Recent content by Gavin

Are you turning the crank by hand with the back wheel off the floor, expecting to feel the motor "kick in"? If so, don't forget it's a torque-sensing motor. It detects the twist in the crank to sense torque, then multiplies it. If there's no resistance on the back wheel you won't twist the...

If you like every other aspect of your MTB then an alternative to two bikes would be two wheelsets. Set 1- fat rims/ knobblies/ lower-geared cassette for off-road. Set 2- thinner rims/ road tyres/ raised gearing for road work. Less clutter in the garage and it gives you a spare set of wheels...

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Posts like this surface quite regularly Geoff and it seems that a lot of bike shops are scared of trying to fix ebikes. In my opinion that's a poor business model because it's an emerging market for them. I also think there's a degree of prejudice towards Chinese products in the market. I'm not...

Welcome Dan It would be worth doing a brief "build report" (in the conversion kit section of the forum) letting people know the kit you used, the bike you fitted it to, any challenges you faced and learns from the experience. It would also be worth mentioning your own knowledge/ experience...

Welcome to the forum Bowser. Just a bit of info that will (hopefully) save you some aggro- you don't need to remove the wheel to fix a puncture. Break the tyre bead over the outside of the rim, pull the tube outside, find/ fix the puncture. Reassembly is the reversal of removal. Obviously...

This is useful to know. If VFR's glued up spoke fails on a steep downhill, he'll be able to repair his teeth with this stuff :D

Let us know if it holds up. Sounds like useful stuff for my motorbike emergency bodge kit. Did you key the metal first or just slap the glue straight on the smooth spoke?

The added bonus is that (now you've fixed your glasses) you can use the UV torch to check for forged bank notes

Interesting. I know everyone's working from home nowadays but this guy is taking it a bit far- working from his car. Poor fella

The golden rule with fault-finding is to eliminate as many variables as possible. It sounds like your brother is a variable. You therefore need to eliminate him

If you don't mind a bit of tinkering, go to a big council-run tip and look in their metal recycling. You'll be amazed (or deeply depressed) by the bikes that people throw away, some of them completely functional. You might have to chuck a fiver at one of the staff for their beer fund... If...

Are you dead set on a Bafang? If not there's also the Tongsheng TSDZ2 available for a mid-drive conversion. It's a very different proposition to the Bafang as it uses torque sensing rather than cadence sensing but it might be what you're after...

When you say you cannot yet ride a bike, do you mean that literally? If so I would recommend you get a cheap/ free (non electric) bike from freecycle/ gumtree/ ebay and try one out in various environments. I say that because new electric bikes rapidly depreciate in value. If you buy one and...

Very impressive @Woosh- you've earned a cup of tea for that one!