will they fit the hole in the rim for the existing woods valve or does it need to be enlarged? Mine's an infamous 24-spoker Pro Connect! Mike

Thanks very much flecc for such a swift reply - I'm now comfortably reassured. Mike

Doing some routine maintenance on my wife's and my Pro-Connects and I noticed that the chain drive sprocket at the front (pedal) end are both 'floating' - i.e. there is lateral movement. Is this a feature of the pansonic drive unit for this to be 'loose'. Both bikes are the same so I assume it's...

I've recently purchased one of these for my pro Connect (direct from Winkku - marginally cheaper and supporting the small(est) man). There are EXCELLENT in late afternnon conditions etc. but I find they are not that distintive in really bright sunlight. I like the way they flip round to allow...

Hi This new range of Euro G5 etc racks looks like a makeover of the earlier EuroClassic 903 model which I've been using for a couple of years or more to transport two electric bikes. Originally we loaded up two Powabykes without the SLAs of course but even then, with those weighty front...

Just to even up a somewhat one-sided debate about 50cycles I have to say that prior to, and since, buying two Kalkoff Pro Connects in June I have received good service from them. They were helpful when my wife and I went to Loughborough for test rides - we had bikes on the road for a long while...