Recent content by roguesolo

The cabling could be a lot worse. As an IT Engineer I've certainly seen horrendous spaghetti in patch panels. Still, if it works, fair plays to the bike builder :)

It certainly is! The range of hills that include Waseley, Lickey, Romsley and Clent can be a bit of a "knee breaker"! As you are aware of the area, one of my routes includes the climb from Halesowen to the top of Romsley along the Bromsgrove Road and past the old BlueBird Toffee factory. It...

A brief update... Due to work commitments I haven't been able to ride my bike any great distance until today. I fitted an Aldi Bikemate computer this morning, and with the bike battery fully charged I headed out into the "rolling" (plenty of hills; up and down) countryside to the SouthWest...

Hello Wayne, I bought a Mistral last week. So far, so good. I've travelled about 15 miles on it so far, and haven't yet discharged the battery for the first time. I weigh 14 stone and the bike feels stable, and well constructed. My Dahon folder, carrying my same weight tends to creak a...

Hello rgardiner :) If you don't mind me asking what sort of bike computer have you got? I've never used one, but it would be good to know the mileage i'm doing on a charge so that I can plan ahead for longer trips. Edited: Don't worry about it rgardiner. I bought one for a fiver from Aldi...

They're knobbly towards the edges, but with a less severe tread towards the centre. They're not as smooth as the tyres fitted to my Dahon, but for the time being, a bit more resistance won't hurt my efforts to get fitter :)

It arrived as promised this morning, and this afternoon I unpacked it and put it together. I'm lucky in that I used to "mess about" with bikes a lot when I was younger, and found the build relatively straightforward. I decided not to fit the supplied dynamo and lights as I have some...

Hello Flecc! Thank you for the welcome. I read with interest the modifications to your own bikes, after following a link to your testing and review of the Agattu, I think from a page at 50cycles. The detail provided very much reminded me of the American cycle mechanic Sheldon Brown.

After being a relative "lurker" on these forums for a long time now, I thought it was time to make a post! After reading the amazing amount of knowledge that is shared here, I've finally decided to buy an electric bicycle. I used to cycle a lot, but having had a lot of sedentary jobs, and...