Recent content by RoadieRoger

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    Batribike Quartz Successor

    My 13 year old Batribike Quartz SE Folder now has a worthy successor . I intended to purchase the NCM Paris Folder about 6 years ago but the model was so popular it was out of stock and I bought a mid drive Dapu powered Pro Rider with 700 mm wheels instead . The NCM Folder at the time was £1199...
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    Moore Large in Administration

    Moore Large has called in the Receivers . They overstocked bikes after the Pandemic and had to heavily discount to shift them which didn`t cover their Running Costs . The Receivers are selling 35,000 Bikes starting today . They were once the Importers of Sym Scooters and Motorcycles and...
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    Countryside riders targeted by bike thieves amid record lows in police detection rates

    A small aerosol of WD 40 and a lighter would be a useful defence . Not as big as a Military Flame thrower , just a junior version .
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    Slime.

    Slime whether you put it in the tyre yourself or buy one pre-slimed causes problems by gumming up the valve . I now carry a 75cc aerosol containing foam to inject into the Inner Tube and a battery powered pump on all my rides . I have had 2 punctures recently and fixed them successfully to get...
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    Which E bike

    Chris spread your net wider than some of the machines you mentioned by looking at offerings from Firms that advertise on this Site . Woosh and Wisper to name two sell decent machines and offer good advice on here . Don`t forget to look at Chinese made machines at the budget end as they are...
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    Ebikes and exercise goals ? Really ?

    The Mail Online has an article on a German Study of 2,000 Cyclists that suggests that Ebikes won`t help you hit exercise goals . It goes on to claim that Ebikers were 50% less likely to hit weekly exercise targets than normal cyclists . These so called Experts found that Ebikes were 63% more...
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    DVSA take companies to Court for selling illegal bikes.

    Nealh I cannot agree with your views that throttles should be banned on Pedelecs . I consider them to be an important safety feature . You are making the mistake of mixing riders who are out to recreate motorcycle performance on the `cheap` with leisure riders often the older ones, who like to...
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    20mph Speed Limit for Wales next year ?

    Car Drivers here are already moaning that they will be overtaken by Cyclists . No doubt they will be repeating the usual mantra about Cyclists not having tax , insurance , number plates ,cycle profiency testing and anything else that they can come up with .
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    Ebike Chargers running too hot -- a solution .

    These Chargers run hot if they are not fitted with a cooling fan and I have usually placed them on a bean can or similar metal to let air circulate and allow the heat to be absorbed . A neater solution would be to place the Charger on a wire bird feeder to get nearly perfect air circulation all...
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    Driver passes too close despite lollipop on passing side

    A Driver in Bridgend has been moaning all the week about a very hefty fine after passing too close to a Cyclist in his Audi SUV . I think it totalled £4500 . He refused to discuss it with the Police and attend a Course and then didn`t turn up at Court . I have noticed that most Drivers are...
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    Speed on display

    Download a free Cycling App to check it out .
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    Forthcoming EU Red Tape Bonfire

    guerney to answer your question I found the Lidl stuff slightly better than the other much touted preservatives . Don`t fall for the CREOCOTE nonsense , it has the smell but not the lasting quality . Creosote use for Amateurs was banned by the EU in 2003 . Farmers/Professionals can purchase it...
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    Forthcoming EU Red Tape Bonfire

    Apart from the Ebike suggestions I forwarded , I am disappointed that Creosote is not in there . Never has there been so many rotten fences and posts since it was banned for sale to the public in small quantities . Water based preservatives are useless from my experience .
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    Forthcoming EU Red Tape Bonfire

    After inviting suggestions for getting rid of EU Red Tape , Jacob Rees Mogg has narrowed down 2000 suggestions to 9 . These will be taken forward to get rid of` hated `EU red tape . One of the 9 is to scrap EU power limits on Electric Bikes .
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    Tarred with the same brush

    It hasn`t taken long for people in Authority to mention Ebikes in the same breath as EScooters when it comes to Lithium Battery fires . A London Fire Service Person did so yesterday and I noticed someone on You Tube saying that EScooters should be banned for this very reason .