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I commute a minimum return trip distance of 20 miles to work and back on a 2015 yamaha crank drive hardtail Haibike using a rack and panniers to carry stuff. I charge my battery before I set off to work and charge it at work before coming home. I timed my undulating B road 10 mile return from...

My own plug was broken when the bike was knocked over when left charging the battery on the bike at work. Whoever knocked the bike over never made themselves known to me although may not have realized that any damage had been done after righting the bike. Ironically it was probably the fact...

If you are running swalbe smart sam tyres and are happy with them why not get a pair of the swalbe smart sam plus puncture resistant tyres that are the same but don't get punctures.

I appreciate it might seem a slightly slap dash approach but you may well find that the chain will continue to work without slipping or jumping for more miles than you imagine. If the chain does not jump and you can push as hard as you want on the pedals then from my perspective the chain is...

Hi doomo, looks like you have set yourself up now in the same way I commute with a rack and panniers. I much prefer to ride without anything on my person. Are you swapping batteries half way? or have you been seduced by your new larger capacity battery to just use that and leave your old one at...

Look what I found on the way to work. Forget all this cold and wet weather, spring is on the way.

Looks very nice Sherman. What tyres do you find work best in those conditions?

Sunny day. First day back at work after three days off. Good excuse to take the camera on my ride to work. Field of sheep with trio of horse riders. Sounds like a posh main course. Crooksbury Common x3 above and below Great fun, great countryside away from roads, nice bit of exercise and...

Sounds rather annoying. My Yamaha display lets me know when it is time to change the battery by gently fading.

Maybe the manufacturers consider their electric bicycles more as an occasional leisure vehicle/expensive bit of bllng for people rather than a real alternative mode of transport and are getting away with it at the moment as many users do not use them hard enough to expose their fragility. I...

When I bought my first crank drive bike (Haibike sDuro Yamaha) I was more worried about the cost of a replacement battery and how long the battery would last, rather than the motor. I did want to buy from a local dealer and found one (ebike shop Farnham) 10 miles away from me where I was able...

Style over function though I may be biased. When I was originally looking for a crank drive hardtail mountain bike to form the basis of a commuter bike that could tackle proper off road tracks I was always going to fit a rack and use panniers. A lot of the hardtails I looked at did not have...

I have never got messages like that on the Yamaha display in over 8000 miles. Maybe it is a Bosch thing. Very Germanic.

In my pre electric days i did go through a phase of religiously changing my chain on my Mountain bike before it went over the wear limit as can be a recommended approach. It quickly became somewhat tiresome and I returned to leaving the whole transmission to age together and change it when the...

If I continue to get approaching 2200 miles or 3548 km out of my transmission including lots of off road miles before I need to change it I will not be at all unhappy. I just have to be disciplined and ride the bike in the way I have described above. Riding the way I do I can still average...

Thanks anotherkiwi. Do you have a link for a 12 tooth cog with spacer. It would be useful to buy them separately although the cassette I bought recently from ebay was £19 including postage and one cog from that website would be 9.47 euros, though still a good saving if it extends the life of...

That's a lovely picture John G. Super place to ride. My problems with premature wearing out of cassette using the Yamaha PW motor related only to the top gear higher speed road use, 11 tooth sprocket. Although 56 I am a big lad and was a county sprinter back in the day and still have strong...

I cannot disagree that mid drive systems add more wear and tear to the drive train, (chain, rear cassette and chain ring). All that is worth it however when you take them off road. The Yamaha motor perhaps because it does not have soft wear to reduce the power when you change gear can be...

A bit of rare snow in Surrey, mostly melted before my afternoon ride to work. 18 miles cross country to work today before 10 miles home on the road. My total milage just hit 8000 happy commuting miles on reaching home. I descend the hill in the background of this shot which is fast and...

To be honest I am not interested in going as fast as possible and spend the majority of my time in eco and only use standard to climb steeper hills at a faster pace. However the fact that the motor does not cut out means that I don't hit that wall on the road and just find my natural cruising...