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I did fit an alarm to my Cube plus a decent chain. The thief cropped the chain and rode of with the alarm sounding. I was 20 ft away sat in a cafe but there was no way I could catch up to him even without a motor. No doubt he went round a corner and kicked the alarm off. So, by the time you hear...

I looked at the Focus over a year ago but I think that the battery was fixed in place which posed a charging problem to me. Is this still the case?

My last bike had a wide range 8 speed SRAM cassette which retailed at £445. The 11-48 spacing was shocking to ride but it really made you keep an eye on the chain wear.

This would be great but the problem is the Mail's a newspaper.

If you could show that you had done a reasonable job by having traceable equipment, PAT tester/Multimeter then you should just need Public Liability insurance. Your chosen insurance company will assess the level of risk, knowing what you are doing, and charge accordingly. I assume that it's not...

Hello vfr400, no I can’t explain. You sound like you don’t believe me but it is what it is. I think the tyre I didn’t saw off is in the garden hut, you can have it if you’re so keen on them.

I didn’t say that I had to saw the tyre off each puncture. Almost all of my punctures were thorns and it usually took at least 10 minutes to get a tyre off. The problem every time was breaking the seal on the rim. These were Alexis tubeless ready rims and the tyres were put on within a month of...

Me and my partner had Marathon Plus tyres for over a year along with slime tubes and I’ve lost count of the punctures we’ve had. Sometimes the slime works sometimes not. I then changed to the MTB version with the same results. Regarding putting them on, it was fairly hard but worse was taking...

I'm from Yorkshire so nobody can understand me and I can't understand anyone from Birmingham or Newcastle let alone Mandarin but it's not affected me running a business for 53 years.

You can remove whatever it takes to get it in the campervan but if removing the rear wheel be careful not to damage the rear mech whilst transporting and not to get oil everywhere. Removing battery is not going to save space.

You can get steel tie wraps, put insulating tape around to prevent scratching the frame.

Not sure about the metadata but I can’t agree about the Trailforks map being any good as there are no bridleways in Wharncliffe. This is Forestry Commission and although the TPT runs through there it is not a bridleway.

Well, I had one lock and one alarm. They cut the lock and rode off with the alarm sounding.

When I had my bike stolen I was paid out but it didn’t include and extras. With panniers, rack, lights etc this came to around £600. Bare this in mind if you have it insured.

Well the clue is in the name. I thought that most modern bikes had disk brakes.

My first lock to go on the bike is a motorbike disk lock. It’s almost if not impossible to get an angle grinder blade into the bolt, I’ve tried. You could possibly cut a section out of the disk. For when the bike is very close to me I use a rim lock as mentioned above. This is very quick to lock...

As Ocsid says get a cheap computer or use a phone app but don’t forget to turn them on. My Bosch computer is useless because I often ride some distance with it turned off.

Thanks for all the info. On my average 35 mile rides I return with around 40% battery left (two LED's on the Purion). So my battery will have to loose 40% capacity before it becomes a problem. At 73 now I'll probably be back using stabilisers before then, or I can swap it onto my Zimmer.

That was partly the point of my post. When my battery packs up how will Iknow if its life cycle has been reduced? Exactly how long is it supposed to last given optimal conditions?

My off road rides average 35 to 40 miles and I always fully charge the battery after each ride as I don’t want to be charging at 7.00 am before a ride. Also, I may not go on a ride for several days due to bad weather, leaving the battery fully charged. This has been going on for three years and...