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I'm on a course and parked bike up outside building on an industrial estate against some railings. No bike area with a cover unfortunately. Put bin liners over handlebars and saddle held with elastic bands, but when I came out at 4pm the wind had taken them away and my bike was wet. Taking a...

My old 1990s mountain bike had a bottom bracket made from ball bearings and shaft that was a bit rusty, so a quick look online I bought a sealed bearing replacement which was cheap ( I know!) Who knew there was such replacements? I never... Think it was around £10 off Amazon. I thought it would...

I seem to get trouble with small bolts coming out so I bought a pack of spring washers. It's them or thread lock I guess? Mud gard arm fell off this week.

Any recommendations for bike V brake pads. Looking online they all seem similar to me. Only the colour or price varies, so just buy any 70mm pads?

Got my first puncture today. Flat rear tyre this morning so added more air and rode to work. Flat again when heading home. Just bought a £3.50 tyre repair kit from my local B&M and now will repair. Found hole in the side of tube of all places? No sign of damage to tyre. Now there are slime...

Re my light not working I mentioned on another post Came out of work and bike with not switch on. Screen was dead. Fiddled with plugs for 5 mins and every came alive. That's was lucky. Made it home ok. Just been tugging and moving cables and found the fault. Just moving a multi pin plug joint...

Just had a near miss. I bought a power plug exstension lead which I've been using, but as I plugged it in to charge today, bang! Battery won't charge. I remember reading about a fuse inside battery, so removed screws and found 10amp fuse behind battery switch. Fortunately I have some old car...

Just me thinking Vs sleeping. If there was a lock that fitted around a chain , it could not be cut without breaking the chain. Could have another lock around tyre with same result. Don't try and defend the angle grinder attack, just make the bike unrideable. Won't stop theif with a van and 5+...

My yose power kit came with a front headlight that don't work? It did work then stopped. I could not find out why but had problems with the controller setup, so I factory reset it which seemed to fix the light, however, it's not working again. I've tested and no power to the pins in connector...

I still find it bizzare that you can hire an e scooter and use on public road, but not buy one for same purpose. Police confiscating them in the news... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-66983162 I know you need insurance ect, so why not open it up for everyone to buy and...

I'm not sure if it's age and I don't bend so well, or the rear rack with bags I've fitted catching my leg, but I'm struggling a bit to get on and off my mountain bike. I don't think it's helps I have a horizontal crossbar though. Next bike I buy could do with being a step through as that looks...

I need to raise the handlebars on my mountain bike. Well I'm thinking up and closer to me. Any advice please... They are as high as possible now. I was thinking of a raised bent set of handlebars? I plan to move the display to the centre as it's to the left side at the moment. That plays on some...

I spotted this bike lock in The Range today. Fix to frame type. I can't decide if it's any good tbh? Can't lock bike to something, although will stop bike being ridden off.

It's been lashing down and my original plan to attach plastic bags over my feet failed. Well it works but not ideal tbh. I've been looking at options and I'm not messing about with expensive overshoes ect. I've decided to wear wellies:D I can drop waterproof trousers over the top. If they rub...

This video gave me the idea. A bit big but a good Idea. Looks like a set of drums. Ha... Then I discovered you can buy boxes but a bit expensive I thought. Velobin™ pannier boxes...

Having ridden 500 miles in the last few months I've had a number of near miss accidents riding some routes. I try and ride safely but on shared pedestrian and cycle paths it's starting to worry me. The worst is pedestrians going directly across cycle lanes out of nowhere. There are benches...

I want to move my saddle back but I can't. It's already back as far as possible. My bike is a 22inch frame mountain bike and im a little over 6 foot tall. Looking online at riding positions, I need to move the saddle back 50mm but I can't. Is there a bracket/mount I could fit to seat post to...

I'm not the best presenter in the world! Nor the best video editor..But I thought I'd do a quick video of how I fitted the rivnuts to my bike. Just used a flat bracket from DIY store bent a bit to hold it all together and drilled frame with 7mm bit. A mate worked this out after watching many...

Just for interest... I made a light mount with some steel metal brackets and solder. Then painted black. You can use a large head soldering iron or a blowlamp. I used a blowlamp. A guy building radio controlled planes taught me this. It's a good way to stick metal Vs nuts and bolts. I have a...

Just a heads up On TV now. I'll watch it later. ITV 8.30pm until 9pm Tonight: E-Bikes & Scooters: Trouble on the Road? (ITV Thursday 31 August 2023