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Ordinary mountain bike rim brakes got really powerful towards the end of their development and worked well off road. I managed to get a cheap pair of Mavic ceramic rimmed wheels for my old Marin rim braked bike that allowed me to put my brakes on as hard as I liked. If you make the...

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Actually thinking about your issue I realize that if you change the connectors on your battery and charger while warranty remains you absolve the company from fixing any other warranty issue that may arise with either item. I think this is more about the service or lack of service that the...

Sorry to hear of our similar battery/charger issue. Your situation highlights that their customer service is even worse than I thought as your bike is under warranty and they still will not fix it. As I have shown, with care it is just a matter of replacing the Yamaha connectors (which are a...

I did not really consider that my crank drive mountain bike would save me money by replacing car journey's on my ride to work and back but was more interested in the ability of the bike off road, the exercise I would get and most importantly the fun! However two return trips saves a gallon of...

Lovely sunny Autumnal 16 mile ride to work this morning. The idea had been to take a number of pictures but my wonderful daughter had worn out the batteries in the digital camera without replacing them so this was the only one I was able to take and may have ended up on the directors cutting...

Probably me, but I agree that these ebikes become quite addictive. Good that we are both enjoying them.

I have not gone so far as to get rid of my motorcycles or cars but find that I am using my electric bikes as my go to form of transport nearly every day, commuting to work and back, shopping and any number of other errands and tasks. They really are very useful. Yesterday both I and my wife had...

Hi Biscitt, I am afraid that I am no expert at diagnosing or mending these systems. My own dealer has been very good, but was unable to help me with my own out of warranty battery problem. Fortunately my problem was broken connectors at the battery and the charger and this was relatively easy...

Hi Biscitt, I am afraid that I am no expert at diagnosing or mending these systems. chris_n above may be able to help. He would be able to give you access to an online manual for your bike that you might be able to use to diagnose what the fault codes actually mean. I would also start a...

I am not sure that soundwave would fit within this idealistic electric bike landscape! I also find it a little too saccharine sweet with more than a cynical dollop of sales pitch. Maybe I have become too much of the "grumpy old man".

They are cool looking bikes but as this thread illustrates definitely for a mechanically adept enthusiastic owner. Could see one parked in the corner of a yuppie (do they still exist?) flat as a display object but that would be a shame and much better to be owned by someone who wants to ride...

I used my £100 spars or repair Oxygen Emate City to commute to work today, 20 mile round trip and I can charge it at work. After mending the broken spoke and adding a £10 saddle from Lidl I have used it for a few local shopping/errand trips and been very impressed by how quiet the motor is and...

Back when I did my teacher training they talked about the hidden curriculum. That's all the stuff you learn from your teachers that they do not mean to teach you. All their little prejudices, any unfair treatment with no recourse you receive at their behest etc etc I always liked that term

I trained as a teacher but never went into the profession after being put off by smoke fog filled staff rooms filled with depressed teachers. It was a secondary modern in Basingstoke so they probably had due cause. Anyway it struck me at the time that a school is really a very autocratic set up...

That looks like the start of a side wall failure which will lead to a blow out puncture that will wreck your inner tube and due to the nature of how quickly your tyre will deflate be potentially very dangerous due to your almost instant loss of control. Time for a new tyre me thinks. At least...

In respect of out of warranty Yamaha parts/motor issues. Bearing in mind that I wore out my first motors main bearing after 6000 miles and had a new motor fitted by my dealer free of charge under warranty right on the two year point. Great customer service from my dealer. I thought I would...

Well I use two bikes, one a hub powered bike and one a crank drive bike. The transmission on the hub powered bike can be abused and lasts so long that if we all owned hub powered bikes there would be no discussion about chain, chain ring and cassette wear. My crank drive Haibike Yamaha is a...

A bit like that bit in Crocodile Dundee where he says "That's not a knife", I can hear Eddie saying "That's not a light"! What model of the lesser lights in the range is the one yo mean?

I know you were using my comment to make a point rather than single me out as the Evans nemesis. When the Evans super store appeared in Guildford I was more worried about my small independent cycle shop "Pedal Pushers" disappearing than Evans as their shop is probably a lot more like your own...