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https://www.bike-components.de/en/service/parts-replacement-e-bikes/ Interesting info from Germany on parts replacement.

It'll never happen, but the following would highly suit my style of low energy, long distance touring. 1. Actual delivered power not a thing of particular concern, provided speed is not above 25km/h. 2. Absolute cap of 250W on delivered power above 25km/h but otherwise no assistance speed...

My mind likes standout numbers, like a round thousand, ten thousand and so on. Yesterday as I nearly missed a train, my Shimano E5000 Ridgeback X2 passed 33,333km. I knew you'd be thrilled, too. But it nearly didn't get there. About 100 miles ago, over a couple of short shopping trips, the...

...asking for a friend, defunct battery after lengthy lack of use, don't know model of bike yet as it is 300 miles away...

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I missed out on both the £245/£285 folders and the £360 non-folder, but I was given a nice Voodoo Bizango and I have an old 26er full suspension MTB available. What is the best setup that budget could buy, including a battery, for shopping/commuting up to 20 miles return, in fairly hilly...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/01/yes-lego-car-why-small-electric-cars-could-be-about-to-break-the-grip-of-suvs

Daylight is much improved, so spring can't be far away, even at 56° north! Time to put my bike back in road-going order. Part 1. Drivetrain. On paper at RRP, Shimano 11 speed, even my M5100 lowly stuff, is quite expensive. But by keeping my eyes open, opportunistic buying, a bit of luck, I am...

Whether it is end of season or end of Ridgeback I don't know, but quite a few models at roughly half original price. That moves my X2 from a triumph of marketing over specification to quite good value at £1,399. Two years ago they were £2,699. Before rushing in, remember it is bottom of the...

After unbeatable weather back in June, my next holiday might be a bit more challenging. Shorter days, sun lower in the sky and definitely not an Indian summer just yet! There is a rough plan, which starts with three days from home southwards until the sea gets in the way at Mull of Galloway...

Eight cars behaving badly, in just 18 miles of main road. The remaining 50+ miles of minor road and cycle path/route were uneventful. This is 'free' Vimeo, not sure how good quality will be. Original is 1080p / 24fps. (Turn the sound down/off, it is GoPro Quik app's choice...) This is typical...

Time off, weather too good to waste, so off I go again. By the time I had transferred all the solar gubbins back to my Ridgeback and repaired the odd dodgy cable, and packed and thought long and hard whether I had forgotten anything, and stopped for essential supplies, I wasn't under way until...

I've been wanting to try recumbency in a lazy three wheeled way for a while, and kept my eyes open until something that had enough of my wishlist features turned up within a seven day ride's radius of home. I didn't dare mention it until I'd broken the back of the journey, but four days in and...

Forced to take holiday in February and faced with 8 days of forecast bright or sunny, I had no option but to take to the road today. Only 5 days before back at work so a shortish trip, and though welcome, the sun is still too low in the sky for solar antics, so I have brought my two new but old...

Two accidents, one fatal, and an untraced vehicle from a serious collision last year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-64457517 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-64452187 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw4ky481l43o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63682055

The solar touring season is over, so I am back to my multiple batteries and chargers approach for this repeat of my first really long trip a year ago. The solar project needed a remotely mounted battery, so this time I have three batteries, two 418Wh downtube mounted, and a 504Wh on the rack...

I found the new thread button that was staring me in the face, so here goes with my minor tours. I plan to have a 'few days' tour each month until I reach the sensible end of the northern UK solar biking season. Then I can turn my attention to next year's rig. The beginning of this trip had to...

This is the best cycling safety sign I have seen. I wondered if anyone had seen comparable efforts elsewhere?

After two days of rest and preparations, today I set out on 33 days of leave. Heading north, following the coast, avoiding ferries on this busy first few days, bypassing terrain within easy reach of home, with no firm objective except live within my energy means and be back in time for work on...