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Ribble is based on the ebikemotion system. I have the equivalent (an Orbea Gain), and from what I read of Bosch designs the ebikemotion-based bikes are considerably lighter but less powerful (still 250W but less torque I believe), and also less range due to the smaller, lighter battery. If...

Makes you wonder if there's a living to be made hiring out bikes to test! Probably not, but in an ideal world...

> Something light with a little pedal assist would be ideal - Woosh Faro. light, decent price, but no stock at the moment - Boardman HYB8.9e Womens, but it's a bit more than £1500 - Orbea Vibe. Again a bit above your target price unfortunately - (the Vibe predecessor was called the Gain F40 /...

A little harsh. Just trying to clean the internet one crap spam post at a time. 'Well done sjpt' is what I think you meant.

I can vouch for the Suntour too. Not perfect (a little bouncy), but better than a hammering off the potholes & patching, and I'd say good value for money.

Neither the Boardman or Orbea are possible to derestrict (as far as I know anyway) - they're closed systems controlled by the manufacturer i.e. Fazua and Mahle. There are inline dongles available which claim to give a boost by fooling the system into giving more power by warping the PAS...

We have one of each - a HYB 8.9e and the predecessor to the Vibe - the Gain. I'd say the HYB just edges it, mainly on removable battery, centralised weight and its cadence-driven sensor rather than hub-mounted. However, the Vibe has in-built lights and a slightly improved ebikemotion system...

Correct. The safety advice is to avoid bottoming out (or topping out): Extract from user manual: WARNING ! Proper preload adjustment is critical for the safe functioning of the SUSPENSION seatpost. Repeated bottoming- or topping-out under use can lead to a structural failure of the suspension...

Looking at the bottom of the seatpost, clockwise stiffens it (i.e. shortens the spring & increases the preload). You won't easily move it by hand - you have fit it and sit on it. I tightened it clockwise maybe 80%ish until I got it to just start suspending, but then I'm 19st (= on the edge of...

Looks OK to me since it specifically says 'electrically assisted ones '. It also will pay out for a hire bike. I do like the exclusions (my highlight): Loss or damage caused by wear and tear, light, weather conditions, moths, vermin, insects, fungus, damp, rust, wet rot or dry rot, or anything...

Hello shed, is that Barclays offer rolled into another insurance product? (got a link?) When they're part of home insurance for example, the cost is very low - barely noticable. If it's standalone insurance, I'd double-check what the max value of the bike covered is, and whether they mention...

I'm guessing you mean www.bikemap.net. Looks like a good place to get ideas from.

Google Maps Google Maps is free. You agreed to give your data by using it, just like every internet gift horse. Of course they monetise it - how else do you pay for mapping of that scale (and I don't mean 1:50000 scale ;) ). Google Maps has an incognito mode if you can't live without, but would...

I had to read the post quite carefully. Twice. Slow me. Maybe it's worth adding a photo of good versus fake (& labelled as such) side by side, as well as the two fakes side by side. Just a suggestion. But excellent info, thanks.

The whole point of QR codes is anyone & everyone can read them, and create them - including Inrem: They've printed their name on the battery. I think that's enough warning, no?

Anything called 'The Voice of Reason' definitely isn't. Sorry to hear your problems, gsm.terra, but I wouldn't connect these together.

Re: Gaadi, I had to look 3 times to make sense of it. Interesting, but it adds two more potential points of failure, i.e. the ends. Also one of the translated Amazon reviews says in a lovely Dutch/German style: > The hose can be easily pulled onto the rim. Unfortunately, the bike rides a bit...

Cruel. But funny for us heartless swines. ;) Thanks for taking one for the team...

A bit of lateral thinking (but without knowledge of your foot problem, it has to be said) - you might want to consider if a more solid shoe may help spread the weight when you pedal - and whether that may help. Most cycling shoes have less flexibility in their soles for that very reason.

Does nobody else carry a spare tube any more? Just make sure you've got rid of the offending thorn/glass before installing the spare. [EDIT: ah, you got there before me!]