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Rain Stopped Play I had planned to ride my splendid £100 ebike to my three early shifts but with a lot of rain forecast on two of the days I only rode to one of them, the middle one of the three. That day was however a very nice cold dry day and just right for cycling, and despite having to...

All I know is that when I ridiculously overload my basic rear hub bikes with overfull pannier bags of shopping they still wizz me back home up a long draggy hill. Splendid.

Hi Dom T, very sorry to hear about your brush with an aggressive pedestrian. The jump to a physical assault can happen very quickly it seems these days. I hope you are feeling better soon. I am on a short run of three early shifts, with progressively 1 hour later start times each day. Yesterday...

I only highlighted Haibike, as that is the make of bike I own, I think it is worse than that, as it is the electrical system, be that in my case Yamaha, but also I believe Bosch, and perhaps others, that out of warranty offer no support and that encompasses many more bikes and makes of bike. I...

Trees are very unforgiving! I had a spectacular off myself some years ago on my old acoustic mountain bike cutting just a little too close to a tree and catching it with the edge of my shoulder after which my bike and were spread across the trail. I did not cut so close to trees after that!

It will at some point come home to bite them. Earlier this year I seriously considered buying a new Haibike with an updated Yamaha system similar to the one I already own. It had just the right mix of components and features for me. However, the reason I held off was mostly because of how poor...

I had not thought about that, and maybe it would, I will have a look. Thanks.

I would contact performance line bearings, see what they say, they are on the forum but someone else may have a link.

So, I changed the front brake pads today at 2265 miles, and adjusted the rear brake, in readiness for three early shifts that begin on Thursday. Adjusting the rear brake with the simple allen key turn adjuster at the wheel should be a simple task but on this bike it is not as the width of the...

Well I am sitting at home on my first day off, of three. I did take my car to work yesterday as it gave me more time at home with my children. So I rode to four of my five shifts in the end and rode 94 miles. 54 off road, and 40 on the road. The mileage on the bike is now 12,886, getting very...

Proper Winter Conditions Although I worked three days between Christmas and New Year, I had 18 days off over the holiday period and yesterday was the first chance to ride cross country to work. Having said that I got all dressed up for the weather and at the start of the first track, took...

To be fair to him, the bikes he is hoping this will stand comparison with on performance are at the top end of the carbon framed full suspension world, and compared to those very expensive bikes this bike is good value. Soundwave took another route to get good value by buying a top end e...

I no longer keep my Yamaha Haibike battery in the airing cupboard,but I do keep it in the house! The two silverfish batteries on my brace of Oxygen Emates stay on the bikes in my unheated brick garage attached to the house where they are also charged. I think battery fires are very rare, but...

When I bought my RD400F back in the late 70's the reviewers said that if the front did not come up when you hit the power band in second gear there was something wrong with it. Great fun.

I have just worked three early shifts after 12 days off. Two return trips on the £100 ebike and 40 miles ridden. I took the car to the middle one of my three shifts as it was a very early start time. With low temperatures and knowing that I do not have a lot of range in hand, I was a little...

Sounds like you will need to heat the area you are charging your bike, if only for the time it is charging. Maybe a simple timer plug. I would heat the bike in its coal hole for an hour before you start charging and time the heater to stop after the charge has been completed. The gocycle folds...

Looks great D C. Down here in southern England snow is a rare beast. Just wet, icy and cold.

I really like the design of the Gocycle. They do cost a lot, but from all accounts perform very well and need little maintenance. It would be interesting if you keep us updated on your ownership experience.

A good but not necessarily expensive geared rear hub cadence sensor bike with a good quality large battery would be my choice, with the top assist speed re set to 20 mph, a much safer speed to commute on faster roads mixed in with cars, but still a fast bicycle speed and not so fast as to stand...

Well Dom T you are edging ahead in mileage at the moment as I am off work and do not return until the 28th, to early shifts, where I ride on the road too and fro on my old second hand rear hub bike, so no miles on The Haibike. I am sure I will do a reasonable or should that be unreasonable...