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  1. Gringo

    cycling partners?

    I've done a couple of Sky rides local to me and I even found a local fellow e-biker. As a tip unless your super fit, don't join a challenging ride as they can hold speeds above our 15.5 mph cutoff. Oh yes and it's free to join http://www.goskyride.com/newcastle These rides will be different each...
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    Can electrifying a bike be this easy?

    I used to think there was a tiny bit of drag on my Bosch bikes. But after further unpowered trials, I've decided there is none. As John says, you will always feel the 20kg+ weight of the bike. My thought as well (upto 70% of eachof my rides can be unpowered) that was untill last week. During a...
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    Connecting lights to a Bosch e-bike system

    ATM I have this pr http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cycling-Bicycle-Bike-3-LED-Head-Front-Rear-Tail-light-USB-Rechargeable-4-modes-/281678143170?var=&hash=item4195535ec2 they run for over 4 hrs flashing but I need to remember to charge every trip ( I do favour longer rides) For my main beam I have a...
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    Connecting lights to a Bosch e-bike system

    I was looking into this just last week and was ready to do it, my bike shop said the function just needs turning on in the software and I was going to do the rest myself ( take the motor covers off and run the wires through the frame) I decided to stick with my separate battery powered lights...
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    warning device

    It can be fitted to forks in front or rear .All the shims are included with the kit to reduce the size
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    WARNING

    I buy loads from overseas, usually via eBay but always with PayPal. If anything is late, one message to the seller normaly get a full refund. If that dosent work, a message to PayPal always dose.
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    Computer Scammers

    I don't get to many of these calls but when I do I just ask them to hold whilst I get the computer owner, in reality I make myself a cupa and then go back to the phone for a chat. Strangely there's no one on the line ?
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    Handlebar clamp size

    Ive been in the same situation with a bad back, recently diagnosed as a bulging disc. So I have done quite some research ! On my Cube I fitted a really short stem, something like this...
  9. Gringo

    Squeezy bottle manufacturers haven't quite got it right yet

    Well I prefer mayonnaise from a large lidded glass jar, I can get a good man sized scoop out. Plus's its a little known fact but jackals just don't like mayo :);)
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    Where to try Cube Reaction Hybrid Pro 29er?

    Good choice, I have the same machine & love it. Mine came from leasurelakes in Daventry (2014) http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/p/18994/cube-reaction-hybrid-hpa-pro-29er-electric-mountain-bike-2015
  11. Gringo

    HEAD PROTECTION

    you don't need to spend a lot on a lid for it to save your bonce. The boy at work (23 years old) ihas started training for a Triathlon and brought a £25 lid with his new £300 bike. Anywho part of his circuit takes him through Salcey Forest along a straight open road, it was along here this...
  12. Gringo

    HEAD PROTECTION

    "When I read stories like that I want front and rear cameras." You want a camera, I want a gun.:mad: Worst thing was, he heard the car but assumed it would pass wide as there was no other sole on the road. I also like to ride quiet lanes, when I here a car I'll check its approach in my mirror...
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    HEAD PROTECTION

    you don't need to spend a lot on a lid for it to save your bonce. The boy at work (23 years old) ihas started training for a Triathlon and brought a £25 lid with his new £300 bike. Anywho part of his circuit takes him through Salcey Forest along a straight open road, it was along here this...
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    Best Ebike mileage.....on ONE battery charge

    70 miles is my best (so far) on my bosch powered Cube. On a good day when I'm thinking about exploreing I tend to ride on low or no power, as the hills get steeper my gears get lower. It's only when I'm in the lower gears the power goes on. There quite a few hills where I'm in first gear and by...
  15. Gringo

    Cow

    Strange but true. A work colleague is a keen fisherman and was once cornered (if you can be cornered with your back to a river) let's say he couldn't leave the riverbank as the cows wouldn't move to let him pass. He also caled the police and they came to the field. Two officers walked through...
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    Bike Cameras. The Negatives and Positives of using them

    I'd like to add this, if you come across a tw@ driver don't let get to you, it could spoil your whole day and the driver will still be a tw@
  17. Gringo

    Byocycles Chameleon LS 20

    Cheers trex, cheep enough for crank arms to give it a go. PS, I did consider longer forks not just the 24" front wheel;)
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    Byocycles Chameleon LS 20

    A new friend has the above cycle and has joined me on several country rides. Now my Cube 29er takes most things in it stride. Although this folding byocycle has the power to keep up its not nice for longer rides. One of the bigger problems is pedal ground clearance, at the bottom of its stroke...
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    Bike Cameras. The Negatives and Positives of using them

    OK I'm not pointing fingers here, just relaying my experiences. I'm a leasure rider and go out of my way to ride quite roads, a lot of these are single track. I pull to the side for oncoming vehicles if it's tight and when I have a clearer view than a following car I'll wave them past when it...