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Lidl have a number of cycling offers during w/c next Monday, including a stirrup pump with gauge for £4.99. Might be worth checking out but offers such as this tend to sell out quickly.

No Wizard, it is not necessary to pein the ends of the pin, in fact doing so could make a tight link which would be difficult to rectify. The pin should just protrude by an equal amount on both sides of the link. If the link is tight after inserting the pin the chain tool can be used in an...

I filled the car with diesel this morning, I thought it was a April fool joke when the cashier told me the cost!

This is the throttle on my Ezee Torq. Originally a full length twistgrip it was modified using inspiration from Fleccs Torq site and combined with ergonomic grips (which do not twist), in addition the return spring was weakened by simply drilling a new hole for one end to locate in. As can be...

BrizzleBoy, as user of that path are you aware of the proposal to turn it into a bus-way, quote from Sustrans... "The West of England Partnership.... is planning a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the Greater Bristol area.... One of the proposed BRT routes would run along a four and a...

Unfortunately there are hundreds of different kinds of connectors similar to those, but all with minor differences that make them incompatible. It is unlikely that you will be able to find connectors that will mate with your existing ones so it will probably be best to replace both parts with an...

There's lots of good advice here. Note the advice on stress relief, I'm wondering if this was not done properly on those Torqs that are prone to breaking spokes. It is an automatic part of the process on machine built wheels with two arms forcing opposite spoke pairs together, but there must be...

Perhaps it's getting more commercial and they need the advertising space.

A quick search found that in 2006 there were 675 pedistrian fatalities and 146 cyclist fatalities on UK roads, it therefore follows that enforcing helmets for pedestrians would make more sense. As it is almost certain that many of these accidents happened at night making lighting compulsory for...

As as long as the do-gooders continue to preach I'm happy, for it means we still have a choice.

In that case you could carry a pair of 80Ah leisure batteries and go a very long way indeed.:D

Scott, thank you for taking the time to read my post and reply so concisely, as with all stories there are of course 2 sides to it and while it's good to hear your side of things perhaps we should leave it there rather than risk another drawn out debate that will achieve little. Needless...

Nice one Flecc :D . I didn't realise it was Firefox doing the american spell check, mines off now.:o

The electrical considerations will be the same as with a smaller pack, you have correctly identified that a fuse is required but apart from that the only real difficulty is likely to be mounting such a large and heavy pack and ensuring it's weight doesn't overload the bike.

I think the basic advantage of a pneumatic tyre is that every bump is absorbed by all of the air in the tyre, unlike a "solid" tyre where only the air pockets near the contact point absorb the bump. Small air pockets would would suffer from a rapid pressure rise when hitting a bump and in order...

I disagree, the Panasonic drive system has co-existed with hub motors for many years both in the UK and on the Continent where pedelec only legislation has existed since 2002. An EU Torq or any other current EU Ezee bike complies with the requirements for exemption from type approval in all EU...

Anyone who doubts the quality potential of Chinese manufacturing perhaps ought to consider where the majority of Shimano and Panasonic production now takes place, along with that of almost all major manufactures of consumer products. The Kalkhoffs may have more Chinese quality built in than...

Until now I have tried to remain a moderate on the great 50cycles debate, most of it relating to issues outside of my personal experience. However 50cycles have now posted such a load of codswallop that I can no longer remain silent. The really irritating point is that what they assured me were...

Like Flecc I have seen a few reports on so called air-less tyres but all the testers have found fault with ride quality or handling. For a similar or lower price it's possible to buy a pair of Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres or their Continental equivalents which are virtually punture proof and...

I'm sure they won't mind, and we certainly don't :D