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12,000 Miles I nudged over 12.000 when I got home from work on Saturday the 9th of May reaching 12,002. I had been rostered to work for four days from Friday the 8th of May through to Monday the 11th. On one of those days I stayed at home on call but was not required to work. These were my...

Looks lovely Dom T

Hi Andy, I have read and viewed the links you provided and thought they were good. The NYCE wheels guy explanation was particularly good I thought. He also mentioned test riding the bikes you think are right for you. This is for me an essential part of the buying process. When I bought my...

I have two rear hub drive bikes and a Yamaha crank drive hard tail Haibike and love them all. But for proper off road riding the crank drive is far superior with better weight distribution and climbs like a mountain goat. They really come into their own on steep technical single tracks. Built...

Another splendid 24 mile round trip to work and back. I pass a beautiful mansion on one of my bridal paths with associated staff houses and when the gardening team are working they occasionally leave a garden gate open that gives a glimpse of the splendid garden. And the summer route passes...

We had some big heath land fires in Surrey in 2015 and do get them every now and then and although the area effected looks devastated immediately afterwards it forms part of a natural renewal cycle. Though sometimes arson comes into play. As part of my job I traveled close to one of the worst...

The joys of variable shift start times. Yesterday I started work at 11:00 and today I started at 20:00. Tomorrow my start time is 14:48 but sitting at home with my phone switched on, hoping not to be called upon. I should not complain as so many people are enduring financial armageddon, and I...

I had a great ride to work cross country, although I came across many more people than I am used to. I wonder if they will still be out there when the lock down is over. I was riding between about 08:50 and 10:00, and did my longer summer route that had dried out now. First day back at work...

They look good trails. On my off road route to work in countryside I think I know very well, I discovered a trail a never knew was there! I am back at work tomorrow and with good weather forecast I am planning to ride in cross country. I am looking forward to the ride if not the work.

And in case you want an alternative to the ubiquitous Scwhalbe brand. I have been running a pair of Specialized Crossroads Armadillo 650B 27.6” Wired Clincher Tyres in 1.9” width. They have proved tough as old nails having now covered over 6,254 since 5th January 2017. Hard wearing and highly...

What a difference a day makes, sunny and warm yesterday, rainy and cold today. Glad I did another one of my sporadic Lockdown Exercise Rides Yesterday. I planned my route so I could do a small trespass to get up close and personal with a Nic Fiddian-Green Horse Head sculpture. There are a...

I use a Kryptonite D lock https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/kryptonite-good-service.36052/

New guidelines issued by the Crown Prosecution Service states that people are allowed to drive to do a country walk if the walk is longer than the drive.

Old but not dead!

Hi MikeS, if you like the gearing on your bike the way it is now then check the cog numbers on your current cassette and buy a replacement that is near the same. Probably the most important number is the lowest gear for getting you up steep hills and on these cassettes their lowest gear option...

My 2015 Yamaha Haibike is a workhorse that I have only used to get me cross country to work and then 10 miles back home again on the road all year round. So the whole drive train gets dirty on the way to work where it cannot be cleaned and then ridden 10 miles home on the road. I do daub chain...

I have nothing against German engineering and it can be fabulous but I think they are very clever in the way they market their products and suggest a level of reliability and robustness that is in fact no different and sometimes not as good as others. Although pretty impartial and very good to...

Hi Bonzo Banana, My entry level 2015 Yamaha hard tail Haibike was my first experience of a crank drive ebike. I have done a long warts and all review of my ownership. Up to half the miles have been off road and my off road route to work includes, hills, sand, water, mud, roots, rocks, and...

Well after saying I would not do any more lockdown exercise rides on my Haibike, I did another two on Sunday and Tuesday before my ride to work if I do ride to work on Thursday tomorrow. Field with a view, Hascombe, Surrey Old Wall before Gates Street Farm Surrey Little used bridal path near...

I think all the big manufacturers, buy of the shelf systems like Yamaha and Bosch have customer service issues and cost issues, and systems to stop tampering that can be infuriating if you want to fix it yourself. Having said that an ebike technician told me that the Yamaha system is...