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    Carrera impel im-3.1 not turning on

    Good to hear that you have a solution. My Carrera won't turn on if left for a while but if I press the button on the battery for a few seconds then turn on the lcd panel it comes to life.
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    New Bike

    That's interesting I don't intend to go off road but I live in the Yorkshire dales and there are few level roads, in my all too brief test I took it up here and it coped well enough: https://climbfinder.com/en/climbs/wath-lane-pateley-bridge-silver-hill Good test for the brakes coming back...
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    New Bike

    Had my first real chance to ride my bike on Sunday. It's quite different to my Carrera bike so I need some practice, gear change on the Carrera is silky smooth but not quite so on the Haibike, power take up is different, and the bike handles differently. It's easy days but I feel it could use a...
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    Shock absorber seat post

    New Post came this morning so I nipped out and fitted it, quite straight forward with no problems I could see, but looking at the forecast it may be a while before I can give it a real test.
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    Shock absorber seat post

    Dam seems to be the story of my life, if i had ordered from Amazon I could have cancelled but its from eBay. It's a bright day so I gave it a bit of a run out. Covered about 18mls and it definitely needs the spring loaded seat post my poor prostate will thank me. Bit different from the...
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    Shock absorber seat post

    I was looking at different sites including ebay yesterday, then this morning I received an offer of discount from a seller so 31.6mm suntour post ordered let's see how that works out.
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    Shock absorber seat post

    I noticed that the smaller stems with shims seem to be a bit cheaper but you can get the 31.6 mm ones
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    Shock absorber seat post

    I'm quite pleased with the bike especially at the offer price, it looks very good so I just jumped in. Looking forward to giving it a good test run, where I live is very hilly with few level roads I don't think a none e bike would be an option, it's a bit frustrating looking out at grey skies...
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    Shock absorber seat post

    Interesting video but need to strike a balance with price quality, I'm not a heavy user or daily commuter, but don't want to waste money on rubbish. The suntour one is looking favourite at the moment just looking at any offers available,
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    Shock absorber seat post

    Thanks I looked at that one and wondered if it would be a good option. How do you get on with it? Is it comfortable? I saw a video on YouTube and it seems to move back and forwards as it operates I just recently bought a Haibike trekking 4, it was on offer and I jumped in. Not realy used it...
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    Shock absorber seat post

    Thanks I looked at that one and wondered if it would be a good option. How do you get on with it? Is it comfortable? I saw a video on YouTube and it seems to move back and forwards as it operates
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    Shock absorber seat post

    Hi would appreciate the benefit of others experience here. I have reached an age where comfort is creeping up my priorities list. I would like to add a shock absorber seat post to my new bike but the range is wide from £15 ebay ones to £80 + ones, so it may be easy to waste money at either end...
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    Cheapest bike on Amazon

    Probably limited appeal and limited time, but may be of use to someone. And very cheap. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/refurbished-e-plus-ch25-electric-bike-only-ps19999-at-clearance-bargains-walsall-4295366
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    Insurance, trackers and recovery

    Insurance can be a minefield, I looked at home insurance adding in my alarm system and it made little or no difference, but if you declare it and its not set when you are robbed then they won't want to pay. I had a tracker on my land rover but it made no difference to the quotes I found for...
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    New Bike

    Thanks I'm very much a fair weather biker these days and don't stray far off road my other bike han never seen rain but I'll heed your advice on cleaning. This one seems to be quite a step up in technology from the halfords one but in fairness that is pretty good and a spare battery for that...
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    New Bike

    I saw the 60Nm figure but this is the first time I have owned a crank drive e bike. The Trek one had the Bionx system and the crossfire one has the suntour hub motor. Its extremely early days yet but the effort needed to climb up my street seems tiny almost like you are on a very slight downhill...
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    New Bike

    LINK : Bike Add Wasn't looking for a new bike but I saw this add and called them up. Larg sizes were in short supply but managed to get one with a very small scratch and a low cross bar frame. It looks substantial and well made a I tried it down the road and back up (only 100 yds or so) but...
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    Mudguards cycle shop

    As I thought doesn't look promising. Just wondered if anyone had any experience, perhaps a heads up to everyone.
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    Mudguards cycle shop

    Seems to be a shop selling various products : https://www.bikegearonline-uk.com/