Recent content by hedgemonkey

The hills are only 15.5% at their worst, I suppose they aren't that steep, this is Somerset, not the Alps. Using Hatti's prediction engine it says a round journey of17 miles with a climb and fall of 250m at the start and end of the journey. I have no expectation of the bike taking me up a hill...

Is the danger of being too heavy on the CDL that of damaging the motor or the chain? A damaged chain would be easy to replace but not a motor.

I have done a fair bit of reading and think that I like the look of the Woosh Sirocco CDL as I have a 10 mile each way route to work with some big Mendip Hills to cope with. I'm 6 foot 4 and currently 19 stone but from past experience would get down to 17 stone in a couple of months. The Woosh...

I'm 6 foot 4, she's 5 foot 3!

12 years ago I gave up smoking and left London, both good things to do but I'm 5 stone heavier now than I was then! Used to do 100 miles a week on a variety of rubbish bikes bought from the Police auctions in Putney. I live in a very hilly area (Mendip Hills) and would like to commute the 9...