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A Slime tube and Marathon Plusses sounds like belt & braces to me. The Marathon Plusses are already heavy enough without adding the extra weight of the Slime tube. If you want as near 100% puncture-proof riding, then fine, but Marathon Plusses offer 99% protection IME.

The thread linked to is rather ancient and the Wisper range has gone through several iterations since then. Is the current range easy to adapt to exceed the 15.5MPH limit?

Most cyclepaths are afterthoughts designed by people who drive cars and will never use the facilities they design. For example, there is a cyclepath between Warwick and Leamington. It travels alongside a busy road and the path is shared with pedestrians. In fact, it goes past a very large...

I'd forgotten about this thread! The Ridgeback currently sits unused in the garage, because the Woosh rack I fitted to it gave way and I sold the accompanying battery. I'm not sure it'll get resurrected as an ebike, as I fitted the Alfine to the Orbit and I'm using that on a daily basis. I did...

The main drawback with multiple front-chainring derailleur set ups (IMHO) is that there is significant overlap between the gearing. Put simply, (& sorry if that sounds patronising, it isn't my intention) the lowest gear ratio on the largest front chainring is usually higher than the highest gear...

I've just swapped a 27-speed set up on my Orbit converted bike to a Shimano Alfine 8-speed hub. It's a very different machine now, but I also had Marathon Plus tyres fitted* at the same time and they affect the ride. Gear changes are instant with the Alfine, but the range of gears isn't as...

This, I hope, is the final instalment! At last I've had the Alfine hub fitted. (The reason it was such a bargain price is that it was an 8-speed, not 11!) That means the rear brake is now a lovely Avid BB7. The thing stops properly now. I did some tweaking last night and it's set up more or...

The Alfine wheel will be fitted on Friday, along with some Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres F&R. The Schwalbe Land Cruisers have not been impervious to punctures on my cross country route home. I don't like the 27-speed set up and I only use the large front chainring 95%+ of the time, so having 11...

@d8veh: Saying it's a strange comment seems to be a strange comment to me, even if you disagree with me. It sounds very judgemental. Surely all opinions expressed here are subjective...? Tourney is Shimano's cheapest offering in their MTB range. Here's what Bikeradar says: The range starts...

One factor derailleurs have in their favour is the small steps between gears that can be achieved. I had a SRAM Spectro 7-speed hub on my commuter and it was pretty good, but once my knees started playing up, I needed something with smaller steps between ratios. A Rohloff hub would have achieved...

Be aware that the British Cycling discount only applies to in-store purchases, not via the website. DAHIKT!

Can you derestrict the 15.5MPH limit?

That's very useful advice jhruk, thanks. A RWD option would mean ditching the SRAM Dual Drive hub and that ain't going to happen. As it is, the FWD solution would mean ditching the SON dynamo hub. Back to the drawing board.

Disc brakes aren't an option on my vintage of Birdy. Ollie at Panda has replied and has offered to get a one-off done for me at a substantial discount IF I pay up front and can wait several months for the kit to arrive. That's estimated to be three months. I'll probably go for that, as it's a...

At the moment, the Panda Swift kit is only advertised for 20"+ wheels. 18" is not a common size, so probably not worth the effort for commercial purposes. I may end up having to have a wheel laced for me using one of their kits.

My Birdy Blue folder wants me to convert it to a FWD ebike! There are, however, some complications and I was hoping I could get some advice here. I don't want to compromise the folding ability if at all possible. The front wheel is an 18" one. I have a new rim and was wondering if you could...

What diameter is the seatpost and how much are you asking?

Indeed not. I had to change forks on my bike because I couldn't get the BB7 to fit the fork with an Electric Bike Conversions kit; either 250W or 500W. There just wasn't the clearance. Try the BB7 on the front. It's a very good brake.

You would use the same levers as the current brakes, unless they're already hydraulic discs. V brake levers will work fine with the BB7s, as long as you get the MTB-specific ones.

You don't need to switch to hydraulic brakes to get good disc brakes. Avid BB7s are mechanical, but superbly powerful and very modulated. Fit some of those and you can keep the cut-offs you already have.