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My ecycling related newyear resolution is going to be to NOT buy any more cycling gear all year, I mean nothing - zip - nowt - rien - nada - sodall. Trust me I will find it difficult as I have been eyeing up new parts recently. My reason is that over the past (1st) year ecycling to work I have...

Looks good. Is that 21kg with the 48v battery on? The motor looks so small too comparing to say a bafang cst, how does it compare speed wise on the flat? Also what is the red 3way switch for? (just curious)

Thanks, I think I might have to try some of those. Any idea what it's like cycling with them on? I mean, there being a second wider shoe sole does your shoe tend to move about a bit inside?

Under some good waterproof footwear I also wear merino wool boot socks from edzdirect. Merino wool stuff isn't cheap but it is warm.

I use a pair of cheap Karrimor waterproof walking boots from SportsDirect, they are waterproof and nice and warm too. People often comment on how can I cycle in those walking boots as they don't look anything like you could comfortably cycle in them, but they are absolutely fine as long as I...

It's funny how this happens in the run up to Christmas which could get people spending and at a time when countries are running out of QE money and economies are maybe not as rosie as they make out. I too have read that rig workers are facing job uncertainty and OPEC say they will still not cut...

I've been reading over the weekend about how the price of oil over the past year has dropped to multi year lows due to less demand etc. This is over the same past year I started ecycling to work, which got me thinking, crikey did I previously really spend that much on fuel, in fact so much I was...

Couldn't wait to try it, I've just stripped my brakes down to clean and lightly sanded the pad just as DC states above, not tested them yet though but this made me realize they must be put back into the correct side for the toe-in to be correct, it also made me realize that toe-in can already be...

A great tip, I will try this next time.

An interesting article.

Since you say they are new, I wonder if they did not bed in properly. I would brake cleaner the discs and pads and lightly skim the pad surface with fine emery to remove the very top surface and basically take them back to new pad material, then bed them in following something like this...

Thanks, looks ideal for me

This looks like just what I am looking for but cannot find it on the wickes website. Would you know the aprox sizes?

No1 rule, always write down what settings were before altering, however if you can factory reset then your lucky.

So if I get told to leave the bike outside over winter I spray this over everything? will it harm if it gets into bearing areas and do you have to avoid areas like brake discs etc and how often would it need reapplying?

Falls off the front cogs or rear cassette? If it's rear cassette then the derailleur stops need adjusting. Also count the number of links in the old chain and check the new chain has the same.

@trex so could I get a controller which would allow me to use the 500w motor legally? Would you know any?

Rated at 500w how can this be road legal in the UK, I thought max nominal power was 250w? The reason I ask is I have a 500w motor in the corner of my garage which I bought by mistake not realising it would not be legal to use. Does this suggest there is a way I can actually use it?

I guess they are kind of being pro active and hitting a problem before it's started. Out of interest, any idea what were the reasons they were pulling cyclists for in Manchester?

Is it in London the traffic is so slow from congestion that the police have to justify spending budgets on speed guns so go for the cyclist instead. Next they will be fining those speeding joggers.