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Ive considered tracking options, but when i played out a successful tracking in my mind I ended up getting arrested for swearing at a police telephone operator when getting no help after camping on the thief's doorstep for proof.

My inner boy racer refuses to age with the rest of me so YES!! for sure!! But.. and for me at least the 'buts' win out.. And my initial reaction to the realities of a regulated ebike compared to my expectations on completing my conversion was confusion primarily, i mean every other vehicle i...

Prove it.. go on vote him in to spite us..

options range from a carrier bag and elastic band all the way up to an elasticated waterproof day bag cover, or even a silly priced battery cover.. If its a new bike i would consider holding off any modification plans for a few months and perhaps even the whole warranty period, as most if not...

No one on the road is decrying the shortage of adrenaline are they?? trust me I am thankful for every adrenaline free journey i take on the roads.. And for off rd ridding there are options that allow you to maintain a bike compliant with regs for the road that can be easily configured for...

welcome, all sorts in here from enthusiastic hill climbers and athletes like yourself to lazy gits like myself grateful for the power to haul the shopping home. And if anything goes wrong with your bike the resident experts and collective wisdom is at your disposal..

Ive stopped by Laka for a quote now.. the site crashed when i first looked. Variable premiums for maintaining the same cover? ai actuaries?? something smells and this time its not me.

swarfega is pretty benign iirc it was my ol mams go-to remedy for stains and Very effective when it comes to bike oil stains.. shouldnt hasve any negative impact, hope im not proven wrong..

Pretty sure the xiaomi kit all broadcast unencrypted public data via ble so all you need is a dev board loaded with some free open source f/w to lift the data without the intrusive app and relying on remote servers if of a worry to you. Check out OMG on githubfor the s/w and hardware...

Not any longer, No problems there anymore..

Lost the chain changing gears for the 3rd time in as many weeks, hopefully its just a tweak of the gears but the 'top' gear has also started jumping which might just be down to the rear selector being out of line? anyway my hands go numb as soon as they cool down a bit, i cant feel a...

Seems to echo what i perceive to be the pretty much the collective wisdom dispersed in here.. If you can afford it there are some great bikes available off the shelf, If converting use a suitable bike and kit. be mindful of the risks of 2nd use kit. but since an apparently innocent...

Consider me told.

something like this you mean? No markings on the hub i could trace so im guessing its 1000w Very thin.. (that was a temp battery mount trial..) Its not practice, literally too much zip/acceleration without restricting its 28a controller, Clobber up and take it to some soft ground and let...

A pal who shall remain nameless would carry a claw hammer in his inside pocket of his leather jacket, any car that came too close to his bike got 2 holes popped in the roof.. I can imagine drivers looking once at his wide grin and moving away pdq.. big lad on a bigger bike The plan i hatched...

the co-op were always good for bike insurance when added to contents, cheap and no quible pay outs. though if they are still ?? ( early 80's i was an insurance/assurance agent for Pearl, hence out of date nominal insight ) I think perhaps sports orientated cyclists may value their own bike...

Is that 2 options from a single insurer @warlord0 ? or 2 different companies as the track and retrieve is a value added insurance with extra costs for vans and teams etc as well as the tracking infrastructure (tho thats probably just bought in).. Did you check about adding it to home contents...

ever played with an arduino or similar? if so or willing to dabble there is a well laid out road map using tasmota open source f/w on your smart device, Add an additional 5v usb powered wemos d1 dev board with voltage reading circuitry (£10 inc usb psu) to read and publish to your smart...

next time im pottering in the garage at a loose end, or have other reason to open will do. tho i will admit to straying into poetic license when using the guillotine reference ;) not on the gunk ..

Very nice looking bike.. good luck for a quick sale.